some early wader passage under way. At Lytchett Fields the first juv Little Ringed Plover of the autumn arrived with two adults, also there was 1 Spotted Redshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 30 Redshank and a decent spread of Black-tailed Godwit. Around the Swineham area there were singles of Marsh Harrier and Hobby with several Bearded Tit near Ridge Wharf Boat yard. On the Brownsea Lagoon there were 6 Spoonbill. There was also a report of a Bee-eater that flew over Canford Heath yesterday evening but sadly no other info. Firecrest are having an excellent breeding season in the harbour with pairs now logged at Holme Lane, Upton CP, the Piddle Valley. An Osprey was seen hunting out in the Wareham Channel at midday.

Today, one of our HQ team, Tom Weston carried out a Poole Park Goose ‘Round Up’ which saw a team of 32 volunteers gather up as many Greylag Geese as possible with the aim of colour-ringing them to aid a longer term study, which seeks to learn more about their movements post summer. We’ll obtain the colour-ring details from Tom in due course, which we’ll then provide to the public so you can send in data should you see any of the 82 Greylags they colour-ringed today around the harbour or beyond over the next several months.