Sightings - Saturday 10th September 2011

Balearic Shearwater - 10 past St Aldhelm's Head, 8 past Portland Bill
Sooty Shearwater - 4 past Portland Bill, 2 past St Aldhelm's Head
Spoonbill - 7 at Middlebere, 1 at Lodmoor
Osprey - singles over Swineham, Longham Lakes, Middlebere and Wareham Forest (the latter bird was fitted with a radio transmitter)
Merlin - 1 at Portland Bill
Little Stint - 1 at Lodmoor, 1 at Stanpit
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 at Stanpit
Ruff - 1 at Stanpit
Pomarine Skua - singles past Durlston, St Aldhelm's Head and Mudeford Quay
Arctic Skua - 10 past Portland Bill, 3 past Mudeford Quay, 1 past Hengistbury, 1 past Durlston
Long-tailed Skua - 1 past Mudeford Quay
Great Skua - 10 past Portland Bill
Little Gull - 1 at Swineham
Sabine's Gull - 1 (a juvenile) for 20 mins at Middlebere
Arctic Tern - 4 off Mudeford Quay, 2 at Swineham, 1 at Radipole Lake, 1 at Lodmoor
Wryneck - 1 still present between West Bay and Eype
Pied Flycatcher - singles at Portland Bill and Verne Common
Lapland Bunting - 1 along the road between Abbotsbury Beach and West Bexington, near the pillbox on the beach

Lapland Bunting at Abbotsbury Beach © Kevin Lane

Lapland Bunting at Abbotsbury Beach © Cliff Rogers
Arctic Tern at Radipole Lake © Dave Chown

Spoonbills at Middlebere © Dom Greves