1) The team discovered a letter from the Leicester and Rutland Wildlife Trust had been destroyed beyond repair! Luckily, some important data had survived. 

2) The data showed the number of Osprey's in Rutland water has drastically decreased between the years of 2021- 2025!

3) The team had lots of important questions to ask Jess; the site manager. She invited us down to the site and informed us that there aren't enough trees for the Osprey's to nest! We decided that we needed to build some nesting poles that would act like trees to hopefully draw them back to the area.

4) We considered where the best place to build our nesting poles would be by looking at aerial view photographs and maps of the site.

First, we identified the man made and natural features of the site.

Next, we considered the requirements for the Osprey's habitat- it needed to be near to water (for food), next to trees (to make friends and be with other wildlife), away from people (to avoid disturbance) and on land.

5) Next we had to decide on the best shape for our nesting poles. It needed to be strong and stiff in order to hold the birds and survive in all weather conditions. We discovered that cylinders held the most books, so were the best shape to use. 

6) We constructed our nesting poles using what we had learnt and installed these into the grounds of Rutland Water. 

Some time passed...

To our surprise, the Ospreys starting coming back and nesting on top of the poles!

7) We were paid for our job.  After bills. water, food and electricity came out, we were given the choice to buy a treat and save our money in the bank or at home.