Three Shoveler dropped into Lytchett Bay first thing before moving onto the Fields with the rising tide, joining a decent selection of 142 Redshank, 127 Black-tailed Godwit, 18 Green Sandpiper, 13 Greenshank, 4 Dunlin, 2 Ringed Plover and 2 Common Sandpiper. Other highlights around the bay included a migrant Whinchat and 2 Osprey fishing over the Bay. A further Osprey was spotted in a favoured dead trees at Middlebere and one even drifted over the Brownsea Lagoon. The Lagoon also hosted a juv Curlew Sandpiper along with 180 Dunlin, 48 Ringed Plover, 18 Greenshank, 14 Avocet, 10 Common Sandpiper, 1 Sanderling 1 Bar-tailed Godwit and 120 Black-tailed Godwit. There were 2 Whinchat near the Middlebere track and a Spotted Flycatcher.

Don’t forget to join us at Ham Common on Monday for another Osprey watchpoint between 9AM and midday. More details can be found here.

Nightjar – SRG ringing session – Shaun Robson