Westerly winds today brought a welcomed sighting of an Osprey at 09.25 over at Arne thismorning. An Iberian Chiffchaff was reported at Corfe Castle, 300m up the path to the hill, west side of the castle, but sadly a further search couldn’t find/relocate it.  Another interesting find was a Yellow-legged Gull at Lytchett Fields which also hosted 40 Ringed Plover, 12 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Greenshank, 12 Lapwing.

Over at Brownsea Lagoon c321 Sandwich Tern and c155 Common Tern are still busy nesting with no reports of chicks. The Great Black-backed Gull populations are healthy at c33 individuals, along with the Oystercatcher numbers with 71 spotted today. 4 Gadwall, 4 Avocet, c5 Bar-tailed Godwit, c10 Black-tailed Godwit, c2 Ruddy Turnstone, c2 Knot, c5 Dunlin, 2 Mediterranean Gull and 2 Spoonbill were also counted.