The Poole Harbour Translocation Thread for 2019 - 2020

Unknown said:

A second 2017 male, LS3, has returned to the harbour! Yes!!!

LS3 returns tweet

Great news but it is the wrong time of year. Ospreys are all being laid off until the spring. 

Great news Alison. I wonder where he's been? Can't have just returned to the UK surely??

Thanks, Alison, wonderful news!

That's great ALISON I wonder if he's been around and not spotted or been exploring further afield?

I've just watched a programme on BBC 2 (aired at 09.00 this morning) via the BBC i-player called An Animal's Guide to Britain. It was presented by Chris Packham and must have been shown before (if my understanding of roman numerals is correct it was made in 2011). The first 15 minutes of the programme was about osprey and featured Loch Garten, the Rothiemurchus fish farm and Poole Harbour, just as the relocation project to it was in its infancy. Ian

This tweet shows one of the 2019 juveniles flying near the Birds of Poole Harbour boat this morning. So lovely to see them ranging over the harbour now.

Juvenile 015

© Alison Copland

Thanks for that ALISON Incredible how quickly they become strong flyers

Cleverly avoids pooping on his legs....!

Amazing photo by one of our local photographers, Mark Wright, of one of the 2019 juveniles (022) flying past the boat this morning. 

Mark's tweet

Also a new Facebook post about another of the juveniles (021) by Birds of Poole Harbour.

BoPH FB post

Alison. I'm afraid the Tweet link won't open for me? but your video is great. How amazing that another member of the party was able to get the ring number.