Yesterday, May 12th, weather-wise a beautiful warm day, I had some things of interest; even if species numbers were not exactly bountiful: in the morning walking to Luccombe Village I soon heard a singing Reed Warbler in the farm's fields: it's been a pretty good spring with the reasonable turnover of both reed and sedge in this area. I then heard (at about 07:40) another singing 'acro/reed type' in the next field along and where I'd had a gropper earlier in the season: however, this 'reed' warbler was doing plenty of mimicry and 'smacking' motifs; interesting?! My mind started to think Marsh/Blyth's and I set about recording it, albeit not very well; bird not seen; but hopefully its ID can be clinched at some point.
Later on the same day, by somewhat happenstance, in the afternoon I was lucky enough to see (albeit briefly/mostly flight views) a Hoopoe at a private site (private garden) with a fellow birder (Mark B); having spoken to the owners, they preferred details of the specific location not to be given out. [Also a few Silver Y's seen at various spots enroute].
May 14th: Silver Y influx (min c20) + a Painted Lady, Luccombe area.
What a historic moment, and perhaps the most significant update of the project to date. Although not pin-sharp we're sure this is 5H1, the first wild-fledged Osprey of the new south coast population to return. What a great moment! @CareysSecret @timmackrill @RoyDennisWF pic.twitter.com/bjORbr2PMO
— birdsofpooleharbour (@harbourbirds) May 14, 2024
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