A real raptor-fest out there today with 1 White-tailed Eagle, 5 Marsh Harrier and 1 Sparrowhawk from our Winter Safari Cruise this morning, along with 1 female Hen Harrier and 1 Merlin in the top of the Wareham Channel later in the day, and a Goshawk in the Middlebere Channel. Other highlights form the boat included 1 Red-throated Diver, 12 Spoonbill, 100+ Avocet, 15 Lapwing, 22 Common Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 10 Bar-tailed Godwit and 1 Sandwich Tern.

Elsewhere Holes Bay SW held 23 Pintail, 2 Spotted Redshank and 1 Grey Plover, whilst in the NW there were 1000+ Wigeon, 500+ Godwit, 300+ Dunlin, 1 Lapwing and 1 Grey Plover. And at Baiter Park there were 119 Brent Geese along with 54 Oystercatcher and 17 Turnstone.