Sightings - Sunday 1st May 2011

Great Northern Diver - 3 past Portland Bill, 1 past Hengistbury Head
Black-throated Diver - 1 past Chesil Beach, 1 past Portland Bill, 1 past Hengistbury Head
Balearic Shearwater - 1 off Portland Bill
Cattle Egret - 1 on the meadows at Abbotsbury Swannery before flying off east
Black Stork - 1 seen over Lytchett Bay/Bakers Arms and later over Moreton Forest
Osprey - 2+ commuting between Lytchett Bay and Sherford Bridge, 1 over Brownsea Island
Red Kite - 1 Charlton Marshall, 1 Chalbury, 1 Walditch
Marsh Harrier - singles over Abbotsbury and Lytchett Bay
Avocet - 1 at Abbotsbury Swannery
Little Ringed Plover - 1 at Hengistbury Head
Purple Sandpiper - 12 at The Cobb, Lyme Regis, 1 at Portland Bill
Bar-tailed Godwit - c400 past Chesil Beach, 140 at Ferrybridge, 110 over Lytchett Bay, 85 past Camp Road, Wyke Regis, 55 past Portland Bill
Arctic Skua - 9 past Portland Bill, 2 past Chesil Beach, 2 past Hengistbury Head, 1 past Camp Road, Wyke Regis
Pomarine Skua - up to 15 in Christchurch Bay, 5 past Durlston, 3 past Portland Bill
Little Tern - 2 on Brownsea Lagoon
Black Tern - 1 past Chesil Beach
Short-eared Owl - 1 at Hengistbury Head, 1 Camp Road, Wyke Regis
Turtle Dove - 1 on Brownsea Island
Cuckoo - 2 at Portland Bill
Black Redstart - 1 at Reap Lane, Portland
Whinchat - 22 on Portland, 7 at Durlston, 4 at Hengistbury Head
Ring Ouzel - 1 on Portland
Wood Warbler - 1 at Reap Lane, Portland
Pied Flycatcher - 1 at Durlston

Wood Warbler on territory © Kevin Lane

Avocet at Abbotsbury Swannery © Brett Spencer
Knot at Ferrybridge © Paul Baker

Bar-tailed Godwit at Ferrybridge © Paul Baker