With the wind easing it made for a more pleasant days birding for those out and about. There was a Meadow Pipit passage going o high above the harbour where a vigil from the top of Slepe Heath logged a minimum of c800 passing north but realistically it would have been more than 1000+ with birds crossing in different areas. They were passing on a broad front, but the bulk of the passage seemed to be coming from the Corfe Gap area, over Arne/Wareham Channel area and over Keysworth/Holton Lee. Also logged were 2 Sand Martin over Swineham and weirdly 15 Fieldfare heading high south! A Peregrine was seen taking a wader from Middlebere and the Great White Egret was still at Little Sea. Holes Bay is still holding a few birds with 19 Pintail still, also 210 Wigeon, 6 Shoveler, 52 Shelduck, 10 Great Crested Grebe, and 138 Black-tailed Godwit. On Swineham GP there were 4 Pochard, 13 Great Crested Grebe and 23 Reed Bunting, 5 Cettiās Warbler and 3 Chiffchaff around the lake. With the winds finally swinging SW on Monday, will we see a greater influx of early common spring migrants?
Plenty of ‘cronking’ Raven around the harbour now
Although you couldn’t see further than 100m for much of the day, there were birds to be found…
Find out moreSo cold! Mid-week was delightful with even a hint of spring warmth, but today was proper chilly. Cold…
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