It’s still very cold, and the ENE wind is due to build by the weekend but the sun shone and we were thrilled to have a visit to our BoPH HQ by the Biotope UK team who were visiting in regards to an exciting project we’re helping with at RSPB Arne later in the year. Although we can’t say too much now, it was great to see the Biotope team, and I’m sure the RSPB Dorset team will be releasing more info about this exciting project in the coming weeks/months which is scheduled for Autumn 2019.

Sightings today were limited to CJ7’s standard morning visit to the Middlebere platform where she sat and pondered for a while. Red Kites were logged over Poole Park and Holton Pools. A Little Ringed Plover flew over Morden Bog which is quite an exceptional record, at Lytchett Fields there were just 2 Green Sandpiper and at Baiter there were still 12 Turnstone feeding on the beach.