Today we hosted a boat trip for several council representatives and local businesses with the aim of discussing possible future opportunities in promoting Poole Harbour and its birdlife. This is always made easier of course when an Osprey decides to sit in a tree close to the shoreline, filling up on a fairly large fish, before then lazily lifting off and circling right above the boat, which then drew in the attention of a Hobby which then mobbed it several minutes! We were also fortunate to pass/visit the Brownsea lagoon which yet again proved that an arrival of waders had entered the harbour last night including c80 Dunlin, 2 Knot, 3 Sanderling, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Turnstone, 8 Avocet, 9 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Greenshank and 1 Spoonbill plus 3 Little Tern arrived later in the day. Up the River Frome both Reed and Sedge Warbler seemed quitter compared to recent mornings, but seeing as the trip was later in the day compared to our recent excursions could explain the reduction in song. Later in the day big numbers of Swift had arrived with the building storm but no Black Tern Sadly, also 1 Common Sandpiper and 1 Marsh Harrier. In Lytchett Bay there were 6 Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Whimbrel, 25 Dunlin, 5 Ringed Plover and 1 Greenshank with a Cuckoo and 1 Spotted Flycatcher around Lytchett Fields.