Another day of frozen lagoon. Frost remained on the boardwalk and beaches all day, lakes frozen solid too. Very little on the lagoon, mixed flocks of tits, gold/fire crest and others busy in the woods #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Another day of frozen lagoon. Frost remained on the boardwalk and beaches all day, lakes frozen solid too. Very little on the lagoon, mixed flocks of tits, gold/fire crest and others busy in the woods #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social
A mostly frozen lagoon this morning, birds squeezed into one place... c.200 avocet, 100+ teal, 20 mallard, shoveler, gadwall and shelduck. Not many waders but prob somewhere with more mud/liquid water! ❄️ #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 8:49 AM
A mostly frozen lagoon this morning, birds squeezed into one place... c.200 avocet, 100+ teal, 20 mallard, shoveler, gadwall and shelduck. Not many waders but prob somewhere with more mud/liquid water! ❄️ #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social
Festive wishes to all. Morning wanderings turned into a walk round the whole island... gorgeous chilly day 🌟🎄✨️❄️ #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
December 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Festive wishes to all. Morning wanderings turned into a walk round the whole island... gorgeous chilly day 🌟🎄✨️❄️ #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
Fascinating fungi... ascocoryne sarcoides, otherwise known as purple jelly disc, growing on an old log #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
December 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Fascinating fungi... ascocoryne sarcoides, otherwise known as purple jelly disc, growing on an old log #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
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
December 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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
December 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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
November 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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
November 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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
November 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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
November 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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
November 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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
November 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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
November 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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
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
November 16, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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
November 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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
November 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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
November 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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
November 5, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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 ✨️🩵
2025, that's a wrap! #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social ✨️🩵
November 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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 ✨️🩵
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
October 30, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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
October 27, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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
October 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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
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
October 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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
October 20, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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