Despite the cold, grey, easterly wind, our School Bird Boat still headed out and braved the waves this morning, with Haymoor Jr School being rewarded with a White-tailed Eagle, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Spoonbill and the Ruddy Shelduck again in the Wareham Channel. A Barnacle Goose was on the Brownsea Lagoon, the Long-tailed Duck and 3 Slavonian Grebe were still off Jerry’s Point and 3 Black-necked Grebe were out in Studland Bay. In Middlebere a ringtail Hen Harrier was logged and there were 2 Spotted Redshank there too. Once all the grot had passed through this afternoon, it was a stunningly cold, crisp night which saw some of our team head out for some night surveying and ringing, and saw us head towards some National Trust owned fields up near the Half Way Inn. There was no shortage of Woodcock seen with c15 counted and 1 caught and ringed, along with this stunning Woodlark which was also ringed.

Woodlark – ringed under license – Hartland Fields