There was more flying for newly fledged Osprey chick ‘5H3’ today with several laps around the nest today, and he was almost joined by his sister later in the afternoon, ‘5H5’ who gained considerable height above the nest, but soon bottled it and came back down to the nest pretty quickly. There’s a good chance she, and her other brother ‘5H4’ will give it another go tomorrow. There were 3 White-tailed Eagles in the harbour today with the regular pair still loitering off the Ham Common viewpoint, out towards the gull islands, plus the return of regular visitor, male G816. This morning 2 Crossbill flew over Wareham Common.
It’s been a remarkable start to the ringing season already, which saw the 1000th newly ringed Sedge Warbler…
Find out moreA strange grey sky welcomed us in today, and an even stranger wet substance fell from the cloud…
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