Another damp and dreary day which saw 4 Cattle Egret and 4 Woodlark in the Holme Lane fields. With heavy rain yesterday much of the Frome Valley was flooded and saw a number of Pintail, Gadwall and Shelduck along with a single Egyptian Goose at Holmebridge. Again Poole Park was a focal point with Black-tailed Godwit now almost peaking at 100 birds. Off Baiter there were 4 Goldeneye, 6 Red-breasted Merganser, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 10 Turnstone and 4 Med Gull were back in the harbour. Numbers of Med Gull will now rise on Baiter and around Parkstone Bay during Feb and March, especially on the low tides. At Lytchett Fields there was 1 Spotted Redshank, 2 Greenshank, 301 Lapwing, 2 Spoonbill, 2 Green Sandpiper and 2 Water Pipit.

Spoonbill – Lytchett Fields – Ian Ballam