A return to decidedly wintery conditions again today. The Forster’s Tern continued to show well at Poole Park. Lytchett Bay featured the Little Gull again from Rock Lea View, plus two Pintail (a site scarcity). Our wintering icelandic Black-tailed Godwit are preparing for spring, with many moulting into breeding plumage. The colour ringed individual (centre) roosting on Brownsea Lagoon was originally ringed at at Axe Estuary in Nov 2013. Highlights from today’s safari five smart Black-necked Grebe back of the islands, a White-tailed Eagle in the Wareham Channel, four Great Northern Diver, six newly-arrived Sandwich Tern and two Spoonbill on Brownsea Lagoon. Other niceties around the harbour include a Spotted Redshank at Holes Bay NE Creekmoor outflow, 2,500 Black-tailed Godwit and two Knot in NW sector, while a circuit from the hide through the woodland clocked 12 singing Firecrest. Finally, the long-staying Glossy Ibis flock were doing the rounds, first logged at Wareham Common, then later over Careys Secret Garden.

Islandic Black-tailed Godwit, Brownsea Lagoon © Joe Parker