on the Glaslyn in April 2015
Ospreys Fly Across Many Landscapes
Not Knowing What Fate May Befall Them
Old Turnpike Cottage, 3km north of Pentrefoelas
Do We Want It Hanging Over Our Heads?
Electricity Supplies Can Be Made Bird-Friendly
Gail has been galvanised into action to do something practical to make every effort to ensure that CU2 Jimmy has not died in vain. She launched 'Operation Jimmy' on hearing of his tragic death on Monday 11 May 2015.
The energy giant SP Energy Networks who have given a fantastic response all along are taking needed steps for a positive outcome agreeing to make the electricity infrastructure Osprey-friendly + provide alternative perches.
A Glaslyn based Osprey Conservation Group who promote recovery of the Osprey populations in Wales + UK are donating & installing 3 artificial nests with perches in a Joint Project with Scottish Power up on Hiraeth moor.
Osprey Projects, Wildlife / Nature Organisations + individuals with ground knowledge of Welsh Ospreys have been consulted about Osprey Risk zones to feed back to Scottish Power to map on and inform their modernisation programme.
Three landowners on Hiraeth moor fully supportive of 'Operation Jimmy' have each agreed and given signed consent to have an artificial Osprey nest with associated perches erected in a prime location on their land.
You can do something: Make a comment. Contribute ideas. Share knowledge. Network. Help raise awareness. Report an electrocution. Sign petition to call on UK Gov to make all electricity supplies state-of-the-art bird-friendly.
Live footage of Blue CU2with kind permission of Emyr Evans
All credit to the Scottish Power Engineers who found CU2 / Jimmy electrocuted on a power pole near Pentrefoelas. News of his tragic death spread quickly to shocked readers. The Daily Post gave full page coverage 3 days later in the Farm and Country section by Journalist Andrew Forgraves.
Gail Edgley met with two Scottish Power Managers + the Engineer who found Jimmy at LLyn Brenig Visitors Centre. Everyone present was shocked and genuinely moved to do something about it to bring something good out of the tragedy. A four piece action plan was agreed and everyone had work to do.
Scottish Power true to their word successfully retrofitted to render safe the 'killer pole' just 32 days after agreeing to the action. Images of the before + after pole, along with the further pledges by SP, appeared in a second article in the Daily Post again in the Farm and Country section by Journalist Andrew Forgraves.
Gail Edgley met again with the two Scottish Power Managers, this time at RSPB Conwy Reserve cafe. Osprey risk zone maps were handed over plus 3 site locations with signed consent from 3 landowners to erect pole nest with perches as alternatives to power poles in tree sparce areas up on Hiraeth moor.
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