Sightings30/04/2022

Harbour Update – posted 30/04/22

April ended with a bang and a great range of spring species including another (different to earlier in the week) Black Kite which lingered on the southern harbour boundary near Corfe Castle/Church Knowle before drifting off NW towards Soldiers Road. At Lytchett Fields a Wood Sandpiper was on the fields and the Garganey pair re-appeared too, with 4 Whimbrel, 1 Ringed Plover and a Green Sandpiper also seen. Our ‘Up with the Lark’ cruise this morning saw a perfect dawn allow us to focus almost purely on bird sound for the first few hours with Reed, Sedge and Cetti’s Warbler all incredibly vocal along the Frome (totals from Peter Moore saw 52 Reed and 23 Cetti’s Warbler) as were multiple Bearded Tit at Swineham, 7 Cattle Egret, 1 Cuckoo, 2 Egyptian Geese, singing Redshank and Med Gulls passing over. White-tailed Eagle G801 was on the Holton shore and a Marsh Harrier was over Giggers Island. On Brownsea there were a few newly arrived summer plumaged Bar-tailed Godwit and c100 Black-tailed Godwit, along with 1 Spoonbill, 1 Greenshank and decent totals now of both Sandwich and Common Tern. There were also multiple Swallow and a single Swift over Swineham GP. There were 7 Whimbrel in Holes Bay along with a Common Sandpiper.

Oystercatcher – Brownsea – Dorothy Windall

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