Birds of Poole Harbour

16/06/2026

Incredibly special to be a part of the Osprey Celebration concert today at Careys Secret Garden. Huge thank you to Matthew King and all the professors and students at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama for putting together this amazing concert, having been inspired by the Poole Harbour Osprey Project. Such a wonderful experience to listen to the piano and electronic music outside at the site of the Carey Ospreys. Thank you to everyone who came along and for making it a great success.

14/06/2026

Exciting Swift news 🤩

We’ve had multiple emails from those that received a free Swift box as part of our Swift Communities Project, that they are currently being visited by Swifts!

Thanks to David Partridge for sending this video in. The box that we provided is now regularly being visited and roosted in by two Swifts. Fingers crossed they’ll return next year to breed 🤞🏻

If you’d like a closer view into the lives of these fantastic birds, why not watch our live Swift Nest Box we**am? The female has now laid two eggs, and both adults are incubating them carefully.

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/live/uS1oq61EuOA?is=GT90vffm5pqQEph0

13/06/2026

We’re really excited that Matthew King (AKA The Music Professor YouTube channel) and other Professors and Students from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama will be premiering the ‘Osprey Sonata’ 🎶 at Careys Secret Garden this Tuesday 16th June at our Osprey Celebration Concert. This is in celebration of the return of Ospreys to the South coast of England via the Poole Harbour Translocation and the 5th year of the Carey Ospreys breeding 🪶

Watch here for an excerpt from the ‘Osprey Sonata’ that will be performed live alongside many other student pieces.

https://youtube.com/shorts/Avb0gW3wbHY?is=9oti2LxgKuSevHTr

Tickets still available here:

https://www.birdsofpooleharbourbookings.co.uk/event/osprey-celebration-with-the-guildhall-school-of-music-and-drama

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12/06/2026

Exciting Young Birders event for 13-18 year olds next Thursday 18th June!

Join us at Canford Heath in Poole for a Young Birders Nightjar Ringing Demonstration in collaboration with Dorset Nightjar Study Group. We’ll be taking a walk across the heathland in search of this unique and crepuscular species, with chance of seeing other heathland species like Dartford Warbler.

We’ll then have the chance to hear from members of the study group, who have been researching Nightjar movements using radio-tracking and bird ringing across urban heathlands in Bournemouth and Poole, and hopefully see some birds in the hand.

Book for free here: https://www.birdsofpooleharbourbookings.co.uk/event/nightjar-ringing-demonstration-with-dorset-nightjar-study-group

09/06/2026

Osprey activity has been incredible in Poole Harbour recently, with this amazing video being taken by Chris House from one of our Safari Cruises!

We’ve seen plenty of fish catches lately by our local adult male 022 as well as lots of the other young males that have been hanging around recently. Fishing by the male of the Carey Nest is really starting to increase, as the chicks grow and demand more feeding, but luckily he's providing plenty of fish!

https://www.birdsofpooleharbourbookings.co.uk/event/summer-safari-cruises-2026

08/06/2026

The latest Osprey diary entry has just been published. Head over to our Osprey page on the website for the full read...

https://www.birdsofpooleharbour.co.uk/osprey-news/osprey-diary-2026/

08/06/2026

Here's a quick look back at some of our photos from an action-packed events schedule over the last few days. Our Summer Safaris have been fascinating with various Ospreys putting in appearances around the harbour. Yesterday we enjoyed watching 022 successfully hunt and narrowly avoid a persistent Great Black-backed Gull, and it's always a thrill to bump into a White-tailed Eagle or two... check out the size comparison next to Mute Swan and Marsh Harrier in these images 👀

We also ran our first guided Nightjar experience of the season. We LOVE running these events and even managed a flight shot at dusk. See image descriptions for species ID.

Thinking of coming out birding with us? It's easy to view a month-by-month calendar of our upcoming events here 👇

https://www.birdsofpooleharbourbookings.co.uk/home/event-calendar

05/06/2026

Yesterday we were out monitoring some of the Kestrel nest boxes we put up around the harbour a few years ago. Great to see that many were active with healthy chicks, some of which were at the right stage to be ringed under licence to understand more about their movements and productivity. 3 healthy broods of Kestrel ringed of 3, 4 and 5 chicks. A further 3 nests were observed with chicks too.

Big thank you to National Trust Purbeck Countryside team and the ringers at Careys Secret Garden for supporting on this.

03/06/2026

It's less than 2 weeks to go until our Osprey Celebration Concert with the Guildhall School of Music & Drama 🎵🦅. Professors and students will be premiering live piano and electronic music from the specially created Osprey Sonata, inspired by the successful nesting of Ospreys at Careys Secret Garden .

Join us on Tuesday 16th June 3-6:30pm to listen to the music, enjoy the gardens and celebrate the Poole Harbour Osprey Project! All proceeds will go towards Birds of Poole Harbour as a fundraiser for the charity to help in our education and conservation work.

We hope to see lots of you there!

https://www.birdsofpooleharbourbookings.co.uk/event/osprey-celebration-with-the-guildhall-school-of-music-and-drama

02/06/2026

Our FINAL series of Carey Osprey Tours for the 2026 breeding season are now available to book from late-June through July. With all four chicks feeding well, now is a fantastic time to visit the Carey Osprey nest! Fish deliveries have already increased as the chicks develop.

Book your tickets here 👇https://www.birdsofpooleharbourbookings.co.uk/home/ospreys

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