A reasonably dry morning has been followed by heavy downpours this afternoon putting a stop to the busy nesting activity seen by the terns over at Brownsea Lagoon today, with continued high numbers of c188 Sandwich Tern and c104 Common Tern but still no chicks to be seen. High numbers of Oystercatcher and Shelduck, 59 and c50 respectively, are also present, along with 2 Knot, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, c18 Bar-tailed Godwit, 14 Dunlin, 7 Gadwall and the resident 6 Avocet and 2 Spoonbill were also seen.
At Middlebere 2 Egyptian Geese were caught on camera commandeering the Osprey nest and a Cuckoo was also seen. 5 Swift and 5 House Martin were reported over Poole and Parkstone with 5 Tufted Duck also spotted in Poole Park. 1 Greenshank, 2 Ringed Plover, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Oystercatcher and a juvenile Pied Wagtail seen at Lytchett Bay.
Up on Hartland 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whinchat and Hobby were near Scotland Farm. Around Slepe Heath at dawn 4 Cuckoo were calling and an Osprey and 3 Hobby were over the Wareham Channel mid-afternoon. At Lytchett Fields mid-afternoon a Cuckoo was dropping into the reedbed between the fields and Holton Pools and on the fields were 2 Little Ringed Plover, 9 Black-tailed Godwit and 1 Med Gull. There have been loads of newly fledged Long-tailed Tit, Blue Tit and Great Tit at numerous sites, giving mid-May a very autumn feel as the zee zee zee their way through the hedgerows. We also recently found a juvenile Tawny Owl in woods just outside Wareham, drawn to it by it’s distinctive contact call.
Tawny Owl Juv’s – Wareham – 17/05/19 @ 01:42
Little ringed Plover – Lytchett Fields
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