8 August 2022
It is a beautiful sunny day with clear skies on the Canadian Prairies but it is raining tear drops in the UK this morning.
This is a very early posting – longer one for this evening – to acknowledge the loss and sorrow. The chicks at Poole Harbour made history when their eggs were laid, when they hatched, and then fledged. It is a great loss. Sadly, the Goshawks are also being reintroduced. Their are formidable enemies of the osprey if you have ever witnessed an attack.
H52 the osplet that was attacked by the Goshawk on the Poole Harbour nest has, sadly, died.
The attack that took H52’s life:
At the Loch Garten nest, IC1 passed away this morning after being ill for a couple of days.
IC1 watching IC2 return from a flight yesterday.
Condolences go out to both Loch Garten and Poole Harbour – to the Osprey families and all their followers. This is just tragic news in a growling list of young osprey deaths in 2022.
Thank you for joining me. I am so sorry to bring you such sad news.
Thank you for their streaming cams where I took these screen captures.