Sightings06/12/2021

Harbour Update – posted 06/12/21

A real day of two halves with a horrid, wet blanket across the harbour all morning, followed by a stunning, bright sunny winter afternoon. Interestingly, the wetter half saw most birds, with 2 Great White Egret again on Swineham GP along with a Goosander, 2 Marsh Harrier over and a Peregrine. The open water was pretty quiet but there was a Guillemot off Ham Common, 2 Razorbill off Baiter, 6 Scaup in South Deep and a Common Scoter in Central Harbour. The Brownsea Lagoon was busy with c400 Dunlin, c200 Avocet, 2 Spoonbill, c15 Bar-tailed Godwit, c50 Grey Plover and 4 Greenshank. In Shell Bay there was a single Great Northern Diver and 3 Razorbill feeding and just 3 Black-necked Grebe and a Slavonian Grebe off Middle Beach. A drake Goldeneye was on Poole Park boating lake and the female hybrid type Goldeneye was off Baiter. In Brands Bay there were 800 Dunlin, 250 Black-tailed Godwit, 112 Avocet, 19 Grey Plover, 2 Spoonbill, 180 Brent Geese, 120 Pintail and 300 Wigeon.

Mediterranean Gull – Studland Bay 

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