Beautifully calm today, especially for our School Bird Boat with 3 Great Northern Diver off the Brownsea north shore, 3 Spoonbill on the gull islands, 2 Marsh Harrier at Swineham and 110 Avocet on the Brownsea Lagoon. There was a good count of 9 Black-necked Grebe off the north shore of Long Island, out towards central harbour and the Long-tailed Duck, 3 Slavonian Grebe and 2 Black-necked Grebe were still off Jerry’s Point. A Water Pipit was at Lytchett Fielda and just out the recording area a Hawfinch was in St Marys Churchyard, Lytchett Matravers.