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Apologies for the image quality, there was very little light and it was a long way away.

Apologies for the image quality, there was very little light and it was a long way away.

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) circling over salt marsh (montage). Poole Harbour, Dorset, UK. 03/09/12. Taken from the Middlebere side of the channel at 8.45am. Didn't see it again all day.

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) taking off from perch. RSPB Arne, Dorset, UK. Picture Arne 2012 competition entry.

A grabbed shot of this Osprey flying over the Middlebere channel on Thursday 15th September 2011. The camera timer indicates 0944 local time.

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) with freshly caught fish on the shores of Poole Harbour at Arne. Dorset, UK. A rather slim looking bird so hope it feeds well before continuing its journey to Africa. The crows were bullying it unfortunately.

Osprey departs with half-eaten fish at RSPB Arne. 01/04/11.

I apologise for the mushroom joke, but today I thought I'd talk a tiny it about the incredible fungi and mushroom to be found around the reserve this time of year. Just at the start ofthe combe heath walk you will find two rather poisonous varities; the first the iconic 'children's fairytale'...

Just a quick message to let everyone know that osprey can still be seen fishing in the middlebere channel at the reserve, and even better than that; the present birds are using the osprey post so it's a much closer view from the combe heath trail! Come and see them; they are amazing!

Osprey with freshly caught bass at Arne on the afternoon of 13/09/10.

Osprey with freshly caught bass at Arne on the afternoon of 13/09/10.

With guides with scopes positioned out all over the reserve this weekend, we searched for raptors! Down on combe heath, Osprey fished and perched in the dead trees both days, hobby too were seen all weekend, sunday saw a female sparrowhawk and saturday a female marsh harrier. On saturday, brilliant views...

The weather forcast for the raptor weekend looks a bit dodgy but that won't affect the osprey going about their business in the slightest, and there was a lot of activity yesterday from them in the sun as well. Paul and his group on the guided walk were very lucky to get three osprey at once in their...

It seemed there were Osprey everywhere today. Excited visitors were regularly returning to the visitor centre reporting views of the magnificant birds fishing in middlebere channel, eating fish in dead trees at shipstal, flying over wareham channel and roosting in trees at combe heath. After long debate...

What a washout! Thankfully the birds didn't seem to mind. One osprey seem today flying past shipstal in the morning and the young marsh harrier too was seen over the same side of the reserve. Really good numbers of redshank, curlew and black tailed godwit in the harbour and two spoonbill were...

You know you are having a good day when sightings of pied flycatcher, spotted flycatcher, redstart, willow warbler, dartford warbler, smooth snake, marsh harrier, 300+ black tailed godwit, 200+ curlew, greenshank, green sandpiper and spotted redshank are all eclipsed! But today it happened. At least...