As we approach mid October, its quite amazing how mild it still is, and with only a tiny tiny number of winter thrushes having arrived yet it looks that with the right weather window in the coming days/weeks we could see a mass arrival here on the south coast. There was little change today as a rather grey and blustery day seeing the Velvet Scoter still in central harbour, this time viewed from the Hamworthy Park beach. The Stilt Sandpiper was still in Middlebere as was the Great White Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 female Merlin and a ringtail Hen Harrier. At Lytchett Fields there were still 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Grey Plover and lots of Wigeon on the fields.