Another beauty of a day, but some drizzle on it’s way tomorrow, possibly downing a few newly arrived migrants? We still haven’t logged our first Spotted Flycatchers yet, so well worth keeping an eye out on those fence lines and tree edges. Our early morning Morden Bog ID course was busy with birds, and even managed to find displaying/singing Common Snipe out on the bog. Also logged were 2 Cuckoo, plenty of singing Dartford Warbler, 4 Crossbill, 2 Yellowhammer, lots of singing Meadow Pipit, pass over Red Kite, Wheatear and Stonechats. On Brownsea today 3 Barnacle Geese plus a decent increase in tern numbers with 237 Sandwich Tern (2 eggs seen) plus 153 Common Tern and a possible Roseate Tern was reported. There were also 110 Black-tailed Godwit, 35 Bar-tailed Godwit, 4 Dunlin, 3 Knot, 1 Common Sandpiper & 4 Avocet. Yesterday evening there were 3 Cuckoo calling up on Middlebere/Slepe Heath and another Nightjar was heard near the entrance track of Middlebere. This afternoon there were 2 Swift over Corfe and at Swineham 1 Marsh Harrier, 8 Reed Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Cuckoo, 11 Great Crested Grebe and c20 Swallow. 

Barnacle Geese – Brownsea Lagoon – Martin Adams