This morning a Poole Harbour raptor count included 4 Marsh Harrier out of the roost, including 2 sub adult males, 2 Osprey out in the Wareahm Channel including the individual that’s been faithful to the Keysworth fence posts for about a month, 1 Hobby over the Moors, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Kestrel and 4 Buzzards. No Merlin have been seen yet, but like with Hen Harrier, it should be any day now that we see our firsts of the winter. There were 7 Woodlark calling over Soldiers Road.
A high tide count at RSPB Lytchett Fields today saw a whopping 1181 birds using the site. This is an incredible total for a couple of soggy fields and although admittedly the majority were Teal and Black-headed Gulls it highlights how important the site is on a large high tide during peak migration time. The counts from the 2 public viewpoints consisted of……
Field 3 & 4 combined – Sherford Pools
236 Teal
1 Wood Sandpiper
1 Moorhen
5 Greenshank
1 Ruff
21 Redshank
9 BT Godwit
29 Dunlin
3 Snipe
6 Little Egret
1 Kingfisher
5 Lapwing
27 BH Gull
1 Green Sandpiper
1 Herring Gull
Field 5 – Frenche’s Pools
1 Curlew
3 Greenshank
256 Teal
2 Moorhen
63 BT Godwit
1 Knot
27 Lapwing
4 Snipe
18 Dunlin
3 Little Egret
27 Redshank
71 BH Gull
1 Ringed Plover
1 Green Sandpiper
5 Wigeon
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