Poole Harbour Osprey Project 2021 Season

14 September

In the process of rebuilding soon after demolition:

Completed masterpiece:

It could be the squirrel who's been moving the gorse - I've noticed that no other sticks move at the same time, making it unlikely to be the wind.

No-one seen on the nest so far this rainy day.

I knew something was very wrong   

***Richard***

I've done you a lovely crop and improved the sound of this little bird, who was flitting about the nest for 7 minutes.  (The only name I can remember which fits the ones I never know is Meadow Pipit, and it's not that.)

Chiffchaff, by song and name, scylla!

Nice, as you don't get to see them that often but hear them a lot, more at the start of the season

Very special little bird isn'[t it Korky - thank you Scylla, the Chiffchaff was the first bird song I taught my hiking chum cos it is so easy to remember

Lovely clip of the ChiffChaff. Nice to see the call and bird together.

From the time I first heard a Chiffchaff's spring song, I've thought of it as the 'Help! Help!' Bird!

Thank you, everyone, for the Chiffchaff responses

Yesterday (Saturday) mid-morning, the Squirrel popped on to relieve an itchy body (and I'm convinced it was underneath the front messing with the gorse too), and a couple of minutes later a Jay landed on the left edge - didn't do anything and flew off:

I had been wondering about the missing corvids - then there were 2 this morning (but they weren't shiny) and this one this afternoon:

Need sun on feathers to shine - still gorgeous Scylla . Very handsome raven (and itchy squirrel)

I'm only seeing one spider at a time so don't know if there are still two - but the disruption continues.  Last night the web was cut as usual, then a "bunch of grapes" was created, then the usual web was spun:

A Robin and some other little birdies that I haven't stopped to even try to ID (don't miss the one that pops up beside the base of the perch):