Sightings30/06/2019

Harbour Update – posted 30/06/19

Some unusual sightings on the Brownsea webcam scans today, a female type Wigeon was briefly seen on the lagoon first thing. Eurasian Wigeon is unusual this time of year so perhaps a candidate for American Wigeon? A single Brent Goose in the afternoon was present. As well as 4 Curlew, 4 Avocet, 12 Bar-tailed Godwits, 2 Black-tailed Godwits, 94 Common Tern (43 chicks) and 5 SpoonbillLytchett Fields saw 3 Little Ringed Plover on Approach Field, 51 Black-tailed Godwit, 42 Redshank (1 juv), 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Knot, 15 Lapwing, 3 Curlew, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Green Sandpiper and 1 Common Tern. An Osprey was seen out hunting in the Wareham Channel and another was seen flying over the Stoborough causeway just outside Wareham. Interestingly, an Osprey photographed over the Wareham Channel a couple of days ago wasn’t wearing a leg ring, so potentially a bird in the harbour? Out over Arne Moors a flock of 200 Swallow was good to see considering their short supply this spring, and their presence drew in the attention of a single Hobby and the tatty female Marsh Harrier. 

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