Although its been ‘a slow’ autumn so far for rarities/scarcities, the sight of 2 Common Crane flying low in over the harbour mouth late afternoon must have been quite a sight for the one lucky observer who witnessed this today. They headed off SW and couldn’t be re-located sadly but there’s a possibility they could hang around. It was also reported that there were 3 Great White Egret in Middlebere late afternoon but no further details were provided. The Grey Phalarope was still on the Brownsea Lagoon for most of the day, showing well from the lower hide where there were also 3 Spotted Redshank and 250+ Avocet. A flock of what looked like 19 newly arriving Spoonbill flew in from the high north above the Sunnyside scrape at midday with a Hobby over too also 1 Whinchat and 2 Wheatear. Will we see a late surge of Spoonbill over the coming weeks? Migration through Ballard today was steady with 63 Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff, 1 Grasshopper Warbler and 1 Sedge Warbler logged. Migration through Lytchett Heath seemed busier with 42 Chiffchaff, 6 Sedge Warbler, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 24 Blackcap, 1 Firecrest and 34 Meadow Pipit logged. On Lytchett Fields there were 10 Greenshank, 42 Dunlin, 1 Spotted Redshank, 8 Green Sandpiper, c200 Meadow Pipit, 1 Whinchat, 2 Yellow Wagtail, c30 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap and 1 Marsh Harrier. In Holes Bay north there was a good count of 776 Black-tailed Godwit plus 1 Knot, 36 Dunlin, 178 Wigeon and 6 Shoveler. At Baiter 2 Wheatear were along the rocks of the main cycle path.