Dr Tim Mackrill began volunteering at Rutland Water when still a teenager, starting just as a project began to relocate Ospreys from the Scottish breeding population to Rutland. He became – in his own words – hooked on the birds, eventually leading the Ospreys Project at Rutland and completing his PhD (on Ospreys of course) in 2016. In June 2018 Tim launched a new initiative, the Osprey Leadership Foundation. Charlie went along to chat with Tim about the Foundation and the species that has become the focus of his life’s work.
• Tim Mackrill on Twitter (external link)
• The Osprey Leadership Foundation (external link)
• The Rutland Osprey Project (external link)
• Birds of Poole Harbour (external link)