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We made a quick trip over to Lodmoor after work yesterday to check for, among other things, the presence of a cattle egret that had ben reported earlier. Disappointingly, it wasn't on view but it was a fine afternoon for scanning the marsh for anything of interest. Whimbrel and common terns put in...

Forget Blackney point, Fair Isle, Cape Clear for your rare birds, Weymouth was the place to be this morning. Our Long billed Dowitcher has decided that Lodmoor is a nice place to spend the winter and joining it this morning was a Great White Egret. Very nice indeed. Then the real highlight of the morning...

No folks, not a shark! I am of course on about a Great White Egret. May is always a good month to see unusual species in Dorset but so far this month we've not had any real rarities, so were pleased to see photos which a visitor took of the Egret feeding in front of the north hide late afternoon...