The Frome flood fields Cattle Egret remained present accompanied by 100s of Black-headed Gulls. Middlebere featured 250 Lapwing, 50 Redshank, 35 Curlew, 9 Brent Goose, 4 Spotted Redshank, 30 Dunlin & common wildfowl. Peregrine, Sparrowhawk and Marsh Harrier were all recorded from Middlebere throughout the day.
A rising tide at Lytchett Fields saw 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Greenshank, c60 Dunlin, c50 Redshank, c20 Lapwing and 1 Common Gull with Black-headed Gulls. Lytchett Bay held a single Grey Plover with c50 Dunlin, along with 129 Avocet, c60 Brent Goose, 2 Red-breasted Merganser and a Great Crested Grebe. A Further 2 Red-breasted Merganser spent the afternoon in Holes Bay South.
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