Apologies for the delay in getting today’s sightings online. Exciting news from the Osprey nest this afternoon with CJ7 laying her 4th egg of the season at 13:23. This will be her final egg in the clutch – only around 1% of UK Osprey nests usually have four eggs, with three being the standard clutch size, so we’re fortunate to have four for a second year running. We expect the eggs to hatch from the 20th May onwards, usually staggered over several days as with the laying.

Plenty of Osprey activity elsewhere, with a ringed individual reported over the Wareham Channel this afternoon (most likely 022).  2 Osprey were reported in Lytchett Bay, along with 1 White-tailed Eagle, 1 Peregrine, 1 Marsh Harrier, 12 Greenshank, 1 Spotted Redshank and 3 Whimbrel. 1 Osprey and 2 White-tailed Eagle were over Lytchett Fields, with 3 Whimbrel, 5 Ringed Plover, 1 Curlew, 50 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Redshank, 1 Spotted Redshank and 12 Greenshank. Over at RSPB Arne, 1 White-tailed Eagle, 2 Whimbrel and 2 Spoonbill were seen, with the Forster’s Tern at Shipstal Point. There was a singing Grasshopper Warbler reported at South Haven at Studland this morning. 4 Whimbrel were present in Holes Bay.

CJ7 with the clutch of four eggs