It wasn’t really a great day again for birding, with the harbour quite choppy and a damp yuck-ness everywhere! Still, there was a decent count of 7 Great Northern Diver in Bramble Bush Bay and 2 more in Studland Bay and the 4 Scaup were still off Jerry’s Point. On Sunday a Black-throated Diver was off Bramble Bush Bay. Blackcaps are now moving into urban gardens with up to 5 present in a central Poole garden today feeding on fat cakes. At the PC World drain 3 Common Chiffchaff were active and a Kingfisher was at the mouth of the drain. At Baiter there were 69 Brent Geese, 2 Med Gulls, 1 Goldeneye, several Rock Pipit, 3 Dunlin, 4 Turnstone and 20+ Oystercatcher and on the main Poole Park boating lake 3 Red-breasted Merganser, 1 male Goldeneye, 25+ Tufted Duck and 52 Oystercatcher.

Pintail – Brands Bay – Nick Gadenne

Wigeon – Brands Bay – Nick Gadenne

Brent Geese – Sandbanks Ferry – Nick Gadenne