Hopefully the final day of the heat wave today as the weather is due to cool off for the week coming. There was plenty of bird of prey action in the Wareham Channel this morning. The resident White-tailed Eagle pair were active on the sandy cliffs and shorelines, attempting to fish themselves and steal fish off of cormorants. Osprey 022 caught a fish and 1 of the juvenile Marsh Harriers was exploring further afield in the channel. 1 juvenile Peregrine was soaring over Arne Moors. On the Brownsea Lagoon the 5 Spoonbill were still present along with 2 Avocet, 5 Dunlin and 7 Greenshank. From Rock Lea View in Lytchett Bay there were 1 Marsh Harrier and 1 Greenshank. At Holton Heath there was 1 Garden Warbler present along with a party of 3 Crossbill heading East.

In other exciting news, we had even more fledging today! 2 more chicks from the Careys Secret Garden Osprey nest fledged this morning, 5R3 and 5R4. Just 5R6 to go! They’ll continue to come back to the nest site for many more weeks as they’re still reliant on their parents while they begin to take their first exploratory flights.

White-tailed Eagle G466 – Wareham Channel from our Summer Safari Cruise – Alison Copland