The foul weather is due to stay set in until well into next week which won’t make it easy for any early returning migrants. It seems we’re in that lull period as many birds seem to have moved out but not much has returned. A survey of the harbour saw 80 Red-breasted Merganser, 4 different Peregrine, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 ringtail Hen Harrier, 10 Spoonbill on Shipstal and 5 Black-necked Grebe in Shell Bay. A single Sand Martin was bombing around Brands Bay where there were still 235 Wigeon and 55 Pintail. The female Eider was still off Shell Bay with 2 Sandwich Tern. The White-fronted Goose was still at Bestwall. In Poole park a whopping 598 Black-tailed Godwit were feeding.