After a successful morning we set off to take a look at The Fleet, walking down to Rodden Hive where there were loads of birds, mainly Wigeon but some good numbers of Teal and a few Pintail. A sub-adult Marsh Harrier caused a bit of a stir and a few Stonechat were knocking around. A Cetti's Warbler was heard singing but didn't show itself whilst a single Curlew was noted as well as a few Lapwing and a handful of Redshank.
Walking back round to the car we saw half a dozen Red-legged Partridge whilst in Langton Herring village we added Coal Tit, Nuthatch and Chiffchaff to the day list. From Langton Herring we drive round to Abbotsbury seeing both Moorhen and Sparrowhawk whilst driving along. We parked up about a kilometre east of the Swannery and 'scoped The Fleet and found a female Common Scoter.
Our final stop of the day was overlooking the Swannery where a few more species were added to the day list, which for me ended up on 82 species.
NB: After dropping everyone else off I was able to twitch a Yellow-browed Warbler that a friend had found in his allotment in my village...a bonus at the end of a brilliant day out.
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