A day of two halves, with heavy rain in the morning but then finally some bright sunshine in the afternoon. Holes Bay is still holding good numbers of the harbour’s waders and waterfowl with 19 Knot, 1000+ Black-tailed Godwit, 300+ Dunlin, 100 Avocet and c50 Pintail. The Snow Bunting was still showing well at Hamworthy Beach. 1 Spoonbill was in Lytchett Bay and 1 was feeding in the late evening at the Sunnyside Scrape. 1 Peregrine also came through carrying a large prey item at Sunnyside at dusk.
A strange grey sky welcomed us in today, and an even stranger wet substance fell from the cloud…
Find out moreAs the hot weather continues the dearth of terns across the harbour is still obvious with only 5…
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