23rd March A Blackcap (first of the year) was singing and a Wheatear turned up near the causeway, giving a spring feel (Ron Poulter, Lorne Bissell). 22nd March Female Scaup still on South Lake, but the highlight was a Green Sandpiper feeding on one of the pools on...

Early October Update

2nd October A very interesting day at Longham Lakes, with the site’s 2nd Avocet swimming in the deep water of Longham Reservoir South this morning, close to the main island. Presumably it was stopping off on its way to Brownsea Island, where these birds winter....