Osprey Monitoring & Sightings
Where are Osprey Nesting?
For more than 15 years, Greenbelt has been dedicated to Osprey conservation through the construction and maintenance of nesting platforms, data collection, public education, and collaborative research efforts aimed at protecting this once endangered species. Volunteers submit their sightings online, and the most recent sightings are displayed in real-time.
Osprey Sighting Form
Help track Osprey behavior north of Boston by submitting your observations using our easy-to-use online reporting form.
Osprey Sightings Archive Search
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-04 - Cloutman’s Point Dock Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-06
02:00 AM to 02:30 AM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 35F, strong wind, partly sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: By scope from Winter Island gazebo.
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-02 - Great Aquivitae Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-06
02:00 PM to 02:30 PM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 35F, Very strong wind, Partly Sunny
Other Activity: Empty nest
Observation Method: By scope from Winter Island gazebo
General Comments: Nest on Little Aquavitae has a pair. They mated while we were there. We are hoping to have eggs. May need to keep reporting them on this site.
Name: Ronald Hamlin
Nest Name:
IPS-01 - Strawberry Hill Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-06
04:55 PM to 05:00 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Sunny, windy, temps in 40’s
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Visual from house
General Comments: This bird is clearly a male and seems likely to be the returning male. Has been present off an on several times today.
Name: Heather Stanton
Nest Name:
GLO-11 - Eastern Point Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-06
02:15 PM to 02:30 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 48 degrees, 17mph W, Cloudy/Partial Sun
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Car
General Comments:
Name: Diana Clark
Nest Name:
GLO-10 - Walker Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-06
09:00 AM to 06:00 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 48, 16 wins w gusts to 28 (a lot of the time at marsh), 50% cloudy
Other Activity: Seals at low tide all morning fairly near nest sight on sand bar.
Observation Method: Home
General Comments: Osprey in nest in morning observing nest condition. Around 3:30 sitting on marsh grass (avoiding intense wind?) feathers really fluffed up. This Osprey has pure white top of head and chest.
Name: Peter Burns
Nest Name:
GLO-08 - Magnolia Woods Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-06
10:15 AM to 10:35 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 45 degrees, windy, sunny with some clouds
Other Activity: Saw osprey flying around as I approached. Found the new nest, but for the first 10 minutes there was no osprey on the nest or in the area. Finally an adult landed on the nest and stayed there the remainder of the time looking around.
Observation Method: On foot, with spotting scope.
General Comments: The new nest is east of the old location in another dead tree. It is in front of a stand of live pine trees.
Name: Lisa Manzî
Nest Name:
ESS-12 - Dilly Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-06
10:00 AM to 10:05 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 45 degrees, WNW 15mph, Partly cloudy, low tide, pretty good visibility across the marsh, but hard to see Dilly and Round
Other Activity:
Observation Method: through the scope from Conomo Point
General Comments:
Name: Lisa Manzî
Nest Name:
ESS-11 - Dean Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-06
09:25 AM to 09:40 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 45 degrees, WNW 15mph, Partly cloudy, low tide, pretty good visibility across the marsh, but hard to see Dilly and Round
Other Activity:
Observation Method: through scope from Island Road
General Comments:
Name: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
ESS-08 - Greenbelt Cox Reservation Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-06
08:05 AM to 08:15 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 41 degrees, sunny, breezy.
Other Activity: Two Osprey, one on nest and fixing sticks, the other is perched on marsh perch eating a fish. Another osprey came in and the male took off after it.
Observation Method: vehicle.
General Comments:
Name: Lisa Manzî
Nest Name:
ESS-07 - Babson Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2026-04-06
09:25 AM to 09:40 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 45 degrees, WNW 15mph, Partly cloudy, low tide, pretty good visibility across the marsh, but hard to see Dilly and Round
Other Activity: perched on the post by the nest
Observation Method: through the scope from Island Road
General Comments: