Still no sign of any spring migrants yet but that didn’t stop us from looking. This morning was fine but a horrid front moved through by lunchtime halting any efforts to find the springs first Little ringed plover or Wheatear. Still, a good range of bird were seen in the Frome Valley and in central harbour with the flooded fields of North Bestwall and Swineham hosting big numbers of Curlew and Black-tailed Godwit with Jack and Common Snipe seen also, 3 Egyptian Geese, 2 Ruff, 6 Pintail, 40 Shoveler and 10 Shelduck also in the area. A female Merlin dashed through Bestwall towards Wareham and a single Hawfinch was in the Priory gardens near St Mary’s churchyard. On the rising tide in the Wareham Channel there were 60+ Grey Plover, 60+ Avocet, 250 Brent Geese, 20 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Great Northern Diver and good numbers of Red-breasted Merganser with another Great Northern Diver in central harbour with 2 Black-necked Grebe too.