There was more frost on the ground this AM but it sadly didn’t deliver very much in terms of anything new. There were 4 Goldeneye again in Holes Bay SE and decent numbers of Black-tailed Godwit (785+), Avocet (253), Shoveler, Teal, Wigeon, 3 Kingfisher and 8 Little Grebe in Holes Bay NE. The Great White Egret was feeding along the River Corfe and off Middle Beach there were 7 Black-necked Grebe. In Lytchett Bay there were 80+ Avocet, 6 Little Grebe and plenty of Redshank and a Chiffchaff was at Lytchett Fields. At Arne there were 24 Spoonbill and 3 Marsh Harrier seen. Not many open water species were reported but there seems to be an arrival of new birds coming in with Velvet Scoter, 3 Slavonian Grebe and 3 Long-tailed Duck around the Fleet in the Weymouth area.

Common Chiffchaff – Lytchett Bay – Ian Ballam