Hoorah! Its getting mild(er). More bugs and it seems more birds. At Sunnyside scrape a decent group of Swallow were feeding over the pool along with 2 territorial Lapwing defending 3 chicks and there were 2 Egyptian Geese there too. At Holton Lee a good Swift gathering of c30 birds was high over the arable fields. An Osprey was seen hunting out in the Wareham Channel mid-afternoon and on Holton Pools 24 Black-tailed Godwit and 3 Gadwall were in front of the hide. On the Brownsea Lagoon there were 6 Avocet but sadly no signs of breeding yet this year, also 14 Bar-tailed Godwit, 82 Oystercatcher, 3 Spoonbill and 134 Sandwich Tern chicks.