Heavy rain from dawn until midday dampened some of the local recording today. However, conditions improved dramatically during the afternoon with an Osprey seen perched up at Lytchett Bay along with a single Little ringed plover, 6 Mediterranean gull, 4 Reed warbler, 214 Canada geese and the single odd-looking Ruddy x Common Shelduck hybrid.

The Carey Ospreys went from prolonged sheltering from the downpours in the morning, to basking in the sun by the afternoon! Male Osprey, 022 continued to provide for the growing family with a brown trout dropped off at breakfast and a mullet at midday. Song thrush and Mistle thrush have successfully fledged chicks on the Carey estate, with 3 Mistle thrush chicks following and begging for food from their parents. 2 Woodlark also recorded here.

The ever dutiful CJ7 sheltering her growing chicks.