Despite the cold night, warmer temperatures up to 19C today and a gentle easterlies breeze most the day. Poole Park sees over 210 Greylag moulting on the main lagoon, 9 Canada Geese (9 goslings), 12 Mute Swan, 20+ Mallard, Moorhen and singing male Blackcap. Brownsea lagoon webcam count today includes the usual wildfowl, waders, gulls and terns. 22 Canada Geese (6 goslings), 143 Shelduck (12 ducklings), 2 Moorhen (2 chicks), 1 Avocet, 107 Oystercatcher, 15 Bar-tailed Godwit, 178 Black-headed Gull (173 juvs), 39 Great Black-backed Gull (12 juv), 74 Common Tern (31 juv), 201 Sandwich Tern (131 chicks), 32 Cormorant, and 4 Spoonbill. At Slepe Heath 1 Hobby was seen over the heath and  single Spotted Flycatcherwas seen in Slepe Copse. Tonight we also hosted our last Puffin Cruise of the summer with an excellent 11 Puffin counted. Also logged were 4 Spoonbill on the Brownsea Lagoon, c200 Guillemot and 5+ Razorbill, c15 Kittiwake, 2 Peregrine and 3 Gannet.

Puffin – Dancing Ledge – Paul Morton