Fantastic photos on twitter by Alison of our LS7 Osprey seen over Arne around 8:30am! No ID of mystery Osprey no. 3.. Although an Osprey was seen over Blandford AM moving east. 

Poole Park saw 185+ Greylags, 30+ Canada Geese, 12+ Mute Swans, Mallard, 7 Tufted Ducks (2 ducklings), Moorhen, and Cormorant. 

Our Brownsea Lagoon webcam count shows 23 Canada Goose, 60 Shelduck (11 ducklings), 2 Moorhen, 14 Oystercatcher (1 chick), 1+ Bar-tailed Godwit, 124+ Black-headed Gull (158+ juveniles), 44 Great Black-backed Gull (10 Juvs – much the size of the adults now but still with downy feathers!), 74 Common Tern (33 chicks), 183 Sandwich Tern (134 chicks), 36 Cormorant, 2 Little Egret, 5 Spoonbill, as well as the odd Starling, Woodpigeon and Pied Wagtail.

Roseate Tern (27/6 Abbotsbury Swannery) and White-winged Black Tern (yesterday 26/6 Lodmoor) have been seen in west Dorset, keep an eye out for any rare tern species that may ‘tern’ up in the harbour and keep us posted!