A pretty uneventful early spring day with the Little Gull at Swineham the main highlight. The IOW White-tailed Eagle was again seen at Church Knowle just south of the harbour recording area but not seen since mid afternoon. Med Gull are certainly becoming a feature with plenty of full summer plumaged birds being logged and showing early signs of display with c40 constantly in Poole Park and 100+ around the Baiter area. More singing Chiffchaff were logged at different sites around the harbour and one of the Peregrines was sat on the Barclays building all morning.

Today, we also carried out some spring-cleaning on the Osprey nest cam, (hopefully) prepping for CJ7 safe return in a few weeks time. On other wild Osprey nests the birds will usually sort out the winter mess by themselves, but it’s always good to give a helping hand and try to speed up the process, therefore allowing more time to try and find a mate!

Osprey nest cam spring-clean