As the spring progresses, focuses are often shifted from harbour species to terrestrial species, so it was great today to get reports of some lingering wetland birds which included a full list from the Brownsea Lagoon consisting of 21 Brent Goose, 52 Gadwall, 57 Shoveler, 10 Pintail, 133 Shelduck, 213 Oystercatcher, 78 Avocet, 69 Grey Plover, 1 Ringed Plover, 96 Bar-tailed Godwit, 175 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Spotted Redshank, 16 Greenshank, 34 Knot, 2 Snipe, 111 Med Gulls, 4 Sandwich Tern, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Rock Pipit, 1 Wheatear and 3 Firecrest. Scanning from the shores of southern Brownsea out into the harbour produced 1 Great Northern Diver, 3 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Slavonian Grebe, 40+ Great Crested Grebe, 50+ Red-breasted Merganser and 8 Goldeneye. At Swineham another Bittern was heard calling despite the fog and a 7 Sand Martin and a Peregrine went over the main pit. In the glorious sunshine, Dartford Warbler were really active on the heaths of Arne and a ringtail Hen Harrier was in the Middlebere Channel. At Shipstal 9 Spoonbill were still there, the Whimbrel continued to be seen and there was even a report of 2 Pochard in Middlebere which is a really extraordinary mid March record.