What a day. Spring migration presses on and more arrivals continue to appear. After yesterdays appearance of migrant Osprey ‘8C’ on the nest cam, today we clocked a new Osprey from our Spring Safari Cruise that was bearing a blue ring on the left leg, suggesting it was Scottish. Frustratingly it was too distant to read the ring, but as luck would have it, it later landed on one of our other harbour platforms and gave us great views of the ring, ‘FE’. Currently we don’t know the origin or age of this bird, but have sent all the details to the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation so will hopefully get some info on it soon. There were other Ospreys today too with one over Holes Bay Asda, a second was also in the Wareham Channel during mid-morning and mid-afternoon. Our Spring Safari boat this morning really jammed in on some great highlights with the Osprey eating a fish off the side of the boat, then a second flying in Arne Bay. Both White-tailed Eagles were also in the Wareham Channel, with one giving incredible views as it sat up perched on a post and then flew by, with the second sat in a small dead tree as 2 Marsh Harrier flew by. Up at Swineham there were 10+ Sand Martin and 2 Swallow over the gravel pit with c20 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Egyptian Geese, 5 Shoveler and several Wigeon and Gadwall on the scrape. The Brownsea Lagoon was still fairly busy with c40 Avocet, c30 Bar-tailed Godwit, 5 Grey Plover, 10 Sandwich Tern, c40 Oystercatcher and a few Redshank. Elsewhere there was a Ring Ouzel on Hartland/ Slepe Heath, 2 Little Ringed Plover at Lytchett Fields, 1 Red Kite over Slepe Heath and another in the Frome Valley.
Migrant Scottish Osprey ‘FE’ on a Poole Harbour nest platform
Red Kite perched on pylon – Frome Valley
Assumed Osprey ‘FE’ seen from bird boat before it landed on nest platform – Clive Hargrave
White-tailed Eagle seen from bird boat in Wareham Channel – Alison Copland
White-tailed Eagle seen from bird boat in Wareham Channel – Clive Hargrave
Video of White-tailed Eagle seen from bird boat in Wareham Channel – Alison Copland
Spring seems to be creeping along with more displaying and nest building birds today, including multiple Raven pairs/territories…
Find out moreAlthough you couldn’t see further than 100m for much of the day, there were birds to be found…
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