About us

 

Usk Valley Ospreys launched in March 2024 and is is delighted to have achieved charitable status recently (November 2024). Our main aim is to see a future where the Usk Valley is home to a sustainable osprey population.

To this end we will work collaboratively with landowners, conservation organisations and other relevant authorities to ensure the osprey are well protected and can be viewed and enjoyed by all. More information.

Each year we intend to provide a live video feed from the nest from the beginning of the season, to keep everyone up to date with the latest news, to help with security and protection, and to support osprey research and conservation. We are very pleased that Dr Tim Mackrill, a UK authority on ospreys has agreed to advise us on all matters ‘Osprey’. Read The Osprey conservation management plan commissioned by the Welsh Government, and written by Tim.

If you are interested in the osprey and the wider wildlife of the Usk Valley, then please show your support by joining us. Membership is free although we ask that you consider making a donation.

Usk Valley Ospreys was founded by a small group of people who share an interest in our local wildlife. The group are all from the Talybont community and includes: Fran Groves, Andy King (county bird recorder) and Julie Burdon. The group has also been joined by Nina Krauzewicz, representing the Talybont Community Council. Our full committee members are listed below.

Usk Valley Ospreys gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the following:

  • Welsh Government

  • Usk Valley Conservation Group and funding benefactors

  • Charles Weston, Gilestone Farm tenant

  • Gilestone Farm and Lodges

  • Three River Usk fishing syndicates affected by Osprey nest-site restrictions

  • Farming neighbours affected by Osprey nest-site restrictions

  • Canals and Rivers Trust

  • Bannau Brycheiniog National Park

  • Cross Oak Shepherds Huts

  • Dr Tim Mackrill of the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation

  • Jason Fathers of Wildlife Windows

  • Anne Tregoning and staff of Kindlemix website services

  • Talybont-on-Usk Community Council and local residents

  • Henderson Hall, Talybont-on-Usk

  • National Grid Electricity Distribution

  • Past and present members of the Usk Valley Ospreys Trustees and Committee

  • The Osprey Watchers Management Team and to all their trained Osprey Watchers providing much useful data about our ospreys from both the Towpath Viewpoint and via Nestcam footage

THANK YOU ALL