There’s been a real arrival of Teal in Holes Bay with 60 this morning in the North West Sector along with 5 Whimbrel, 6 Dunlin and 339 Redshank.  At Lytchett Fields on the rising tide there were 1 Spotted Redshank, c20 Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpiper and 2 Common Sandpiper. At Coombe Heath from RSPB Arne there were 2 Osprey, 3 Spoonbill and 1 Great White Egret.

Lots of action from our Osprey Cruise this morning with at least 6 Osprey active with only one of these being a juvenile. We had 3 separate fish catches in the Wareham Channel with one incident where a migrant female Osprey lost her fish to a Great Black-backed Gull, only to go and catch another fish just 10 minutes later! Interestingly the second fish was much smaller and easier to carry off, so no hassle from the gulls. Both White-tailed Eagles were active in the Wareham Channel too along with c200 Black-tailed Godwit feeding on the low tide. On the Brownsea Lagoon the 29 Spoonbill were still roosting at high tide, along with 25 Avocet, c200 Dunlin and c20 Ringed Plover.

There was also a report of 3 Storks/Cranes high over Wareham Causeway, but too distant to identify. Worth keeping an eye out for as they could still be in the area.

Our 2-year old returning male Osprey ‘5H3’ reappeared again last night on a harbour nest platform. It’s a really great sign he keeps returning to the harbour, since his return in June, that he may be looking to set up a nest for next year.

5H3 on nest platform last night