After yesterdays high from the Puffin boat, there wasn’t the need for too many good birds today, with the smattering of spring regulars doing just enough to top us up! At Swineham there were a minimum of 3 Cuckoo calling with another 2 on Hartland. Swift totals around Poole are a bit sporadic currently with only a small handful over Poole Old Town, but 13 reported over the Lake road area of Hamworthy, which is a usual breeding area too. A Peregrine Falcon dashed over Fleetsbridge towards Upton Heath and a reed bed survey at Lytchett Bay noted stable totals of breeding Reed Warbler and Reed Bunting compared to the last full 2011 count. At Sunnyside Farm there were 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Lapwing and a couple of newly fledged Stonechat. On Upton Heath 5 different Common Whitethroat were heard singing which is actually (and sadly) a ‘high’ count for the harbour.

Common Whitethroat – Upton Heath – Rene Goad