We don’t want these Osprey cruises to end! On todays tour we had 5 Osprey out in the Wareham Channel again with birds either circling or fishing for a good period of time. In the SW of the harbour one of our translocated juveniles gave a close fly by and then near the harbour mouth a juvenile Hobby flew in from South Haven and straight over of boat full of people. On the Brownsea Lagoon the 16 Spoonbill remained faithful to their normal saluting spots at the north end and a good selection of passage waders including Turnstone, Knot, Sanderling, Dunlin, Ringed Plover and Greenshank all accounted for. Over Lytchett Minster another Hobby was seen hunting hirundines. Migrant passerines are still coming through in good numbers, so getting out early and tracking them down should reward you with a nice selection. Up on Ballard a good day was had with 14 Willow Warbler, 45 Sedge Warbler, 11 Reed Warbler, 35 Grasshopper Warbler, 41 Blackcap, 9 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat and 20 Common Whitethroat all logged moving through the area. An Ospreywas seen hunting over Littlesea, Studland which is a very rare occurrence and possibly one of the translocated juveniles? Best of the rest from other sites included 4 Yellow Wagtail on Hartland Moor and 6 at Middlebere Fields, 9 Greenshank and 4 Spotted Redshank in the Wytch Channel and at Swineham/Bestwall 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Hobby, 3 Osprey (over Arne Moors) and 50+ Black-tailed Godwit.
Although you couldn’t see further than 100m for much of the day, there were birds to be found…
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