With things set to get colder, we could see a decent arrival of more winter birds, which could complement the already decent building list of recent arrivals. Yesterdays 7 Goosander were again in Shell Bay this morning and headed into the harbour somewhere. Then, later this afternoon 2 Velvet Scoter joined the Common Scoter flock distantly out in Studland Bay. There were also 7 Black-necked Grebe in Studland Bay. Off Hamworthy Beach there were singles of Red-throated Diver and Great Northern Diver. The 3 Eider were just off the Brownsea SE shore late afternoon and another 2 Great Northern Diver were off Jerry’s Point. At Lytchett Fields highlights included 282 Dunlin, 4 Greenshank, 2 Spotted Redshank and the Grey Plover. Water Pipit ‘1K’ was also seen on Lytchett Fields yesterday.
It was good to get that dank, yucky murk out of the way, which allowed for some new…
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