The Nightjar is still happily roosting in its normal tree just outside the Arne café and there was at least one Firecrest in the car park area. At Lytchett Fields there was a summer plumaged Knot, 8 Little Ringed Plover, 296 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Dunlin, 64 Redshank, 3 Greenshank including the colour-ringed bird that appeared at Lytchett Fields back in April and that had originally been ringed in NE Scotland, 2 Common Sandpiper and the first Common Snipe of the autumn. There were 2 over-summering Great Crested Grebe in Holes Bay still, with a pair also on Hatch Pond.

Summer plumaged Knot – Lytchett Fields – Ian Ballam

First Snipe of the autumn – Lytchett Fields – Ian Ballam