My family love me so much they bought me a ticket for today's Birdboat around Poole Harbour with a stopover on Brownsea Island. A single ticket. Do you think they're trying to tell me something? The air was still and so was the water, which made the job of picking up birds much easier. Not ideal conditions for photography due to the low light, but a selection of the highlights are below.
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| Female Eider - one of two south of Brownsea |
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| Goldeneye - one of several small flocks east and south of Brownsea |
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| Black-tailed Godwit, Brownsea Lagoon |
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| Avocet on ice, Brownsea Lagoon |
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| Avocet, Brownsea Lagoon |
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| Black-necked Grebes - 5 of a flock of 9 east of Brownsea |
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| Winter plumage Guillemot, between Brownsea and Poole Quay |
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| Great Northern Diver, just off Brownsea |
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| Spoonbill, Brownsea Lagoon |
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| Spoonbill - 3 of 4 on Brownsea Lagoon |
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| Adult Spoonbill |
