Gannet fishing at Branksome Chine this morning @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Spotted Flycatcher? Arne, Dorset @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

Reed Warbler, Arne, Dorset @rspb.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social

This is just such terrible, sad news. Why would anyone want to hurt these beautiful birds, people amaze me for all the wrong reasons! Heartbroken doesn’t even come close 😢

Male Osprey 5H3 at Middlebere, Poole Harbour today @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Female osprey 6J8 today, good to catchup with @kayakpoole.bsky.social @alisoncopland.bsky.social @paulathorpe20.bsky.social thanks to @dizzygirl66.bsky.social for info @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Incredibly exciting news, one of our newly returned 2-year old Ospreys, male 5R0 has just briefly landed on a harbour nest platform with Scottish ringed female 6J8, a 2024 female from the Tweed Valley & was recently seen in the Usk Valley @careyssecretgarden.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

DNA samples were taken of the 4 Poole Peregrine chicks at the time of ringing. Samples are known as buccal swabs, akin to a saliva swab. These will be sent to the Raptor Forensic DNA Project based in Edinburgh and used to assist possible persecution/theft cases.

A healthy brood of 4 kestrel chicks ringed for the retired Dorset Wildlife Crime Liaison Officer Friday just gone.

Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXT ~ Aero Legend's Warbird Weekend, Compton Abbas Airfield @bournemouthecho.bsky.social @sony-alpha.bsky.social @bsky.app #spitfire #flying #comptonabbas #bankholidayweekend #dorset

A bad year for terns... first the gbbgs, now the ravens taking 2-3 eggs every 10 mins. It's all part of the natural ebb and flow of breeding seasons but it's still hard to watch 😫 #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social

G625 leaving Christchurch Harbour yesterday @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @sony-alpha.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @chognature.bsky.social

Great catching up with this beautiful tawny owl @owldaily.bsky.social @hosbirding.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social #tawnyowl #owl #wildlife #nature

Great morning on Coombe Heath RSPB Arne with @kayakpoole.bsky.social @twamers.bsky.social & @nyrak62.bsky.social. Osprey (5H3?) on nest c.10am. Then rapid fish catch (by 022?) in front of Curlew screen at c.10.25am. @harbourbirds.bsky.social @ukoi.bsky.social

Pretty sure all 4 eggs at Poole Peregrines hatched. Tricky with occasional stills and what looks like one ball of white fluff! More egg shell appeared this morning at 0700. Nice, full house! Classic falcon hatching strategy with one delayed as a 'gamble'..will survive if super strong or lots of food

No prizes for guessing who dominated this morning's session @ukoi.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @btoengland.bsky.social @sony-alpha.bsky.social

3 out of 4 eggs at Poole Peregrines have hatched within 24 hours now. Plenty of feeding happening so all looking good 😊

5R0 just intruded on the Carey nest! @harbourbirds.bsky.social @ukoi.bsky.social

Black Tailed Godwits, Christchurch Harbour @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @chognature.bsky.social

CJ7 laid her third egg at 08.26. @harbourbirds.bsky.social @ukoi.bsky.social

G625 eating on the wing whilst soaring high in Christchurch Harbour today before carrying out a mid-air food pass to his mate G818 @harbourbirds.bsky.social @chognature.bsky.social @bournemouthecho.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetraptors.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social

@harbourbirds.bsky.social @ukoi.bsky.social 2osprey have just flown down middlebere Channel towards Brownsea

Another shot of the beautiful G818 (21) female WTE arriving at Christchurch Harbour yesterday @harbourbirds.bsky.social @chognature.bsky.social @bournemouthecho.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetraptors.bsky.social @sony-alpha.bsky.social

G818 female WTE, 1 of 4 seen in Christchurch Harbour yesterday @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetraptors.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @bournemouthecho.bsky.social #wte #wildlife #nature #dorset

First egg of 2026 for CJ7 and 022. @harbourbirds.bsky.social @ukoi.bsky.social

(C) LRWT/ROP First egg of 2026

Osprey no.4 has now joined no.3 and both are trying to hunt on the ever-diminishing tide, feels like an unprecedented Spring count for Ospreys in Lytchett Bay @narwhalsh.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @mick666.bsky.social

QUICK UPDATE: more good news. Our male Osprey from our second nest '374' has arrived back safely & is now paired back with 1H1. We just need 5H3 to return now & try to pair with a wandering/visiting female. Here's keeping everything crossed for a successful 2026 season @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Wareham heronry looking a little depleted this year currently down 9 nests on last year, though 1 nest already fledged and some still building. The productivity of this heronry has increased steadily in the last 5 years, perhaps the wet winter has played a part.

Poole peregrines 3rd egg arrived approx 1910 Sunday 22nd March approx 61.5 hours after #2 egg. Last year this female laid 4 eggs and raised 4 young so we should see a 4th egg Weds approx 0800?

Unringed Osprey fishing today at Manton Bay #Rutland @ukoi.bsky.social

At last, first egg for Poole Peregrines confirmed 0340 16th March 2026.....in the new nest box....no chance of getting flooded out here 😊. Fingers crossed for a successful season.

First Osprey to return to Monitored Nest this year Blue25(10), Lands on the Manton Bay Nest.

Things came to a head at the Poole peregrines nest site 11th March. The juvenile male (HG) attacked the adult male (his father). They scrapped for a few minutes then the juvenile fled and hasn't been seen in the box since. Time for HG to make his own way.

Although Osprey Blue 33 didn’t return to Rutland it was worth the effort just to watch these two doing their “Weed Dance” @rspbengland.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social

Checking up on local nest box cameras the other day I came across something I have not seen before in ~30 years of monitoring barn owl boxes....a tawny owl in a box with a pair of barn owls! Thankfully a couple of days later the barn owls were still present and the tawny owl had moved on.

A Osprey Sighting reported today on Birdguides. 15:03 05/03 Osprey Norfolk Blickling 11:30 one flew south-west

A reported Osprey sighting today. 13:13 04/03 Osprey Brecon Newbridge-on-Wye 10:00 one flew north along Wye Valley

WOW what a weekend catching up with these beautiful birds @btobirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social @owldaily.bsky.social @sony-alpha.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social #SEO #shortearedowl #birds #owl

Incredible news! In 2022 The first chick to fledge for 180 years in the South of England was female ‘5H1’. Last year she raised 3 of her own chicks near Rutland including 8R3, which our team ringed. 8R3 was just seen in the Gambia by Fansu Bojang. Great to see 3rd generation Ospreys now thriving!

Poole Peregrines, pre-breeding behaviour is well under way...👍

Avocet, Poole Harbour @harbourbirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social #avocet #feathers #birds #pooleharbour #dorset

Reflections at Poole Harbour @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirder.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @sony-alpha.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social #reflections #littleegret #feathers #dorset

Despite the weather, stunning Winter Cruise this AM: 4 different WT Eagle with adult pair sat on Brownsea lagoon beach, 2 ad Little Gull Evening Hill, 14 GN Diver, 6 Marsh Harrier, 2 Ruff Lower Piddle, 2 Peregrine, c200 Lapwing Swineham, 1 Kingfisher plus ‘the usual’ @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

A very blustery Lyme Regis this morning @bournemouthecho.bsky.social @metoffice.gov.uk @lymeregiscottage.bsky.social @sony-alpha.bsky.social #lymeregis #weather #waves #saturdaymorning #January #sonyuk

Photos from the 2 White Tailed Eagles over Studland earlier today,unfortunately poor light and shooting into the sun meant some rather creative editing, maybe after the festive break someone can confirm the rings @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetraptors.bsky.social

We've managed to read the BTO ring number of the adult female from this years' live hobby nest camera. EZ92156. Ringed by DRSG in 2019 as a chick at another F.E. site 8.5 miles away. To think she will have travelled at least 50,000 miles migrating alone!