Kind-hearted efforts to rescue a stricken osprey have proved in vain after the bird sadly died.

Sergeant Paul Watson plucked the bird to safety on Tuesday after he received calls that it was in distress in the middle of Stokes Point Road in St George’s.

The qualified bird handler then took the osprey to the bird rehabilitation centre at the Bermuda Aquarium.

But unfortunately efforts to care for the bird were unsuccessful and the osprey died on Thursday.

Bermuda Audubon Society President, Andrew Dobson, said that it was unclear exactly why the bird had died.

He added: “We can not say conclusively why the osprey died.

“There were no signs of weight loss or broken bones, but birds do die. This is a migratory bird and it might have been that the bird was totally exhausted.”

Ospreys are regular visitors to the Island as they migrate south to South America.

Mr Dobson added: “Although they are fairly common migratory birds in Bermuda the numbers we see are small. Ospreys are the biggest birds of prey that visit us.”