Sightings - Wednesday 23rd March 2011

Scaup - 6, Abbotsbury
Spoonbill - 5, Arne; 1 Lodmoor
Hobby - 1, Arne
Little Ringed Plover - 2, Christchurch Harbour; 1 Lodmoor
Purple Sandpiper - 5 Lyme Regis
Whimbrel - 1, Abbotsbury
Long-billed Dowitcher - 1, Lodmoor
Jack Snipe - 1, Stanpit Marsh
Spotted Redshank - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Woodlark - 1, Hengistbury Head
House Martin - 1, Christchurch Harbour
Water Pipit - 5, Stanpit Marsh
White Wagtail - 5 Portland
Waxwing - 20, Hatch Pond; 5 Nuffield Industrial Estate, Poole, 5 Canford Heath
Black Redstart - 1 Tout Quarry, Portland
Firecrest - 2 Portland Bill
Great Grey Shrike - 1, Morden Bog
Brambling - 11, Blandford, 1 Hengistbury

Late news from yesterday evening, a Stone Curlew was heard calling over the Two Riversmeet Leisure Centre, Christchurch

Red-throated Diver off Greenhill, Weymouth © Paul Baker