The cold wind began to build today but it’s due to drop right down tomorrow. That said, several Red Kite still popped up with birds over Lytchett Bay, Upton and Canford Heath.

Our partners in the Osprey reintroduction project also published some interesting data today too, highlighting that male Osprey S1, who spent the summer of 2017 in Poole Harbour is now making his way up the west coast of France and only days away from entering UK airspace. Now, he’s already faithful to a nest at Rutland so may stop here for a quick feed but will almost certainly be looking to get back to Rutland ASAP. What is interesting about S1 is that he’s the same age as CJ7 meaning she could possibly be on the same time line in terms of an arrival date. Lets wait and see!

Male Osprey S1 current position – data & map from Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation