Passage is easing up a bit now, with many birds having already fledged their first broods. Right across the harbour the calls of Long-tailed Tit parties can be heard and the first Chiffchaff youngsters have been logged, as have Blackcaps at the PC World drain. Incredibly, species such as Blue Tit and Great Tit usually only have one brood per year, so to think that many have now completed a successful breeding season already, and it’s only the end of May is a bit sad really. It won’t be long before we turn our thoughts to Autumn migration (which normally starts end of June/early July) when our Long-tailed Tits will be joined by the likes of young Willow Warbler, Whitethroat and Spotted Flycatchers. At Morden Bog, despite being just outside our recording area it has also seen a decent fledge rate of regular species for the site including young Dartford Warbler, Yellowhammer and Woodlark already logged. Also at Morden Bog, 2 Cuckoo, 2 Hobby, 3 Common Whitethroat, 2 pairs of Spotted Flycatcher and plenty of Siskin. On the Brownsea Lagoon 4 Spoonbill appeared at around midday and a few more Sandwich Tern chicks hatched as well. Also present were 6 Avocet, 14 Dunlin, 8 Bar-tailed Godwit and a fly over Hobby.