POOLE HARBOUR OSPREYS, ENGLAND, LIVE WEBCAM
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- Location: Poole Harbour, Dorset, England
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Live streaming osprey webcam in Dorset, England. The osprey nest is loacted near Poole Harbour in Dorset. This nest is home to Blue CJ7 (female) and Blue 022 (male)
The ospreys at Poole Harbour are there thanks to a reintroduction programme and it is predicted ospreys will establish breeding populations on the south coast over the coming years.
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Birds of Poole Harbour are partnered with the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation and Wildlife Windows to deliver the Poole Harbour Osprey Translocation Project, aiming to restore a breeding population of these charismatic birds of prey to the South Coast.
The project, which started in 2017, involves the translocation of 60 juvenile Ospreys from Scottish nests into the Poole Harbour area. This process aims to create a bond between the young Ospreys and their new local area, before they leave on their first treacherous migration, usually to West Africa. This bond draws the Ospreys back to Poole Harbour on their return to the UK, after at least 2 years maturing in their wintering grounds, when they will be identifying suitable nesting sites.
The translocation therefore lays the foundations for the ospreys return as a breeding bird to the South Coast, 180 years on from their local extinction.
Video showing the first fledge of the Poole Harbour osprey young last season:
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