With this torrid SW wind finally beginning to subside, will we finally start seeing an increase in common migrant totals? Numbers seem to be well down at the moment with very few Redstarts, flycatchers, Blackcaps and general warbler species. That said a flock off 22 Yellow Wagtail were on the Stilt Pools at Swineham this evening, indicating that things are getting through and there were 6 Wheatear on Hartland with another at Lytchett Fields. A late Swift also went through Lytchett Fields this AM where there were 2 Spotted Redshank, 21 Greenshank, 14 Ringed Plover and 79 Black-tailed Godwit,. At the Carey Secret Garden ringing station 23 Grasshopper Warbler have bene ringed in the last 2 days and 8 Tree Pipit went over there this morning. There was no shortage of Ospreys again with 3 over the Wareham Channel this morning, 2 over Lytchett Bay, 2 over Middlebere and 1 at Brands Bay. A White-tailed Eagle was in Middlebere a fresh juv Marsh Harrier was in Lytchett Bay and 20 Spoonbill were on Brownsea.

Juvenile Marsh Harrier – Lytchett Bay – Alison Copland