With the first Swallow of the year already logged today, not here in Poole Harbour but over at Lodmoor in Weymouth, and with the forecast suggesting that the sun will shine for longer than 20 minutes later in the week, and even possibly be 15+ degrees, spring has truly landed….and it’s not even March. There were several Chiffchaff singing in the PCW drain this morning at Fleetsbridge, the adult Little Gull was in Lytchett Bay again and off Jerry’s Point there were 8 Black-necked Grebe plus 6 off Middle Beach Studland, with 3 Slavonian Grebe off Brands Bay.
Today had lots of eastern promise which sadly didn’t deliver. But when you’ve already had Bluethroats and Hoopoes…
Find out moreBeing a Monday, there were fewer rare birds found today, but the long staying gems were pinned down…
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