A working paper of the first analysis of data from the Lake District Osprey Project visitor survey, 2012

Located close to Bassenthwaite Lake, near Keswick, the Lake District Osprey Project has been a successful visitor attraction since it’s initiation in 2001. The project is run as a partnership between the Forestry Commission, the Lake District National Park, and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. In 2012 research was undertaken by a team of people made up of a researcher from the University of Cumbria, a researcher from Silviculture Research International, and volunteers from the Lake District Osprey Project. Between the months of May and August 231 in-depth questionnaires were completed by visitors to the Osprey project. This working paper offers an initial analysis of some of the data collected during this period.