Sightings - Saturday 31st March 2012

Garganey - 1 drake Shapwick
Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury
Glossy Ibis - 1 today at Radipole
Spoonbill - 3 Middlebere
Red Kite - 1 West Bexington, 1 Abbotsbury
Osprey - 1 over Littlesea (Fleet) & Wyke Regis (pos. same)
Little Ringed Plover - 1 over Little Sea (Fleet)
Purple Sandpiper - 5 Mudeford Quay
Spotted Sandpiper - wintering bird reappeared Fisherman's Bank with signs of summer plumage.
Short-eared Owl - 2 Eggardon Hillfort
Sand Martin - 10+ Abbotsbury
Swallow - 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Richard's Pipit
- 1 Wyke Bridging Camp.
Black Redstart - Singles reported from Durlston, Portland & Lodmoor
Common Redstart - 5 Portland, 2 Hengistbury Hd, 2+ Durlston CP.
Wheatear - 15 Hengistbury Hd, 4 Portland Bill
Ring Ouzel - 4 Barleycrates Portland, 1 Durlston CP.
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Portland Bill
Sedge Warbler - 1 Radipole Lake
Humes Warbler - 1 still Wyke Regis nr, Littlesea holiday camp.
Willow/Chiffchaff - 1500 Portland Bill (532 trapped & ringed), 50 Hengistbury Hd, 45 Durlston CP.
Pied Flycatcher - Sev Portland.

Richard's Pipit - Wyke Regis © Nick Hull
Common Redstart - Littlesea Fleet © Ian Dodd