Still very blowy today, with the only advantage being it blew off some of the Poole Peregrines prey items from the ledge at the Asda flats. Over the years we’ve received multiple panicked phone calls and emails from distraught members of the public who have found multiple corpses outside Asda or along the pavement, concerned that someone has been out killing multiple birds. It’s always reassuring to be able to inform people that whenever there’s a strong southerly (or south-easterly) breeze it’s just the remains of the Poole Peregrines raining down, rather than a human inflicted slaughter! Today local birder David Foster found a few Dunlin and Redwing heads! But over the years there have been Woodcock, Knot, Lapwing, Fieldfare, Knot, Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank all found…even a Common Tern head in an Asda trolley! Many of these are caught at night, with the peregrines using the lights of Poole to hunt night migrating birds such as waders and winter thrush’s.

Elsewhere today sightings were rather limited with 1 adult Little Gull at Lytchett Fields, 40+ Russian White-fronted Geese at Ridge and 15 Crossbill were on Slepe Heath.

Dunlin retrieved from below the Asda flats, Holes Bay – David Foster

Redwing heads retrieved from below the Asda flats – David Foster