The Poole Harbour Translocation Thread for 2019 - 2020

Thank you Alison. What an informative and positive update from Paul.

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An update on the project from Birds of Poole Harbour.

That is a really great blog Alison. If you know the person who wrote it give them my praises. 

As Mike says, it will have been written by Paul Morton who is deeply passionate about the ospreys and all other birds in the harbour. When he first saw the photo on his phone from the trailcam of two ringed birds together on the nest platform, he was like a five-year-old kid in a sweet shop!

Fascinating blog from Roy Dennis about LS7 and his mum, Morven. I'm delighted that my photo has been used too!

Alison....CONGRATULATIONS....great picture and great to be associated with this story.

Fame at last Alison, one for posterity

Thanks, Alison, and congratulations that they used your photo of LS7. How wonderful that LS7 is the son of one of Roy's favourite Ospreys! Hope he turns into a new and historically important 'Mr Poole' beginning in 2020 (along with Rutlland's female CJ7) in the mode of 03(97), the famous 'Mr. Rutland'!

Facebook entry on the Birds of Poole Harbour page:
www.facebook.com/BirdsOfPooleHarbour

Today we had a glimpse into the future. We hosted our first ever mid-summer boat trip to see what species we encountered and to see how much people enjoyed this new focus on the harbour.
What we encountered is what we believe will be the future in Poole Harbour, hopefully for years to come.
As we made our way up the Wareham Channel heading towards Wareham, Poole Harbour's newest lovebirds, Osprey couple LS7 (male) and CJ7 (female) circled above us before drifting off west, with LS7 then later coming back and passing almost right over the boat which was a wonderful spectacle for the crowd on board.
These two birds are currently bonding and forming a relationship which we believe will result in a nesting attempt in the very near future, perhaps even next year.
Their presence and bonding are directly due to the translocation we began in 2017 with LS7 being one of our 2017 released males, and CJ7 (originally from a wild nest at Rutland) being the female that adopted our chicks over the last two years.
It was such a privilege to see these two birds with a boat full of people, when it suddenly dawned on us that this will/can soon become 'the norm' when birds decide to settle and breed here in future years.
This is a really exciting time for Poole Harbour and we're already counting down the days until next spring, but until then we have a whole autumn of Ospreys ahead of us so we won't wish them away too much.
Don't forget we have our Osprey boat tours this August too so take a look if you'd like to learn more about the project or would like to try and see Osprey in Poole Harbour -
www.birdsofpooleharbour.co.uk/events
Thanks Alison Copland for her photo taken from todays boat of male LS7.

Another "good news" Facebook entry (with photo) on the Birds of Poole Harbour page:
www.facebook.com/BirdsOfPooleHarbour

Osprey Update - We’ve been tracking our Osprey couple CJ7 (female, right) and LS7 (male, left) for almost 2 months now and their behaviour is really fascinating. They’ve been nest prepping at 3 different sites, which is INCREDIBLY encouraging for next spring. What we’ve experienced this year is basically what we’d expect to see in early spring next year, so they’re actually almost a year ahead of schedule. If they both survive their autumn migration this year and spring migration next year, there is every chance we could see the first Osprey nesting attempt in southern Britain in 200 years in spring 2020. Exciting times!