Meet Vera, Captain and Doddie... the osprey chicks

at Jahama Highland Estates, said: “It’s a privilege to have such a rich range of plants and wildlife on the estate and we take our management responsibilities as stewards of the landscape seriously.

“We’re delighted to help with this project, which we hope will strengthen the precarious populations of mountain avens across the border in England.”

Pete Barron, from the John Muir Trust, said: “Without the support of Jahama and the other partners, the Lakeland population of this relatively rare mountain plant species could not have been augmented and protected.”

While rare in Britain, mountain avens are widely found elsewhere in the world, and are the national flower of Iceland and emblem of Canada’s Northwest Territories.

The project faces the challenge of timing the collection of wind-dispersed seeds in the remote Highland location, but it is hoped they can be gathered to grow plants that will be planted out on Helvellyn.

It is part of a wider project to support vulnerable alpine Arctic plants in the Lake District whose populations have reduced over time.

THE names of three osprey chicks have been revealed.

The public voted in an online poll the trio be named Doddie, Vera and Captain – after three of the nation’s luminaries.

The Woodland Trust received thousands of suggestion for the young birds at Loch Arkaig Pine Forest in Lochaber in the Highlands.

But voters chose to name the raptors Vera, honouring Dame Vera Lynn, the forces’ sweetheart who died last month, and Captain, after centenarian NHS fundraiser Captain Sir Tom Moore.

The third, Doddie, is named after former Scotland rugby player Doddie Weir, who revealed in 2017 he had motor neurone disease and whose foundation has raised more than £5m for research into the incurable disease.

There were more than 10,000 votes in the naming poll, with

50% opting for Doddie, Vera and Captain, 28% for Thor,

Freya and Loki, 14% voting for

Ally, Bally and Bee and 8% in favour of Hagrid, Boudica and Merlin.

The youngsters are watched by more than a quarter of a million fans on a livestreaming nest camera.