Several sea watches from the same place today provided a good range of species including Poole harbours second record of Long-tailed Skua with a dark phase juvenile off Branksome Chine. Also counted were 60 Gannet, 25 Common Terns, 20 ‘commic’ terns, 2 Arctic Terns, 32 Sandwich Terns, 3 Fulmar, 15 Great Black-backed Gulls, 45 Herring Gull all imm, 17 Black headed Gulls, 1 Spoonbill, 3 Balearic Shearwater, 5 Cormorant and 1 Shag. Our Osprey cruise was a tad windy but did produce 3 different Marsh Harrier, 1 Osprey, 1 Peregrine, 15 Spoonbill, c200 Dunlin, c80 Ringed Plover, 8 Avocet and a frustratingly distinct wader which had features possibly suggesting a Semipalmated Sandpiper on the Brownsea Lagoon, but sadly the views were brief and over too quickly! Lytchett Fields still held the Wood Sandpiper, the Ruff, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Hobby, 1 Osprey, 2 Spotted Redshank, 2 Common Sandpiper and c40 Lapwing.
Sanderling – Brownsea Lagoon – Rene Goad
Marsh Harrier – Wareham Channel – Rene Goad
Wood Sandpiper – Lytchett Fields – Paul Morton
This morning heralded the first proper Redwing arrival of the autumn with flocks ranging between 20 -200 individuals…
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