Osprey Celebration: Musical Performance with the Guildhall School of Music and Drama

We're excited to be holding a celebratory event for the Poole Harbour Osprey Project on 16th June in collaboration with the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Careys Secret Garden. We'll be celebrating 5 years of successful breeding of the Carey Ospreys, the first nesting pair of Ospreys in the south of England for 180 years at the gardens, with a musical performance from the Guidlhall School of Music and Drama. Students and Professors from the school have been writing pieces of music for piano and electronics, having been inspired by the fantastic nature recovery story of the Ospreys and will be performing these new works, live in the gardens for the public to enjoy. These performances will include the world premiere of a new 'Osprey Sonata'! This has been composed specially for the event by Professor Matthew King (The Music Professor on Youtube) and Professor Nye Parry.

The entire ticket price for the event will go towards a fundraiser for Birds of Poole Harbour to support the work we do in supporting Osprey Recovery and engaging with people about nature recovery. The Gardens will be open from 10am - 7:30pm and the performance itself will run from 3pm-6:30pm. Booking for the performance is essential as there are limited places available. There are the beautiful gardens to explore throughout the day along with seeing the Osprey Statue, watching the Osprey Webcam, hearing about the Poole Harbour Osprey Project from BoPH staff and food and drinks available from the cafe. 

Please note that your ticket does not include a visit to the Osprey Nest. The nest is highly sensitive, with Ospreys being Schedule 1 protected species, so guided access to the Osprey Viewing Platform is only available by separately booking an Osprey Tour here. The Osprey Tours on 16th June will also give you access to the gardens and the performance on this day, but places are limited so as not to impact the birds.

Key Information:

• Directions to Careys Secret Garden are included on your ticket. Please note that you are not required to print your ticket as we will use a digital guestlist for checking you in.
• Seating is limited for the performance so we recommend bringing your own camping chair for each member of your party.
• This is an outdoor event so please makes sure to bring appropriate clothing and waterproofs/umbrellas if rain is forecast.
• There are toilet facilities and a small vegetarian cafe (the Secret Salt Pig!) onsite. Pizzas from the pizza oven will be served throughout the afternoon/evening.
• Careys Secret Garden also offer wheelchair accessible garden visits, please found out more info and contact them about this here.
• Children aged under 5 years old can attend free of charge, but please let us know in advance of booking if you have any under 5s in your party (via bookings@birdsofpooleharbour.co.uk or on 01202 641003), so that we can ensure there is enough space available and chat through the set-up with you.