After the morning trip to the Somerset Levels I set out with the family for a day out to Arne, arriving mid-morning and starting off with a walk around Coombe Heath. It was fairly breezy and small birds were noticeable by their absence, however, the Middlebeare Channel did produce a few bits and pieces. There was a massive flock of Brent Geese with both Dark-bellied and Pale-bellied being noted, a couple of Spoonbill were present (with two more seen in flight) and a single Avocet was present amongst several Redshank.
After a quick lunch in the RSPB café, we walked out to Shipstal Point where flocks of Grey Plover, Knot, Dunlin and Avocet were seen in flight, plus Black-tailed Godwit and Curlew feeding on the mudflats (it was a very low tide). On the water in Poole Harbour I failed to find much in the way of birds other than a handful of Great Crested Grebes and a few Red-breasted Mergansers.
As we were starting to walk back to the car park, news broke of the Thayer's Gull in Hampshire, so back to the café to bribe the family with cake before a diversion on the way home!
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