Temperatures have really dropped today, resulting in higher numbers of Redwing been seen. A flock of c.150 were feeding in Poole Park, adjacent to Copse Close, with several Mistle Thrush and Goldfinch amongst them. Higher numbers of Redwing were also recorded at Holes Bay, along with a nice report of male Pintail starting to display. A count at Whitley Lake produced 5 Red-breasted Merganser, 3 Greenshank, 23 Dunlin, c.100 Bar-tailed Godwit, 4 Curlew and 4 Sanderling. Another report from Redhorn and Jerry’s Point over at Studland recored 14 Goldeneye, 1 Slavonian Grebe, 7 Red-breasted Merganser, as well as 8 Lesser Redpoll on the Greenlands Farm track. 1 Cattle Egret was also at Swineham and a possible Yellow-browed Warbler was reported at Broadwater View road in Poole.

Pintail – Holes Bay – Ian Ballam