Welsh Osprey nest rebuilt after chainsaw attack
North Wales Wildlife Trust has rebuilt an Osprey nesting platform after criminals using a chainsaw felled a platform at Llyn Brenig, south-west of Denbigh
The platform was cut down during the early hours of Saturday morning. The moment the platform was felled was captured on CCTV.
In a tweet, Rob Taylor, rural crime team manager for North Wales Police, said the force was "pulling the stops out to try and catch the person or persons responsible for this".
"The whole team are absolutely devastated by it and I'm sure the whole community are as well," he added.
"Believe me, they will receive the full force of the law."
The female had laid an egg a day before the nest was destroyed so a decoy egg was put on a second nesting platform which was reopened by conservationists on Saturday.
An existing platform was opened to the birds on Saturday but the original platform has now been replaced.
North Wales Wildlife Trust have said they will establish what security measures can be put in place if the birds decide to use one of the platforms.
On Sunday, Iolo Williams said people would be "delighted" if the birds were still able to breed this season, "although that doesn't take away from this idiotic act of vandalism".
4 May 2021
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