Winter kicked back in today with a cold NW setting in after the mornings brief wet spell. Another bird boat headed out on the big high spring tide and saw the Brownsea Lagoon looking it’s best with c800 Dunlin, c200 Avocet, c300 Black-tailed Godwit, c100 Bar-tailed Godwit, c40 Grey Plover, 7 Greenshank, plenty of Wigeon, Teal and Shoveler, c100 Oystercatcher, several Sanderling and Turnstone plus the rest! Elsewhere around the harbour 2 Guillemot were off Poole Quay, 1 Great Northern Diver was in central harbour, there weren’t too many Red-breasted Merganser but plenty of nice close fly by’s, at Swineham 2-3 Marsh Harrier were active and the Swineham scrapes had Lapwing, Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew and Dunlin on. At Lytchett fields a Brambling was on the feeders plus the ringtail Hen Harrier was seen in the bay and a female Merlin was over the fields too. On Baiter there were 5 adult Med Gulls and off Baiter 2 Goldeneye, whilst at the top end of the PCW Drain there were 7 Common Chiffchaff.
Black-tailed Godwit – Brownsea Lagoon
Brambling – Lytchett Fields – Ian Ballam
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