As September comes to an end, the prime time for Wrynecks is almost over. However there was just enough time for one to turn up in a Parkstone garden.. I bet the lucky finder wasn’t quite expecting that! The Lesser Yellowlegs was still on Lytchett Fields with 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Knot, 1 Little Stint, 150 Dunlin, 6 Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Hobby, 1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Sandwich Tern and 3 Reed Warbler. On the Brownsea Lagoon Spoonbill numbers remain at 37, also there 2 Curlew Sandpiper and 3 Spotted Redshank. A Firecrest was in Slough Lane, Upton with another 3 in the Arne car park.
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