Sightings - Monday 4th April 2011

Garganey - 1 flew north over Hengistbury Head
Scaup - 6 at Abbotsbury Swannery
Black-throated Diver - 1 past Portland Bill
Red Kite - 1 hunting south of Cranborne
Hobby - singles at Forston and Chickerell
Merlin - 1 at Portland Bill
Purple Sandpiper - 1 at Hengistbury Head
Little Stint - 1 at Stanpit Marsh
Spotted Redshank - 2 on Brownsea Lagoon
Little Gull - 1 at Christchurch Harbour
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 on Brownsea Lagoon
Hoopoe - 1 still in gardens at the Grove, Portland
Short-toed Lark - 1 still at Portland Bill, in ploughed field opposite PBO
Red-rumped Swallow - 1 initially on wires along North Bestwall Road, Wareham - later relocated over Swineham Farm
White Wagtail - 4 on Portland
Yellow Wagtail - 2 at Portland Bill
Waxwing - 34+ at the junction of Sherborn Crescent/Herstone Close, Canford Heath and up to 20 on Goldfinch Road, Creekmoor
Red-flanked Bluetail - female still present in the Saxon field at Durlston
Black Redstart - 2 at Portland Bill, 1 at Durlston
Redstart - 3 at Hengistbury Head, 5 on Portland, 1 at Durlston
Stonechat - a male of the race rubicola at Top Fields, Portland
Ring Ouzel - 1 at Portland Bill
Sedge Warbler - 2 at Christchurch Harbour
Whitethroat - 1 at Wick Fields
Firecrest - 1 at Portland Bill
Pied Flycatcher - 1 at Weston,  1 at Avalanche Road, Portland

Red-rumped Swallow at Wareham © Nick Hopper

Red-rumped Swallow at Swineham Farm © Kevin Lane

Red-rumped Swallow at Swineham Farm © Kevin Lane