Todays cool breeze definitely helped bring the temperature down, and make life a bit more comfortable. More birds appeared today with 2 Great White Egret in the Middlebere Channel with 3 Green Sandpiper in front of the hide and 5 Greenshank also in the channel. At Holes Bay there were 2 Common Sandpiper with another on Hamworthy Beach. Osprey’s CJ7 and 022 were both seen out in the Wareham Channel and juv Cuckoo were seen at Swineham and Hartland. Also at Swineham were 4 Yellow-legged Gull on the scrapes (3 adult and 1 juv) Hobby were logged over Middlebere, Hartland and Arne and there was a Spoonbill off Shipstal.
Great White Egret – Middlebere – Ken (PennHillMan)
Hobby – Middlebere – Ken (PennHillMan)
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