BROWNSEA ISLAND
Dorset Wildlife Trust, Brownsea Island, February 22nd 2019
Probably my favourite reserve in the country....
The nature reserve is an artificially enclosed lagoon on the eastern end on the Island, in Poole Harbour. It is an important refuge for countless waders, ducks and geese and a has a specially protected breeding area for Sandwich Terns, which return for a few summer months to breed.
You never know what you will find in the lagoon, or in the reed beds, marshes and woods behind the lagoon. The island is a reserve for the native Red Squirrel, with a population thought to be around 250.
Greenshank
Black Tailed Godwit
Dunlin (Mainly...)
Brent Goose
Grey Plover
Dunlin (mainly) with Grey Plover & Black Headed Gull
Grey Plover
Herring Gull
Red Squirrel
Robin
Female Pheasant
Avocet
Redshank
Mediterranean Gull
Black Headed Gull
Redshank
Last Light from the ferry back to Poole Quay
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