With April having now faded away and May blossoming into a new era, what will the next month hold? This spring has been pretty good so far, with a great range of birds decorating our landscape, from the Bluethroat, the Forster’s Tern, Common Cranes, Black Kite, White Stork, Garganey, Red-rumped Swallow and so on, what will be next? Who knows, but the fact so many birders are out monitoring the area is worthy enough and shows just how exciting this landscape is. This morning up on Ballard a Hobby was logged coming in off the sea, plus 8 distant skua passed out beyond Durlston, likely Pomarine Skua, also 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Wheatear, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler and 11 Common Whitethroat were counted. A Lesser Whitethroat and french ringed Sedge Warbler were ringed at Carey Secret Garden this morning.

Lesser Whitethroat – Carey Secret Garden – Ed Betteridge