That takes the biscuit! Sneaky raven is caught on camera trying to hide its stash of BOURBONS in an osprey nest
- Footage on charity webcam captured comic incident on Friday in Poole, Dorset
- The raven was seen looking left to right and then hiding its stash of bourbons
- Charity Birds of Poole Harbour posted the clip on Twitter on Saturday
- Their video has racked up more than 71,000 views and 800 retweets
This is the moment a sneaky raven hid some bourbons in an osprey nest.
Charity Birds of Poole Harbour caught the raven hoarding the chocolatey snacks on its webcam set up to monitor ospreys on Friday in Poole, Dorset.
The black raven landed in the middle of an osprey nest which was built with branches, twigs and moss.
Charity Birds of Poole Harbour caught the raven hoarding the chocolatey snacks on its webcam set up to monitor ospreys on Friday in Poole, Dorset
The black raven landed in the middle of an osprey nest which was built with branches, twigs and moss
The raven looks from left to right with the bourbon biscuits visibly crammed in its beak.
Sneakily, the raven then searches for a good place to hide its stash of biscuits.
It places the two precious snacks deep into the nest and then drags other parts of grass and twigs over the top in a bid to stop them being nabbed.
The raven is then seen flying off, safe in the knowledge that its precious cargo is well hidden.
The raven looks from left to right with the bourbon biscuits visibly crammed in its beak. Sneakily, the raven then searches for a good place to hide its stash of biscuits
Birds of Poole Harbour posted the funny footage on Twitter on Saturday writing:
‘Glad we made the effort! ‘Yesterday morning we went up and did a maintenance check and prepped the Osprey webcam.
‘Yesterday evening a raven came and hid two chocolate bourbons in there!’
Since the charity’s post, the video has racked up more than 71,000 views and 800 retweets.
Watchers enjoyed the unusual clip, pondering whose biscuits had been pinched.
@Eanr said: ‘I’d like to think there is someone, somewhere sitting down with a book in hand, a cup of tea on the table in their garden whilst feeling around blindly for their chocolate bourbons with their other hand.’
Watchers enjoyed the unusual clip, pondering whose biscuits had been pinched
@fab_cep said: ‘Oh how I’d like to know where the raven acquired the chocolate bourbon biscuits.’
@DRBeckistan added: ‘Oh those cheeky ravens, whipping the neighbours’ biscuits. That’s not nice!’
@BartramGail wrote: ‘You can just imagine someone going to have a cup of tea and biscuits outside, turning around and the biscuits have gone, fantastic.’
@SEJohns60898515 said: ‘There’s the chocolates for the incoming guests. He’ll be back soon to do the swan towels.’
Liz Cooper, project co-ordinator for charity Birds of Poole Harbour today said: ‘We are excited because we might have ospreys for the first time in over 200 years on the south coast.
‘We were making adjustments to the camera to try and capture the birds if they arrive and managed to capture the raven with his biscuits trying to hide them.
‘It’s not something you see everyday.’
Ospreys are 52-60cm long with a wingspan of 145-170cm and weigh 1.2-2kg.
In the UK, there are 200-250 pairs of ospreys breeding and they eat fish.
They are mainly found in Scotland, with some sites in North East England.
In Scotland you can visit sites including Loch Garten in the Highlands, Wigtown in Dumfries and Galloway and Loch of the Lowes in Perthshire.
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