You should never right off a good days birding because of the weather, because you just never know. Despite this mornings (and most of the days) foul weather there was plenty to be enjoyed if you were willing to brave the murk. From our Summer(!!) Safari Cruise this AM we logged 3 Spotted Redshank, 3 Greenshank, c200 Black-tailed Godwit and c100 Curlew  in the Wareham Channel with 3 Common Sandpiper and 1 Common Snipe in the mouth of the Frome. Female White-tailed Eagle G466 gave great views on the Gold Point shoreline at RSPB Arne and a Marsh Harrier was over Swineham GP. The Brownsea Lagoon was busy and saw 3 Spoonbill, c220 Dunlin, c30 Ringed Plover, c30 Turnstone, 1 Avocet, 2 Grey Plover, 17 Curlew, c70 Redshank, 4 Common Sandpiper, c50 Sandwich Tern, c20 Common Tern and 4 Med Gulls. Later this afternoon there were 3 Spoonbill (the same Brownsea birds?), 3 Spotted Redshank, 4 Green Sandpiper and 4 Greenshank. This morning there were 2 different Wigeon at two different locations, one in Lytchett Bay and one in Holes Bay suggesting there has been a minor early arrival of a couple of birds…well over a month early. Also on Lytchett Fields were 45 Black-tailed Godwit, 70+ Redshank, 5 Greenshank, 3 Curlew, 2 Whimbrel, 4 Common Sandpiper and 1 Dunlin.

Black-tailed Godwits – Wareham Channel