It was a quiet Bank Holiday for bird news with the White Stork at Wool being the most notable sighting. We haven’t seen this bird ourselves yet, so are not sure of its origin or whether it has any rings on, but that really doesn’t matter and we hope that White Stork soon become a regular spring visitor to these areas now, especially as 2 pairs are now breeding a bit further up the coast, east at the Knepp Estate. At Lytchett fields there were 3 Ringed Plover, 2 Whimbrel and 1 Cuckoo. Hobby now seem more dispersed with 2 over Hartland, 2 over the Frome Valley and singles seen over Swineham and Stoborough Heath. An Osprey was seen over Stoborough but it’s unclear as to whether it was CJ7 or a newly arrived migrant. The two Roseate Terns were still on the Brownsea Lagoon moving about to different areas and more Sandwich Tern chicks have hatched.

Swallow – Stoborough