The forecast rain didn’t hit until much later in the day, allowing for some ‘Ok’ birding this morning. Our first School bird boat of the year produced a juvenile Osprey in the Wareham Channel and 36 Spoonbill on the Brownsea Lagoon, as well as 36 Avocet. The Wood Sandpiper, Ruff and 4 Green Sandpiper were on the Lower Piddle Floods again and the Curlew Sandpiper and Spotted redshank were still on Lytchett Fields. There was definitely a fall of Chiffchaff this AM, with c50 in the PCW Drain along with 4 Blackcap and 1 Common Whitethroat, plus another 20 Chiffchaff in trees next to Baiter where there were also 5 Wheatear and 28 Ringed Plover on the Fishermans Dock sea wall. Local sound recorder David Foster had his gear out in Oakdale last night and managed to record a night migrating Wood Sandpiper which is a decent bird to log over urban Poole.

Managed to get a few hours #nocmig in last night (Oakdale, Poole) before the power bank ran out! However, nice Wood Sandpiper (happy to be corrected) call just after 10;15pm last night (24th).@harbourbirds @msabirder @SoundBirder @MartinWood14 @Lytchettbirder @SoundApproachUK pic.twitter.com/8GE4Ey8xEI

— David Foster (@dfozzie68) September 25, 2024

Wheatear – Baiter Park