Well, it's now 2024 and hopefully another successful year for the Poole Harbour Ospreys.
The last couple of years have seen the successful establishment of a nest and raising of young.
Translocated females From the harbour have set up successful nests in Wales also raising young.
Hopefully this year may see the establishment of a second nest in the Harbour area.
Click Here for a link to the 2023 thread.
Here was the family last year
I hope Alison Copland won't mind but here is a link to a video she has made of the 2023 season. It is a must watch for followers of Ospreys, especially the Poole harbour family
Click HERE to watch
Richard B
Oh my goodness, Richard, the Poole Harbour females certainly like Wales!
Tawny was back for another visit tonight, this time CJ7 was well aware!
Richard G B said:Well what can I say apart from it's starting to get silly now. 5H1, the first wild bred Poole Osprey to return to Poole Harbour has reappeared on a nest, the problem is that it's not in Poole, in fact it's not even in England. Yes, you guessed it, she's in Wales appearing on a nest in the Usk Valley.
Well what can I say apart from it's starting to get silly now.
5H1, the first wild bred Poole Osprey to return to Poole Harbour has reappeared on a nest, the problem is that it's not in Poole, in fact it's not even in England.
Yes, you guessed it, she's in Wales appearing on a nest in the Usk Valley.
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Just because it shouldn't be BOPS'd !!!
Thank you, Richard, but it's not what we want! Still, I suppose it's what she wants that counts.
IMAGICAT
Hawk Willow said:Tawny was back for another visit tonight, this time CJ7 was well aware!
Thank you, Hawk Willow They are so cute but so unwelcome!
What a gal. A real beauty. Thanks Richard/Scylla
Just checking thru the cams - I see on Chat someone remarking that on their large monitor one of the eggs has a small piece of shell missing. I just recorded CJ7 turning the eggs, don't know if anything can be seen here:
Great close-up Scylla but I couldn't see any holes!
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
No, I couldn't either.
Thanks for looking, both :)))
I've been thru the nighttime so far and could find no sign of the "missing shell" - I found one minuscule possibility of a pip starting but this was the only shot - I was only able to ascertain that it wasn't "straw" behind the egg.
Soon??