There’s a huge amount of water around at the moment, especially around the harbour fringes and the connecting river valleys. So much so the flock of 10 Glossy Ibis were seen today on a few occasions moving around the outskirts of Wareham looking for somewhere safe and suitable to feed. After a few days of little coverage, Redhorn Quay was visited this morning and resulted in 3 Slavonian Grebe, 8 Black-necked Grebe, 1 drake Goldeneye and 1 Great Northern Diver. Poole Park boating lake still kept hold of the lone male Pochard, plus there was 1 Red-breasted Merganser and the male Mandarin Duck was on the smaller lake. There was at least 1 Siberian Chiffchaff behind KFC at the PCW Drain, there was 1 Spotted Redshank at Lytchett Fields and 40+ Russian White-fronted Goose were still in the fields at Ridge, near Arne.

Dunlin and Ringed Plover – Poole Quay breakwater