Devon Osprey Partnership

30/09/2026

Could the Otter Estuary be a home to breeding Ospreys?🦅

Join the Pebblebed Heaths Conservation Trust and Devon Osprey Partnership for a fascinating evening exploring the wildlife and future conservation of the remarkable Otter Estuary.

Learn more about the Otter Estuary, hear how thousands of birds depend on the estuary each year to rest and refuel during their incredible migratory journeys, and the exciting possibility of breeding ospreys returning to this special landscape ✨

This will be an inspiring evening for birdwatchers, local nature enthusiasts, and anyone interested in the future of our natural world.

📅 Friday 23rd October 2026
⌚ 18:30-21:00
📍 The Holt Bar & Terrace at BSCC

To find out more and book your place, click the link below 👇https://www.pebblebedheaths.org.uk/event-detail/wetland-weekender-otter-estuary-a-home-to-breeding-ospreys/

09/09/2026

Two of the Four Ospreys seen on the Dart today - including a colour ringed adult. The juvenile birds were making the most of the easy pickings in shallow water over the mudflats.

22/07/2026

This is great news, we have already seen at least one of these young birds flitting between East Devon and Poole. As the Poole population continues to grow we will inevitably see some of these birds prospecting the wider landscape.

What an incredible Spring / Summer this is turning out to be. This morning there was Osprey pandemonium at several nest platforms with 3-4 Osprey all interacting and vying for Scottish female 6J8's attention. Upon inspection of one of the males, assuming it was going to be 5R0 who has been with 6J8 all weekend, we were stunned to read ring number 5R1!! This is another 2024 male from Careys Secret Garden, and the third out of four males from that year to have returned this year, plus the return of 2023 male 5H3. This means that there is now a minimum of FOUR potential males to breed here in Southern England next spring to compliment the two pairs we already have. Fantastic news!!!

Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation

07/05/2026

Lovely sighting of an Osprey on Tuesday down on a south Devon estuary - thank you for sending the sighting through our website. These sightings help build a picture of areas that Ospreys are using frequently.

17/04/2026

Fantastic to see one of the returning offspring from Birds of Poole Harbour Osprey pair fishing over the Axe in Devon.

Brilliant work by photographer Bob Longhorn who managed to photograph this Osprey down on the Axe Estuary, Devon this AM. The ring number clearly reads 5R0, meaning this is one of our fledged males from our Poole Harbour Careys Secret Garden nest back in 2024. He was one of four chicks in the nest that year, with his siblings sporting ring numbers 5R1, 5R2 and 5H6. It would be incredible to see all four arrive back over the next few months?!

He's back pretty early for a 2-year old, but there's always a chance he may have over-wintered much closer to 'home' with reasonable numbers now opting to over-winter in southern Spain and Portugal in recent years.

Anyway, it's great to see him back, no doubt he'll visit his natal nest site to annoy his parents some time over the coming weeks.