Sightings - Monday 25th April 2011

Garganey - drake at Abbotsbury Swannery
Great Northern Diver - 1 at Dancing Ledge
Red Kite - 4 over Abbotsbury Gardens, 3 over Broadwey, 2 over Loders, 2 over the Bride Valley, 1 over Eype Down, 1 over Sherborne Lake, 1 over Poundbury
Osprey - 1 at Arne
Little Ringed Plover - 2 at Longham Lakes
Long-billed Dowitcher - 1 at Lodmoor
Arctic Skua - 2 past Portland Bill
Great Skua - 1 past Portland Bill
Roseate Tern - 1 past Hengistbury Head
Waxwing - 14 at Stinsford Road, Poole
Nightingale - 1 (presumably a migrant) singing briefly at Rushcombe Bottom, Corfe Hills
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 at Abbotsbury Swannery

Linnet at Lytchett Heath © Shaun Robson

Tree Pipit at Puddletown Forest © Vaughan Ashby

Pair of Mandarins at Canford © Roger Peart

Wing-tagged Red Kite over the Bride Valley © Nick Stantiford