Once the rain had cleared this morning it certainly felt like the kind of day where a few birds would appear or start moving. Ringed Plover, which haven’t been logged in the harbour a good couple of weeks were seen at Lytchett Fields (4) and Brands Bay (2), but are they late arrivers or early departures? Also in Brands Bay was one of the over-summering dark-bellied Brent Geese plus 37 Common Tern off Jerry’s Point and 75+ Swift over. An Osprey was also seen over Littlesea, Studland, which seems an unusual place for for 022 or CJ7 to venture to, so it could well have been a new bird passing by. Female Osprey CJ7 was out in the Wareham Channel fishing at 9:30am and caught a fish, only to then be beaten up by one of the local Marsh Harrier, resulting in CJ7 dropping her fish and disappearing off quick sharp. Luckily, later on whilst food begging on the nest cam, male Osprey 022 finally realised what he needed to do, and delivered (albeit slightly reluctantly) CJ7 a lovely half a Flounder. Good on him, as this will strengthen the bond even more and it will be good practice for next spring (hopefully). A Red Kite drifted over Upton mid-morning and at Lytchett Fields there were also 3 Little Ringed Plover and 18 Lapwing. The young Peregrines managed to stay out of trouble for at least 24 hours, with both present on one of the Barclays balconies this morning. Another check on the gull islands found that there are in fact about 8 Sandwich Tern nesting on there not the 3 or 4 we originally thought.

Male osprey 022 finally learns he’s supposed to share his fish with CJ7!

Adder – Hartland – Nick Williams