It doesn’t feel like the sun is ever going to shine again currently!! Grey sky’s, wind and rain dominated again today, hopefully getting it all out of the way now in time for a beautifully bright and warm spring. After the BTO’s announcement earlier this week about how spring/summer 2021 looks to have been an incredibly poor breeding season for many birds, a decent spring is much needed. With the new year nearly upon us, it’s really then only two and a half months until the first wave of spring migrants arrive, so, with that thought in our heads, these grey gloomy sky’s can be forgotten about as good times are soon on the horizon. That said, it hasn’t been a bad winter at all, with a great range of standard (and some not so standard) winter birds settling in the harbour at different times. It’s still so mild, but various goose species are now turning up in other parts of Dorset, and the 3 Tundra Bean Geese are still present in the fields along Longmeadow Lane, Creekmoor. There’s every chance some ‘White-fronts’ or a lurking ‘Pink-foot’ could be hidden away somewhere in the Frome or Piddle Valley.
So cold! Mid-week was delightful with even a hint of spring warmth, but today was proper chilly. Cold…
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