No sign along the Purbeck coast of the Red-footed Booby from earlier in the week sadly, but apparently 8-9 Puffin were logged at Dancing Ledge last night. This evening a pair of Garganey dropped onto Swineham GP where there were also 4 Common Tern and a female Marsh Harrier. At the Osprey nest site today, panic broke out amounst the family when an intruder Osprey was seen over the nest. Later on one was then reported on the new Middlebere Nest Platform, opposite the RSPB Middlebere lookout hide.
Juvenile Sandwich Terns – Brownsea Lagoon – Martin Adams
A more blustery day in the harbour, but still bringing plenty of good birding. In the Middlebere/Hartland scrub…
Find out moreOnce again, it was another jam-packed day for Ospreys, but we’ve been banging on about that for days…
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