Sightings - Friday 8th April 2011

Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Red Kite - 1 Barleycrates Lane (Portland)
Marsh Harrier - 1 subadult male Hartland Moor
Avocet - 5 past Portland Bill
Little Ringed Plover - 2 Lodmoor
Long-billed Dowitcher - 1 Lodmoor
Whimbrel - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Spotted Redshank - 2 East Marsh.
Greenshank - 1 over Abbotsbury Swannery, 2 Lodmoor
Little Gull - 1 first-winter at Abbotsbury Swannery
Puffin - 2 pelagic south of Swanage
Short-eared Owl - 1 Portland Bill, 1 Barleycrates/Reap Lane, Portland
Short-toed Lark - 1 Portland Bill
Red-rumped Swallow -1 Portland Bill
Blue-headed Wagtail - 1 Barleycrates Lane, Portland
White Wagtail - 3 over Hengistbury Head, 1 West Cliffs, Portland
Waxwing - 25+ on Canford Heath NR
Nightingale - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Redstart - 7 at Durlston, 18 Hengistbury Head,
25+ Portland, 3 Stanpit
Whinchat - 1 Whitepits (Christchurch Harbour), 1 Barleycrates Lane, Portland
Ring Ouzel - 4 Barleycrates/Reap Lane, Portland
Grasshopper Warbler - 2 reeling at Durlston, 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Barleycrates Lane, Portland
Sedge Warbler -
1+ Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Durlston, 1 Barleycrates Lane, Portland, 1 Hengistbury Head, 10 Stanpit
Wood Warbler - 1 very early bird at Wick Fields
Willow Warbler - 520 through Hengistbury Head by 10 am
Pied Flycatcher - 5 Barleycrates/Reap Lane, Portland, 2 Christchurch Harbour,
1 Durlston
Brambling - 11 Avon Country Park
Serin - 1 Windmills, Portland

Late news:
Hoopoe 1 Abbotsbury Gardens car park, yesterday.
Rose-coloured Starling An unconfirmed report from North Chideock yesterday