Today provided another day in paradise as Bank Holiday record-breaking temperatures hit the headlines. The birds, well, they didn’t mind at all and with lots of insect life now on the wing species such as Hobby took full advantage as dragonflies began emerging from heathland ponds. There were 3 Hobby over Hartland, 1 over Middlebere and another over Wareham water meadows near the bypass bridge. Red Kite were again on the move with 3 over Wareham Common, 5 over Lytchett Matravers, 1 over Sandford and 1 over Studland. Its no surprise that with these stunning summer sunsets over the Bank Holiday weekend that Nightjars suddenly began to sing at dusk with birds back at Arne and on Brownsea. There was also the first spring arrival of Ruff with a single at Lytchett Fields and 3 on the Brownsea Lagoon. An Osprey was seen fishing in the Wareham Channel and then 2 were seen early evening at Morden Bog. On Brownsea Sandwich Tern numbers are building very slowly with only one of the islands in front of the Mac Hide being used and its worrying to see that next to no Common Terns have settled yet on the other islands…are the Canada Geese imposing too much?

Sandwich Tern – Brownsea Lagoon – Rene Goad

Mute Swan – Poole Park – Johm Pick Grendon