After yesterday exciting news, who we believe to be Osprey CJ7 reappeared on a foggy Middlebere nest early this morning. She spent the cold, grey part of the morning hunched up on the platform, only to then move off at 10am and wasn’t seen for the rest of the day. With only a few days until the Poole Park lagoon is refilled another decent count of birds was made which included 294 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Ringed Plover, 1 Knot, 16 Oystercatcher, 2 Dunlin, 17 Redshank, 17 Med Gulls, 6 Shelduck and there were also 2 Willow Warbler and a Swallow in the park too. At Middlebere, despite the Osprey going missing mid-morning, there were 14 Grey Plover, 2 Ringed Plover and 2 Swallow through. A Swift was reported over Creekmoor and at Lytchett Fields there were 40 Redshank, 4 Green Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Redshank, 92 Black-tailed Godwit and a Marsh Harrier.

We also heard on the grapevine that our partners in our Osprey Translocation project today received the exciting news that they have been granted a licence to carry out a 5-year White-tailed Sea Eagle translocation on the Isle of Wight. The Roy Dennis Wildlife foundation have been working on the application for the last year or so and were given the good news some time this morning. We’re particularly excited as juvenile Sea Eagles tend to have a c100-c200km post fledging range, which means over the nest few years we could begin to see them over Poole Harbour airspace!!!!