A stunning, sunny day in the harbour, with a clear out of some of the migrant Ospreys which were in the harbour yesterday, although 1 juvenile and 2 adults (including an unringed male) were still visible in the Wareham Channel. On our Young Birders Summer birds and conservation cruise this morning we had great views of at least 2 recently fledged juvenile Bearded Tit in the mouth of the River Frome, c20 House Martin flying low over Swineham Gravel Pit, c150 Black-tailed Godwit at the top of the Wareham Channel and 1 Sparrowhawk mobbing the Ospreys briefly. On the Brownsea Lagoon, there were 15 Spoonbill on the Tamarisk Island, 2 Sanderling in with the c100 Dunlin, 10 Ringed Plover, 20 Avocet, and 6 Common Sandpiper along the northern shoreline. Earlier this morning, 1 Great White Egret flew past the Rock Lea Viewpoint at RSPB Lytchett. On the rising tide at RSPB Lytchett Fields, there were 2 Peregrine Falcon, 2 Spotted Redshank, 7 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Common Gull, 7 Greenshank, and 46 Redshank. The White-tailed Eagles were active in the harbour today, with 1 adult seen with a fish being harassed by a juvenile Osprey. Various ringing sessions took place including at Lytchett Bay where 2 Redstart where the highlight and the Lower Piddle Valley where 3 Tree Pipit and still good numbers of Sedge Warbler were ringed. A Great White Egret was also on Lytchett Fields.

2 Spoonbill – Middlebere – Alison Copland

Adult White-tailed Eagle – Middlebere – Alison Copland

Juvenile Osprey (likely from Carey nest) – Middlebere – John Thorp

Tree Pipit – Lower Piddle Valley – Ed Betteridge