The Great White Egret was sat on the sea wall of the Brownsea Lagoon first thing, and there were 31 Spoonbill on the lagoon along with a minimum of 14 Spotted Redshank and 100 Avocet. On RSPB Lytchett Fields the Little Stint was still present, also 60 Dunlin, 6 Greenshank, 7 Green Sandpiper and 2 Little Grebe in the bay. Migrant wise, things are quieting down a bit now but there were still 6 Wheatear, 30 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 20 Blackcap and 1 Grey Wagtail were at Greenland’s Farm, double figures of Wigeon and Pintail in Brands Bay and at Middlebere 9 Pintail, 1165 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Greenshank, 49 Dunlin, 3 Chiffchaff and 2 Firecrest.

Firecrests – Middlebere – Peter Moore