Birds of Poole Harbour, a charity leading the area’s osprey breeding project said four eggs for a third year in a row was “quite a rare occurrence in ospreys, but great news for the recovering population here on the south coast.”

The pair have so far successfully bred at the nest site for three consecutive years, rearing three young in 2023, four in 2024 and a further four in 2025.

This year’s eggs should start to hatch towards the end of May.