The high tides in the harbour continued today pushing water and birds up into every bay and inlet. At Lytchett Fields 1 juvenile Little Gull was seen before flying off north-east. Also present were 1 Peregrine, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Snipe and 1 Marsh Harrier as well as, from Rock Lea View, 1 Spotted Redshank and 5 Greenshank. The high tides brought the male White-tailed Eagle G463 into view where it was seen from the Ham Common Viewpoint around the Gull Islands, then flying over Arne and another White-tailed Eagle probably G466 was seen over Middlebere. In the Middlebere Channel there were 70 Avocet, 4 Spotted Redshank, 3 Knot, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Pintail, 1 Red-breasted Merganser, 1 Great White Egret and 1 Marsh Harrier. 2 Ring Ouzels were still at Godlingston Hill, feeding in the hawthorn bushes and 1 Peregrine was seen in Poole Town Centre.
Curlew Sandpiper – Middlebere Channel – @jeremymcclemen1 on Twitter
White-tailed Eagle probably G466 – Middlebere Channel – @jeremymcclemen1 on Twitter
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