Sightings25/07/2018

Harbour Update – posted 20/07/18

As summer progresses and autumn powers through the birding seems to get more and more exciting by the day. Today the Purple Heron was seen again at Littlesea Studland where photographer Malcolm Brunt managed to take what’s probably one of the best Purple heron photos ever seen in the UK let alone Dorset…just amazing. Then, this evening 6 Great White Egret flew over and settled on Lytchett Fields again which are likely to be the same flock as the ones seen a few weeks ago…or are they? Are we in fact seeing a steady arrival of this species into the harbour? On the Brownsea Lagoon the 2 Roseate Tern were on the ‘Boomerang’ again. On Holton Pools both Common and Green Sandpiper were using the scrapes and an Osprey was out over the Wareham Channel and at Middlebere for most of the day.

Purple Heron – Littlesea – Malcolm Brunt

Common Sandpiper – Holton Pools – Nick Mudge

Green Sandpiper – Holton Pools – Nick Mudge

 

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