It really feels like it could be a good autumn with passage waders already passing through and good numbers of young local breeding birds present. It’s literally just a matter of days before young passerines begin filtering through the area too so keep an eye out for species such as Willow Warbler, Garden Warbler and Pied Flycatcher over the next three weeks. At Lytchett Fields there seemed to have been a mini arrival of new birds today with 2 new Common Sandpiper present bringing the total up to 4 and a new juvenile Little Ringed Plover was present with 4 on site today. Also there were 5 Green Sandpiper, 2 Dunlin, 1 Spotted Redshank and 1 Greenshank. On the Brownsea Lagoon 5 Spoonbill were still present and Redshank numbers are increasing. Also the Sandwich Tern chicks are now fledging one by one, leaving the nesting islands fairly bare during the day before they then return toost there again in the evening. At Arne, 2 Osprey were seen over the Hyde’s Heath area, most likely to be LS7 and CJ7 and 2 Hobby were seen over Hartland.
Finally some Moth news, our Moths of Poole Harbour team caught this rare Scarce Merveille Du Jour at a private site in between the Frome and Piddle valley last night. This species is only encountered about once a year in Dorset, so is an exceptionally good record.
Scarce Merveille Du Jour – Abby Gibbs
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