13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Powys County Times
Dyfi Osprey project featured in BBC Countryfile episode
BBC's Countryfile paid a visit to the Dyfi Valley in its latest episode and featured a spotlight on two of its famous winged residents.
Presenter John Craven visited the Dyfi Osprey Project to learn more about its work and its most successful breeding pair of birds.
Ospreys Telyn and Idris, having returned to the Dyfi nest again earlier in 2025, are currently hatching their sixth clutch of eggs and were featured in a segment of the BBC programme.
In the episode, which aired on Sunday (May 11), John noted that Ospreys in the UK were especially relevant to him as their reintroduction to the UK in 1972 was the very first story he covered in Newsround.
In the programme he said: 'It's hard to imagine now, but just over a century ago these magnificent birds had become extinct in the UK.
'But by the early 1970s they were making something of a comeback because of birds that migrated to the Scottish Highlands from Scandinavia and I remember that really well because the return of the Ospreys was the very first story on the very first edition of Newsround.
'Since then, I've been fortunate enough to follow the story of the Ospreys' incredible revival.'
He then visited the observation deck at the Dyfi Osprey Centre, and spoke about the camera constantly monitoring Telyn and Idris while they are at the nest, as well as the thousands of people who devotedly watch the live-streams following the birds journey each season.
Centre manager Janine Pannett added: 'It's always a huge sense of excitement and relief to see them come home.
'Normally, Telyn comes first, this year Idris surprised us all and came home nine days early. It was very interesting to watch different behaviour having the male back first. He spent a lot of time rebuilding and reshaping the nest, getting everything ready so that when she did arrive everything looked ship-shape to show that he was ready to breed.
'Generally, people do have a soft spot for Ospreys. Perhaps because they are only fish eating, perhaps because of the romantic nature of the migratory chasing of an endless summer.
'It's so important to get the engagement of the wider world and everyone to feel value to having wildlife be a part of their life. It's so wonderful to share them with absolutely everyone.'
