Sightings22/08/2017

Harbour Update – posted 20/08/17

This morning the Great White Egret appeared in Middlebere again before flying off north-east towards Round Island. Also in Middlebere were 10 Spoonbill, 3 Osprey, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Hobby and 1 Green Sandpiper, c200 Black-tailed Godwit and 3 Greenshank. There was also a reliable report of a Goshawk heading over Middlebere mid-morning too, which spooked all the Spoonbill and waders. Confirmed records of ‘Gos’ are less than annual within our Poole Harbour area but with populations increasing elsewhere around the country, dispersing juveniles could well be moving through the area right now. On Brownsea there were 2 juv Little Stint. At Lytchett Fields there were 85 Dunlin, 81 Redshank, 21 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, 1 Ringed Plover, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Tree Pipit and 2 Blackcap. Migration through Ballard Down, Studland included 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Spotted Flycatcher plus several each of Willow Warbler, Blackcap and Whitethroat.

Great White Egret – Middlebere – Phyl England

Spoonbill – Middlebere – Phyl England

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