A blustery day with a few reports across the harbour. In Middlebere a Great White Egret was in front of the raptor screen along with 2 Green Sandpiper and c300 Avocet were in the Middlebere channel still with 2 Spotted Redshank, 1 Merlin and 1 Peregrine. There was a max count of 29 Spoonbill off Shipstal and off Middle Beach there was 1 Great Northern Diver, 6 Black-necked Grebe, 4 Common Scoter and 1 Guillemot. You can tell spring is on its way when the first gatherings of Med Gulls begin appearing in Whitley Lake and along the Studland Beaches with c50 present and 7 off Baiter.