The 2024 Osprey Project report has been published (in French only) in the March 2025 edition of the journal Nos Oiseaux.  At least three males from the Swiss reintroduction project (Arthur – photo above by Thomas Bachofner, Olympe and Racine) were confirmed back in the Three Lakes region in 2024, with a possible fourth (Flamme ?) in the French department of Doubs. Two of our females again bred successfully: Mouche produced two young in France (Moselle), while Chronos fledged three chicks in Germany (Baden-Württemberg), along the Rhine River.

An unringed female spent much of the summer in the Three Lakes region, and received visits from all of our three territorial males. However, from her plumage she appeared to be probably only two years old, thus still too young to be interested in males.

Two “Osprey Mornings” were held in June 2024, as well as – for the first time – a more targeted “mini-Osprey morning” in July. In addition, two new nest platforms were built in the Haut-Doubs, in neighbouring France.

The next two Osprey mornings this year are scheduled for Sunday, June 15 and 29. Observation points will be, as in 2024, in the Three Lakes region, as well as in the Drugeon, Doubs and Aare River basins. Anyone interested in participating in one or both of these mornings can sign up here.

The 2024 report can be downloaded here.