Today saw the first of our Osprey cruises of the autumn and we were treated to 4 Osprey within 15 minutes of the trip starting as female CJ7, male 022, a migrant female and one of our translocated juveniles, chick 372 were all circling together at the far end of the Wareham Channel before all going their separate ways. Chick 372 seemed keen to stick with CJ7 and 022 and even settled on a harbour nest platform with 022 for a while. There were 3 seen togther over Lytchett Bay too which were likely to be 3 of the birds we saw. Things are really picking up Osprey wise and give it another week or so and we’ll begin to see more juveniles arrive from further north which is always great to see. Also seen were 2 Marsh Harrier, plenty of Sandwich Tern moving around, on the Brownsea Lagoon there were 5 Spoonbill, c100 Dunlin, c50 Ringed Plover, 7 Avocet, 2 Common Sandpiper, 7 Greenshank, c200 Black-tailed Godwit and 12 Curlew. A ringing session in Lytchett Bay produced 3 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Tree Pipit, 8 Willow Warbler and 9 Sedge Warbler.

Osprey chick 372 on harbour nest platform

Grasshopper Warbler – Lytchett Bay