When you can't stand up outside and there are sizeable waves on the lagoon it's time to retreat.... #WildBrownsea #IndoorDay @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social

Flocks a little squashed together as the lagoon water level slowly return to normal after the new nesting island construction work. Should be more mud for them soon! #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Wondered why the small birds around the Villa were shouting a lot this morning... this gorgeous juv (?) sparrowhawk also seemed to be thinking 'what's all the fuss?!' #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social

Gulls enjoying the new nesting islands again this evening 🩵 #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social

Huge gull roost this evening... at least 3500....maybe more. Many of them already moved onto the brand new tern islands right outside the hide #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

More excavating, more tern islands starting to appear... and more totally unbothered waders 🤷‍♀️😅 #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Gorgeous swan family on the lagoon today 🩵 #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social

Work has begun on the new tern islands in the lagoon... birds totally unbothered...redshank feeding on the freshly turned mud while the digger was working! 🤷‍♀️ #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social

Loving the sheer autumn-ness of everything! 🍂 #WildBrownsea

Waiting on Poole Quay for the boat home and watching dozens of gulls heading towards the lagoon for their night time roost 🩵❄️ #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/environment/... Very sad to read.....

Plenty of brents calling this morning, at least a dozen spoonies, redshank and curlew very vocal. Big flocks of tits, goldcrest and chaffinch. Siskin and redwing overhead. Busy autumnal morning! 🍂🕸 #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social

Large numbers or cormorant too... some roosting in the Villa Rd trees and easily spooked... photo taken from middle of a bramble patch 😅 #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social

Huge gull roost on Brownsea this evening. At least 2500 maybe more. 90% herring, but a couple of hundred gbbg and a few lbbg too. Wonderful sight! #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Glorious autumn colours despite the dull day 🍂✨️🩵 #WildBrownsea

Early start and running for the first boat but still managed to pick up a small flock of redwing over Church Field and the castle grounds. Good start to the day 😊 #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Huge flocks of cormorant leaving the harbour, curious herring gull, fishing egret and the last boat of the season sailing into the sunset 2025, that's a wrap! #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social ✨️🩵

Gorgeous calm morning and plenty going on...including 39 spoonbill and a large flock of avocet. Teal, gadwall, shoveler, shelduck, redshank, greenshank spread widely across the lagoon #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social

Gorgeous day today... plenty of egret, female kingfisher catching breakfast, 1000-strong cormorant fishing party in the harbour, and spot red/greenshank interaction right outside the hide ✨️🩵 #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social

The @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social Brownsea lagoon was packed this AM Avocet 320 Grey Plov 3 Curlew 26 Blackwit 293 Barwit 22 Redshank 157 Greenshank 14 Knot 4 Turnstone 5 Dunlin 94 Spoony 56 in AE & NC2F @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @wildontheroad.bsky.social #DorsetBirds

Evening lagoon: 170+ cormorant with more incoming, several hundred herring gull in the growing winter roost, spoonies feeding and kingfisher still on the go #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social

Wt eagle just made a slow pass over Brownsea lagoon causing the usual chaos. First one I've seen in a while... (No vid as @bsky.app still won't let me post any) #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Busy lagoon in the rain this morning with spoonies (c60), avocet (c150) actively feeding. Plus at a quick glance with bins at least 100 redshank and 70 or so blackwit. #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social

Good news! ✨️ @rspb.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social

Great views of kingfisher from the Avocet Hide this afternoon ✨️🩵 #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social

A slightly murky day today, but a flock of 20 or so crossbill and then half a dozen redwing over the north of the island cheered it up. Reports if 2 lapwing on the lagoon too 😊 #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social

'Only' 69 spoonies on the lagoon today... we may have reached our peak count?! Close to the Tern Hide this morning snd great views again... just get a load of this stunner 😍 #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social

85 spoonbill feeding off north shore as the sun sets 🥰 #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Last night's absolutely stunning Harvest (Hunters) Moon... 🩵✨️ #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social

100+ spoonies again today... wonderful sight to see them feeding actively all over the lagoon 🩵 #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social

A gorgeous start to the day and good to see 94 spoonies back on the lagoon after yesterday's kite surfer disruption 😍 #WildBrownsea @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social

Absolutely nothing was separating this guy from his dinner 🌰😅 #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social

Gutting to see our regular group of 100+ spoonbill have all been flushed by kite surfers out of bounds in the harbour this afternoon and haven't returned. Really hoping they decide to come back tomorrow #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social

Bumped into this handsome sika stag yesterday evening. Proudly high-stepping, wallowing and tree scraping to mark his spot and impress the ladies #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social

115 spoonbill again on the lagoon this morning...well spread across the whole area and very actively feeding #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social

Just counted the spoonies... an amazing 115 on the lagoon this evening! 🥳 #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

A few of today's characters ✨️ (oh and 92 spoonies on the lagoon) #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social

Fabulous news from @harbourbirds.bsky.social today... we counted 95 spoonbill on the lagoon this morning & BoPH confirmed another 13 arriving, bringing our total to 108...believed to be the biggest flock in the country! 🥳🥳🥳🥳 #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Lagoon numbers 12 noon today... 655 cormorant (as per Graham A), 93 spoonbill (Terry E) and a very obliging kingfisher outside the Avocet Hide #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Not so many spoonies on the lagoon today.. 'only' in the 70s... 🫢 Busy with others though... including a feeding frenzy of 200 or so avocet, a few hundred teal, plenty of blackwit and kingfisher close up #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social

Thanks for heads up from @harbourbirds.bsky.social ... 93 spoonies counted today but possibly more ... I'll be counting them again tomorrow... watch this space! #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/events/2025-... join us this Saturday for an exploration of Brownsea trees... including a sneak peek inside the castle grounds at some of the unusual species there #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social

Amazing numbers of spoonies on the lagoon at the moment! #WildBrownsea @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Good to hear cetti's singing and wigeon whistling in the reedbed this morning... brief glimpse of cetti's zooming across the Villa Rd... too quick for a photo #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Good mix of redshank, blackwit, barwit, knot, teal, shoveler outside the Avocet Hide, plus 70+ spoonies, 200+ avocet, handful of med gulls. Busy lagoon! #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Autumn equinox weekend ✨️🩵🛶🦚 #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social

Took a break from packing to pop to the hide...glad I did. Whimbrel flying overhead, 2 curlew sand right outside and then casually into frame whilst snapping redshank strolls this gorgeous juv ruff! 😲 #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social

Great views of curlew sand right outside the Avocet Hide this morning. Busy feeding and preening #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social

Growing gull roost on the lagoon this evening... including a handful of lbbg #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social

Yesterday... pale buzzard near the lakes, common sand on north shore, evening cormorant conference returning to session, and Corn moon lunar eclipse ✨️🩵 #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social