Sightings - Friday 13th April 2012

Scaup - 1 at Abbotsbury
Black-throated Diver - 1 past Durlston
Manx Shearwater - 1 past Durlston
Cattle Egret - 1 again at Lytchett Bay
Hobby -  1 at Durlston, 1 South Portland
Black-winged Stilt - 1 still on Abbotsbury Swannery meadows
Little Ringed Plover -1 over Christchurch Harbour
Purple Sandpiper - 5 Hengistbury Head
Common Sandpiper - 1 Hengistbury Head
Green Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Bay
Little Tern - 1 Stanpit
Turtle Dove - 1 over Wick
Cuckoo - 1 Morden Bog, 1 West Morden
Short-eared Owl - 1 South Portland, 1 Stanpit
Hoopoe - 1 at Durlston behind lighthouse
Water Pipit - 1 Stanpit
Yellow Wagtail - 11 Stanpit, 5 South Portland, 1 Durlston
White Wagtail - 1 Stanpit
Redstart - 20 South Portland, at least 6 around Christchurch Harbour, 2 Litton Cheney, 1 Martinstown, 1 Seacombe
Ring Ouzel - 2 Barleycrates Lane, Portland
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 at Durlston, 1 West Weare, Portland, 1 Wick
Whitethroat - 4 Christchurch Harbour,  3 Durlston, 2 South Portland
Pied Flycatcher - 1 at The Northe, Weymouth, 1 at Durlston, 1 South Portland, 1 Hengistbury Head

Late News: a Long-billed Dowitcher was reported on the Abbotsbury Swannery meadows yesterday.

Cuckoo at Morden Bog © Ian Ballam