The stormy conditions brought with it some nice birds in the Wareham Channel with a small, all dark Skua species that was sadly too distant to identify. A Glossy Ibis also dropped in to Arne Moors this morning. The first Pintail of the Autumn dropped in to Holes Bay today along with 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Knot, 302 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Dunlin and 1 fishing Osprey. From our Osprey Cruises we also had at least 5 Osprey, 2 Marsh Harrier in the Wareham Channel and on the Brownsea Lagoon there were 27 Spoonbill, 12 Avocet, 4 Knot and 2 Bar-tailed Godwit.

Spoonbill from our Osprey Cruise this AM – Brownsea Lagoon – Mark Wright