Sightings a bit thin on the ground today other than a few more signs of autumn with the first Garden Warbler of the season ringed in Poole Harbour north with 6 juv Blackcap and 4 juv Chiffchaff. At Lytchett Fields; Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Black-tailed godwit, Lapwing, Redshank, Little Ringed Plover and Snipe were all recorded. On the Brownsea Lagoon 5 Spotted Redshank were present with 13 Avocet and a Knot.
Juvenile male Blackcap going through post-juvenile moult – Poole Harbour north

First Garden Warbler of the autumn – Poole Harbour north

A strange grey sky welcomed us in today, and an even stranger wet substance fell from the cloud…
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