Brownsea Island

Brownsea Island Quay

Oystercatchers’ Mating Display

Ruddy Turnstone

It was an amazing privilege to stay on Brownsea and even from the cottage I was staying in, right outside, I got to see the most amazing birds. In this instance, as pictured above, a group of Ruddy Turnstones’. In additional to the Turnstones, I also spotted Little Egrets, Oystercatchers and other wildlife. There was a Seal that had been spotted a week before but unfortunately he didn’t show up for me!

Sightings

Great tit
Wren
Robin
Great spotted woodpecker
Mallards
Shoveler
Pheasant
Red shank
Grey plover [m]
Dunlin [m]
Tree creeper
Green shank
Black tailed godwit (500-600)
Brant Goose
Herring gull
Greylag goose
Herring gull
Moorhen
Wigeon

Little Egret
Shelduck
Black Headed Gull
Avocet
Cormorant (57)
Teal
Canada geese
Spoonbill
Oyster catcher
Peregrine??
Curlew (9)
Great Black Backed Gull
Grey Herron
Chaffinch
Blue tit
Knot [m]
Gladwall
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling