Well, an old friend (who is actually a new friend) White-tailed Eagle G461 returned to the harbour this morning having been away for a couple of weeks. He was first seen heading along the Wareham Channel at dawn and was seen again a few times this afternoon around the Middlebere/Wytch Lake area, where he was photographed. This is the third period he’s returned to the harbour/Purbeck area, so certainly seems to like the general area. Being a 2020 bird, he’s still got plenty of scouting about to do over the next year or two, but it would be great if he decided to settle in South Dorset for this coming winter period. There were also 58 Spoonbill logged today on the Brownsea Lagoon with 7 seen arriving in through the harbour mouth, and there were 3 Great White Egret in Brands Bay. Some vis-mig across the harbour mouth included 445 Goldfinch, 105 Siskin, 1 Woodlark, 2 Lesser Redpoll and 2 Crossbill.

White-tailed Eagle (G461) – Wytch/Middlebere area – Mark Wright (@markwright12002)

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