With the weather improving perfectly just before 9am, and moments before our first Osprey Cruise departed the quay, there was just enough time to check Baiter on the low tide which produced 26 Ringed Plover and 15+ Turnstone. Our Osprey Cruises today produced 6+ Osprey in the Wareham Channel along with 3 Great White Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier, 18 Spoonbill, 2 Spotted Redshank, 53 Avocet, 3 Wigeon and a good mix of other common waders and plenty of Sandwich Terns. Later in the day the Brownsea Lagoon held 31 Spoonbill plus 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Little Stint, c100 Avocet and 75 Ringed Plover. At RSPB Arne, 3 Pied Flycatcher and 5 Spotted Flycatcher were near Arne Farm along the track and an adult Yellow-legged Gull was in Middlebere.

Ringed Plover – Baiter Beach