Things were back to normal today and we were able to host our Osprey cruise without the rude interruption of rain. It was another great trip with 4-5 migrant Osprey seen in the Wareham Channel and a flying display of one of the translocated juveniles near Middlebere. We also had a large adult female pass the boat low across the water and 2 Marsh Harrier. Passerine migrants are still passing through in good numbers with 4 Whinchat at Sunnyside Farm plus 1 Wheatear, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Yellow Wagtail and 1 Spotted Flycatcher. At Greenland’s Farm there was 1 Whinchat, 8 Wheatear, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Redstart and an Osprey was in Brands Bay. On Brownsea there were 14 Spoonbill, 5 Sanderling, 2 Knot, c15 Ringed Plover and an Arctic Tern was out off Poole Quay in a tern flock. On Lytchett Fields there was a juvenile Curlew Sandpiper and the Purple heron came into the Littlesea roost at 20:20. A nocturnal sound recording session at Lytchett Heath produced the sites first Ortolan Bunting flying over at 22:58 (sound recording below).

Ringed Plover – Baiter Park – Clare Slade

Dunlin – Baiter Park – Clare Slade

Turnstone – Baiter Park – Clare Slade