Less movement of birds today after the big push yesterday, but 2 passage Nightjar were still caught at the Lower Piddle Valley Ringing Station along with a smaller number of common migrants including Blackcap and Chiffchaff. The 9 Goosander were still in Brands Bay along with 1 Knot, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 4 Greenshank, 3 Pintail and 1 Osprey. In Middlebere there good numbers of Knot with 30+ noted. On the Brownsea Lagoon there were 80 Avocet and 25 Spoonbill. Plenty of Osprey sightings from all parts of the harbour including in the Wareham Channel, Lytchett Bay, Studland and RSPB Arne. Impressively an adult Osprey was seen catching a fish off Long Island (from Middlebere Lookout Hide at Arne) before then diving in again immediately to catch a second fish(!) 1 in each talon!4

Osprey with 2 fish after 2 separate dives – Long Island from Middlebere Lookout – Alison Copland