Although the sun shone today, it really felt like April again with a real drop in air temperature making it almost unpleasant (for the early part of the day) to be outside….especially after all this fine warmth we’ve gotten used to.

There were still a few birds being reported from various sites across the harbour including Cuckoo’s at Hartland and Corfe. Up on Ballard 2 Common Whitethroat a Peregrine, 1 Wheatear and 3 Swallow were logged. At Godlingston Heath 2 Wheatear, 1 Yellowhammer, 1 Swallow and 2 Raven were counted and a couple more Red Kite were over Lytchett Matravers, Poole and Sandford. A Marsh Harrier was at Lytchett Fields along with 1 Little Ringed Plover. On Wareham Common 2 Little Ringed Plover were still on the wet area.

Osprey update – female Osprey CJ7 sat out another day in the cold easterly wind, nest prepping, re-arranging and basically being an absolute trooper. She also got herself in a right state trying to add a particularly awkward stick to the nest. Little does she probably know that she appeared in the national press today and that she currently has a whole nation now behind her, routing for the safe return of LS7. I hope for his sake he doesn’t arrive back and then find a different female because the social media fall out that would follow him would be unthinkable!

CJ7 getting ‘stuck’