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An osprey spotting boat trip round Poole Harbour organised by BOPH, on an intermittently grey and sunny day. The previous few trips had all resulted in multiple Osprey, and several White Tailed Eagle sightings, so I was full of optimism. I'd done a similar trip before, but forgot that it's generally a better trip for spotters than photographers, due to large distances to the subjects There were unfortunately no eagles, but a minimum of 4 Osprey, and several other birds.
I've whittled the 1000+ photos to 43, so hopefully not a chore!


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A great trip PB, nice record of it as well.

Can't be bad seeing 4 osprey... Lovely photo's of the sandwich tern, one I don't tend to see Nice to see the black tailed godwits in formation. Looks like it was a good trip PB.

Quite an air show. Starting with the ground crew then the single aerobatic displays from various performers and finally Godwit Display Team to round off a great day.

Willpar wrote: Sun Aug 30, 2026 9:26 am A great trip PB, nice record of it as well.

Thanks William, 'twas a nice way to spend the afternoon

SnappyMac wrote: Sun Aug 30, 2026 7:06 pm Can't be bad seeing 4 osprey... Lovely photo's of the sandwich tern, one I don't tend to see Nice to see the black tailed godwits in formation. Looks like it was a good trip PB.

Thanks Snappy, I was a bit disappointed the eagles were a no show.. they turned up again for the following mornings trip but that's wildlife

Jacksparrow wrote: Sun Aug 30, 2026 8:22 pm Quite an air show. Starting with the ground crew then the single aerobatic displays from various performers and finally Godwit Display Team to round off a great day.

Cheers Jack, it was a good afternoon

Well you spotted an Osprey or 2 on your boat trip, shame you never got WTEs but you still got plenty of other things the photograph . The tern with its dinner was really nice