Are you bored of the heat yet? Don’t worry, we’re not really summer grumps, we just enjoy the spectacle of Autumn migration which tends to build quite nicely as July progresses. The main issue from a birders point of view at this time of year is actually blimmin heat haze. Still, give it a couple of weeks and species such as Garden Warbler, Pied Flycatcher and Willow Warbler will be appearing in scrubby habitats around the harbour and the ringers will be catching the first Sedge and Grasshopper Warblers out in the reedbed’s as they move south. Today was a hot and not very productive day for birds, although Lytchett Fields saw another increase in Green Sandpiper and almost 50 Common Redshank. Last night 3 Little Ringed Plover were on Holton Pools and on Brownsea today 6 Spoonbill were still present.