I had a couple of days holiday booked so today Ellie and I set off to south Dorset and drove down to Poole, arriving late morning for a walk around Poole Park. I was hoping to see a first-winter Ring-billed Gull that had been at the park for a couple of weeks. We spent a couple of hours wandering about, grabbing a cup of tea and a pasty and eventually spotted the gull after I had two tantalising glimpses earlier. I did manage a record shot, but the bird was partially hidden by vegetation!
Other birds of interest as we walked around included a couple of Oystercatchers and a Grey Heron, both somewhat out of place in a busy urban park.
We than headed back towards home, stopping off in Wareham Forest at Sherford Bridge and taking a walk out across Morden Bog. There was a distinct lack of birds despite the lovely weather. A single Raven few over and the pick of the crop was a male Merlin that showed really well for a few minutes before flying off over the heath. So with nothing else to see we called it a day and came on home.
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