Another hot day, with a Marsh Tit at Carey Secret Garden this afternoon. At Lytchett Fields there were 9 Greenshank, 1 Spotted Redshank and 7 Common Sandpiper plus 3 Osprey were over the bay. There were another 3-4 Osprey in Middlebere and 2 in the Wareham Channel. There was even a visit to the Carey Osprey nest from 2024 male 5H6 (aka the Mighty Titch). Whether he visited to remenice about the good old days, or to perhaps plot a future take over, we’ll never know, but his presence certainly annoyed the two juveniles which were on the nest at the time. The Wood Sandpiper was still on the Sunnyside Scrape and a Whinchat was on Wareham Common.

2-year old male 5H6 (right) visiting his old nest site this AM at Carey Secret Garden