A couple of days after my previous volunteering visit to the DWT Brownsea Lagoon, some of the Sandwich Terns started occupying nest sites on the breeding islands in front the Tern Hide. Today, about a third of the Sandwich Terns were on the islands, although the majority were still resting and displaying in a bigger group near the Spoonbill Tamerisk island.
The Common Terns are generally a week or two behind the Sandwich Terns, which isn't surprising as they arrive back two to three weeks after the Sandwich Terns. It was good to see the first of the Common Terns were starting to move onto the breeding islands in front of the Avocet hide. Not to be outdone, the first Greylag Goose family was swimming around the Lagoon.
The Brownsea Lagoon certainly felt like Spring had arrived and even the weather reflected that.