The highlight of today’s sightings was the Snow Bunting seen at Studland at Redhorn Point throughout the afternoon. The last Snow Bunting report in the harbour was in Feb/March of 2017 at Shell Bay, so we are long overdue another sighting! Studland continued to provide sightings today, with a count of Brands Bay from Redhorn providing 320 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Bar-tailed Godwit, 150 Dunlin, 30 Ringed Plover, 5 Pintail, 17 Turnstone, 20+ Red-breasted Merganser, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Knot and 1 Great White Egret and 1 Scaup. Later this afternoon, an increase with another 5 Scaup off Goathorn logged, meaning 6 in total.
Over in Holes Bay, a full wader count in the early afternoon reported 56 Avocet, 403 Black-tailed Godwit, 52 Curlew, 68 Dunlin, 1 Lapwing, 31 Oystercatcher and 207 Redshank, as well as the Barnacle Goose still being present. 13 Brent Geese were reported in Lytchett Bay, as well as the Whinchat still present in the arable field at Lytchett Fields. The Red-breasted Merganser was still present in Poole Park this morning. There have been plenty of harrier reports today, with Marsh Harrier sightings in Lytchett Bay, over Lytchett Fields and at Little Sea at Studland. A second ringtail Hen Harrier was present hunting over Arne Moors with the juvenile this morning, its slow and methodical hunting evidencing it was a female. 1 Hen Harrier was also reported in the Middlebere Channel this morning, as well as 3 Great White Egret. A scan of the Upton Allotments this morning provided no sightings of the Hoopoe, and with no further reports this afternoon, so it’s possible the bird has moved on.
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