As is typical each year, as September presses on, numbers of Spoonbill continue to increase and today 75 were on the Brownsea Lagoon, where there were also 8 Curlew Sandpiper (down from 19 last Saturday), 20 Greenshank, 1 Spotted Redshank and c120 Avocet. A Nightjar was ringed in the Lower Piddle Valley along with 50 Common Chiffchaff, 35 Blackcap, 1 Tree Pipit, 2 late Grasshopper Warbler and a Reed Warbler. As well as the local pair of White-tailed Eagles, 2 new adult females have also been popping in and out of the harbour with 2021 females G818 and G486, as well as a wandering 2024 juv G717. Yesterday the 6 recently arrived Glossy Ibis were seen entering the Swineham heron roost.