It felt liked we’d skipped spring today and just gone straight to summer, with loads of butterfly’s and bee’s on the wing and bird song throughout the woodlands really ramping up. Chiffchaff are certainly one of the most dominant singers at the moment along with Song Thrush and around the edges of the conifers, displaying Siskin are making a right racket. Mistle Thrush are certainly making themselves known in quiet corners of the harbour and Blackcap are now trickling through with the first few already back on territory. These beautiful blue sky’s are perfect migrating conditions, and it’s no surprise that multiple Osprey are already back on territory in areas like Rutland, Northern England and up in Scotland, despite the fact we’re still waiting for our first. Any day now though! Red Kite were one again on the move though with 3 over Ballard, 2 over Wareham and 2 over Arne. The Garganey was on the Swineham floods plus there was a Great White Egret and Cattle Egret at Swineham with 2 flyover Spoonbill. At Lytchett Fields there were 5 Little Ringed Plover and a summer plumaged Water Pipit. Off Bog Lane SANG there was 1 Cattle Egret and 1 Great White Egret in the Frome Valley with a Marsh Harrier over there too.
Garganey – Swineham – Adam Day
Although you couldn’t see further than 100m for much of the day, there were birds to be found…
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