More evidence of spring today, with the first territorial Redshank song heard in the Lower Frome Valley on the floods around Swineham and Arne Moors. Lytchett Fields produced 2 Water Pipit, starting to come into summer plumage, along with 1 Spotted Redshank, 2 Greenshank and 2 Green Sandpiper. 1 Great Northern Diver was reported in Parkstone Bay, along with 8 Great-crested Grebe, 6 Red-Breasted Merganser, and 4 Bar-tailed Godwit on Baiter playing field.

Water Pipit – Lytchett Fields – Ian Ballam