Two extremes today with a mirror calm harbour (and Poole Bay) at dawn, and 40mph gusts by dusk, needless to say that all birding efforts were made pre-midday. Out in Poole Bay at sunrise, a good scan produced 4 Great Northern Diver, 2 Red-throated Diver and c20 each of Guillemot and Razorbill all settled off shore, feeding happily. A Siberian Chiffchaff was in the PCW Drain (opposite KFC) along with c15 Common Chiffchaff, 2 Firecrest and 1 Cetti’s Warbler. The Yellow-browed Warbler was reported again at the north end of Hatch Pond, at Holmebridge 32+ Russian White-fronted Geese flew over and 7+ Cattle Egret were in the area. The Tundra Bean Goose flock at Binnegar grew to 17 individuals, there were 18 Spoonbill at Shipstal, RSPB Arne and 1 Spotted Redshank at Lytchett Fields.
Although the ice had largely gone, the cold was very much still in the wind, but with a…
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