Poole Harbour Osprey Project MAY to end of 2020 season

Certainly a big old beast, just look at the size of that beak.

I went down to Holes Bay again this morning, and after nearly three hours of excellent birding on a beautiful autumn day was about to leave when this happened! So glad I didn't rush off too soon.! The second photo shows how close Holes Bay is to human habitation. On the other side (behind the camera) is a dual carriageway, an industrial estate and the town centre!

© Alison Copland

Wonderful captures again Alison!

Thanks, Alison, Wonderful photos--lucky you. Have you thought about camping out there so you could watch Ospreys from dawn to dusk?! (And take more photos to share with the rest of us, please!)

Haha Ann, I think my camping days are long gone! I like my bed too much. However, I shall force myself to go out there again while there are still ospreys around, just for you...

Thank you for more treasures, ALISON - I hope this augurs well for next season

I've got a mystery (to me !!! ) pigeon visitor, it perched for 4 minutes not doing anything, not showing us a variety of poses to judge its markings :(   I tried adding a smoother to the sharpener for the crop but couldn't do any better:

Fly-off wing pattern:

There were single corvids thru the day but no other unusual visitors.  It's been a dry evening.

I am so envious of you Alison. Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful photos - I can hardly believe my eyes !!!!!!!!! so many Ospreys all together and not yet left these shores

Yes, Scylla, you are correct. It's a juvenile wood pigeon -= lovely littel video. Thankyou

Thank you, Cirrus :)  It's nothing like the juve Wood Pigeons I found via Google :(

The cam went down @ 15:50, I haven't done today's footage yet.