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Bird Watching in the Lake District

The headline grabbing birds that visit the Lake District are inevitably, the Osprey and the Golden Eagle.

The Ospreys of Bassenthwaite sound like stately home owners, but are in fact a group of birds that nest each year in North West Cumbria.

There is a viewpoint at Dodd Wood, and an exhibition centre at Whinlatter. Both close over the Autumn / Winter and re-open in April each year. 

The solitary Lake District Golden Eagle nests at Haweswater, near Ullswater.

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Lake District Osprey Project
Lake District Osprey Project
You can see these spectacular birds of prey from the open air viewing platform in the Forestry Commission's Dodd Wood.  Staff will be available from 10am until 5pm seven days a week (April until the end of August) to help you with your questions. Over the course of most days the Ospreys can be seen fishing, sitting, feeding, flying and washing. High powered telescopes are provided but bring your own binoculars . The Dodd viewpoint offers magnificent views over...... more
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