This year is going just too fast…..April only seemed like last week, May only seemed yesterday and now it’s practically July! This is good news as it means we wane away from the doldrums period and can expect migrants to begin appearing week on week from now on until the end of October….hoorah! The latter part of July usually sees the first returning Willow Warbler head south along with the first few Garden Warbler and Grasshopper Warbler. Waders will certainly increase as the month progresses and Lytchett Fields is already beginning to show that with 4 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Redshank, 2 Green Sandpiper and 33 Black-tailed Godwit today along with 1 Hobby and 1 Yellow-legged Gull. On the Brownsea Lagoon there was more exciting news that another pair of Avocet had hatched young, this time with 4 chicks, meaning there are currently 5 fresh Avocet chicks on the lagoon at present, with everyone keeping their fingers crossed for successful fledging. In Brands Bay there was a likely Whimbrel with c30 Curlew. So, with June ending on a bit of a wet note, but with July starting tomorrow, lets make Autumn 2020 a season to remember, it begins now!

Lapwing ‘chick’ – Southern harbour wetland