Poole Harbour Ospreys 2022

Scylla,
At 1307 a very attractive visitor to the nest in the afternoon sun

Thank you for starting a new thread, RICHARD    I hadn't forgotten, but had 01 March in mind, with bits 'n pieces up to then.  But thinking about it, it's much more sensible to start now

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At 1307 a very attractive visitor to the nest in the afternoon sun

Just found it on my rounds, Richard - too bad about the shadow but it could have been worse.  Really gorgeous Buzzard.  I left off the third Crow, it was a short repeat of the first two, probably one of them after a flyaround.

(I hope you're not going to tell me it's not the nest tree!)

It is the nest tree, just unusual seeing it in bright sunshine.

Thanks for the new thread, Richard, I can never remember if Osprey threads start at the beginning of a new calendar year or sometime in March. I suppose it does not matter as long as there are no Ospreys arriving early, before the thread has been started.
Thanks, Scylla, for the pics and video--that is one gorgeous Buzzard.

06 January turned more and more wet 'n windy.  If this was a floaty flyer it was RIP:

I've been swamped by failures and shortfalls today so have deleted all the files - am hoping that "no reports" means no significant activity missed.

What a super lovely bird. Thanks for the heads up Richard and Scylla , for the plethora of super captures and the video of the Buzzard

The expert is on the job:

I'm never going to ID Crow/Raven again, I just get it wrong every time - except very occasionally

(I tried to improve sound but it's very weak.)

Crow straight beak. Raven curved beak and ''heavier''- you do very well Scylla. Lovely video. Thank you

12 January