Sightings12/08/2017

Harbour Update – posted 10/08/17

A fairly quiet day today but Brownsea got a good look with the Bonaparte’s Gull seen around lunch time, 1 juv Little Stint, 113 Dunlin, 13 Ringed Plover, 10 Greenshank, 84 Redshank, 4 Common Sandpiper, 228 Black-tailed Godwit, 8 Avocet, 549 Oystercatcher, 13 Little Egret, 1 juv Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Med Gull, 1 Shoveler, 12 Teal and 8 Gadwall. In Holes Bay a juv Marsh Harrier passed over the north end during the morning, also 12 Yellow-legged Gull in the southern area of Holes Bay with 5 Common Sandpiper, 3 Whimbrel and 1 Wheatear.

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