Sightings - Friday 23rd March 2012

Barnacle Goose - 3 still at Abbotsbury Swannery
Scaup - 2 drakes still at Abbotsbury Swannery
Wood Duck - 1 still at Abbotsbury Swannery, origin unknown.
Garganey - 1 Swineham, 2 still on Stour by River Way Recreation Ground, Christchurch
Great Northern Diver - 1 Portland Harbour
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour
Bittern - 2 Lodmoor.
Glossy Ibis - 2 still at Radipole
Red Kite - 1 over Parkstone
Marsh Harrier - 3 Radipole, 2 Lodmoor (probably a total of three birds in the Weymouth area)
Hen Harrier - 1 Wyke Down.
Hobby - 1 Hurn
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Priory Marsh and another bird over Hengistbury Head
Ruff - 1 Priory Marsh
Jack Snipe - 1 West Bexington
Green Sandpiper - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Yellow-Legged Gull - 2 Middlebere
Sandwich Tern - 2 Mudeford Quay, 2 Portland Harbour
Short-eared Owl - 1+ still present at Wyke Down
Richard's Pipit - 1 still present near the Bridging Camp, Wyke Regis
Water Pipit - 1 Priory Marsh
Black Redstart - 1 Wyke Regis, 4 Portland Bill
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - 1 Bulbarrow
Swallow - 2 Durdle Door, 1 Radipole Lake
Sand Martin - 2 Portland Bill, 6 Stanpit Marsh
Hume's Warbler - 1 still near Littlesea Holiday Camp, Wyke Regis
Firecrest - 3 Portland Bill
Great Grey Shrike - 1 still present at Wyke Down.
Garganey at Christchurch ©Phyl England