A stunning Sunday, with almost zero breeze, which when it did kick in, turned south-easterly, meaning we could be in for some newly arrived migrants over the coming days. This morning from our final Summer Safari Cruise of the season female White-tailed Eagle G466 kindly passed close by the boat as she flew out across the Wareham Channel. There were also 3 different Osprey, including a juvenile (likely from the local nest). On the Brownsea Lagoon 26 Spoonbill were roosting and there were 25 Avocet, 10 Ringed Plover, 3 Greenshank and 150 Dunlin. A single Marsh Harrier was out on a post close to Swineham, which was the first sighting of this species for a while. New migrant passerines were spread thinly across the harbour with a Pied Flycatcher at Lytchett Bay sewage works, 2 Redstart and 1 Wheatear on Hartland Moor and at the lower Piddle Valley ringing station 11 Grasshopper Warbler, 66 Sedge Warbler, 2 Tree Pipit and 2 Nightjar were the highlights.

Female Osprey CJ7 hunting in Wareham Channel – John Thorpe