The mini heatwave certainly hit today, but combined with a building SE breeze, it kept it cool enough to enjoy the birding, rather than having to retreat for an iced tea. The birding was steady, but saw another increase in Black-tailed Godwit arrive back with c100 in the Wareham Channel and c50 in Lytchett Bay. Also in Lytchett Bay this morning, female Osprey 6C6 was in the dead tree opposite Rock Lea View again and there were also 23 Redshank, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Greenshank and a Marsh Harrier across the site. The Brownsea Lagoon held 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 Spoonbill, 8 Black-tailed Godwit and a mass of newly fledged juvenile Common and Sandwich Tern. In the Wareham Channel male Osprey 022 caught several fish during the day and male White-tailed Eagle G463 was hunting later in the afternoon. Last night we headed out along the Purbeck coast to see if we could see the Puffins before they left for the summer. Alas, they had either left already or were hiding incredibly well. We did see quite a few Common Guillemot and Razorbill still on the Durlston Ledges but best of all was a Sunfish which passed close to the boat off Swanage Bay.

Sunfish – Swanage Bay – Stephen Smith

Sunfish – Swanage Bay – Stephen Smith