A dank mist sat over the area for most of the morning but flat calm waters made viewing open water species easier. 1 Black-necked Grebe and 1 Great Northern Diver were off the Brownsea north shore.  The high-tide count at Lytchett Fields included c200 Lapwing, c150 Dunlin, 1 Avocet, 1 Spoonbill, 1 Green Sandpiper, 4 Greenshank, 1 Water Pipit and a good number of Snipe, Redshank, Teal, Shelduck and Black-tailed Godwit, whilst close by at Holton Pools were 1 Spoonbill, 1 Greenshank, 1 Avocet and 62 Lapwing. In Holes Bay NE the Spotted Redshank was near the PC World outflow and a single Med Gull was with Black-headed Gulls. Med Gull numbers continue to grow near the harbour mouth and northern shores, especially on the lower tides. Poole Harbour is in desperate need of a good gull too! With the west of the county seeing regular Glaucous and recent Iceland Gulls and Blashford to the East hosting  Ring-billed, Caspian and Thayer’s Gull there just has to be a goody in the harbour somewhere! 

Spoonbill – Holton Pools – Trevor Wilkinson