As we approach the longest day of the year, it seems it’s going to coincide with the hottest day of the year too. Hopefully it won’t impact birds that are still in the middle of the breeding season, as second broods for some species are probably well underway. There were more signs of new ‘arrivals’ today when 5 Spoonbill appeared on the Brownsea Lagoon. Perhaps this is the beginnings of the autumn build up, and the harbour is set to smash another record after last years 116 on Oct 6th. Ospreys were logged in Lytchett Bay, with 2 seen, 1 in Middlebere and 1 in the Wareham Channel. An adult Yellow-legged Gull was in the mouth of the Frome/Swineham Point, a Cuckoo and 1 Great White Egret were on RSPB Arne Moors, White-tailed Eagle sightings were over Middlebere and Lytchett Bay and 2 Cattle Egret were seen over the Lower Frome Valley.