Some heavy showers earlier in the day, but plenty of sunshine later on this afternoon. The Carey Ospreys were looking slightly damp! During our Carey Osprey Tours this afternoon they were getting more and more confident with their flying abilities, with all four chicks appearing on the nest throughout the day. We also had fantastic views of 3 Spotted Flycatcher next to the Osprey viewing platform. The first Snipe of the season was spotted at RSPB Lytchett Fields this morning, alongside a new season high of 13 Greenshank, as well as 2 Spotted Redshank, 14 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Common Sandpiper, and multiple Green Sandpiper. There was 1 Osprey in Lytchett Bay today, seen from Rock Lea Viewpoint. 1 Honey Buzzard was seen this morning over Coombe Heath, Arne heading towards Wytch Channel. Before the showers, a further 94 birds were ringed in the Lower Piddle Valley, with 56 Sedge Warbler, 6 Grasshopper Warbler, 10 Willow Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler, and 8 Reed Warbler. The first juvenile Goshawks are now begining to be seen with one in the south of the harbour this afternoon. From our Sunset Safari cruise tonight we saw 3 different Osprey, one of which turned out to be 2nd cal year male 5H3 which was seen in Middlebere, plus there were 5+ Bearded Tit at Swinham Point along with 5 Common Sandpiper. Both White-tailed Eagles were in the Wareham Channel during the day, and on the Brownsea Lagoon there were 8 Spoonbill, 4 Avocet, 100+ Dunlin, 1 Spotted Redshank, 15 Greenshank and 8 Ringed Plover.

CJ7 and 5R6 eating a fish each on the Carey nest

Fresh juvenile Goshawk – Poole harbour south – Mark Wright

Honey Buzzard – Poole harbour south – Mark Wright