Nice arrival of 7 juvenile Curlew Sandpiper on the Lagoon today. Also present were 1 Yellow Wagtail, 53 Spoonbill, c100 Ringed Plover, c100 Dunlin, 3 Sanderling, 2 Turnstone, 8 Knot and c25 Avocet. Small flocks of Yellow Wagtail were still at Sunnyside Scrape and Hartland Moor. Also on Hartland were 1 Redstart, 3 Wheatear and 1 Hobby. From our Osprey Cruises today we had at least 5 Osprey in the Wareham Channel along with, 3 adult Yellow-legged Gull, 4 Greenshank, 2 Marsh Harrier and 1 Hobby. The local White-tailed Eagle pair were also active here, hunting unsuccessfully around Giggers Island while being mobbed by the local Osprey.
Well, it was nice whilst it lasted. Back to some pretty torrid weather today, with visibility and sightings…
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