Sightings16/07/2018

Harbour Update – posted 15/07/18

Today was our second summer ‘Up with the lark’ bird boat cruise which didn’t disappoint. It started with an Osprey out hunting in the north of the Wareham Channel which eventually caught a fish and as we crept up towards the mouth of the River Frome c500 Black-tailed Godwit numerous Little Egret, Curlew and 3 Greenshank were in the mouth of the Frome and in the mouth of the Piddle 2 Common Seal were hauled up onto the mud on the low tide. Up to 5 Common Sandpiper were along the riverbanks of the Frome as plenty of freshly fledged Sand Martin and Swallow skimmed low across the water. Strangely a Sedge Warbler was singing briefly (normally well finished by now) and a handful of Reed Warbler could still be heard and Reed Bunting were much in evidence. On Arne Moors 5 Yellow-legged Gull were settled with 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull and a few Herring Gull. Out in central harbour the oddest sighting was of a Common Scoter sat out on its tod! The Brownsea Lagoon was busy and a Roseate Tern was heard then seen leaving the lagoon with 2 summer plumaged Spotted Redshank, 4 Greenshank, 8 Avocet and 1 chick, c30 Bar-tailed Godwit and c100 Oystercatcher also present. Along the northern shore of Brownsea another 5+ Common Sandpiper and a Whimbrel were at Seymers. Later in the evening a Bittern was reported flying over the mouth of the Frome and settling in reed beds. At Arne an Osprey was seen on and off during the day on the Middlebere platform as it fed and there was a Spoonbill in Middlebere again too with 7 Greenshank.

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