There was a male Lesser-spotted Woodpecker in Chads Copse, Boarder Road in Lytchett Bay in the morning. A Great Northern Diver was off Shore Road, Whitley Lake and another off Baiter. The Spoonbill flock was mostly on Brownsea and a Merlin dashed by there. A Short-eared Owl was again along the Arne Road at dusk and 2 Woodcock were flushed from Slepe Heath. In Holes Bay there were 10+ Pintail, 100+ Avocet and 200+ Black-tailed Godwit.
Summer is back, for now, and with it a massive push of hirundines, mainly House Martin. There were…
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