Sightings - Tuesday 28th October 2014

Scaup - 3 Abbotsbury
Long-tailed Duck - 1 Radipole
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Studland Bay
Black-necked Grebe - 19 Studland Bay
Spoonbill - 42 Brownsea Island
Red Kite - 1 over West Christchurch
Merlin - 1 Durlston
Spotted Redshank - 12 Brownsea Island, 1 Christchurch Harbour
Grey Phalarope - 1 Studland Bay
Black Guillemot - 1 Portland Harbour
Short-eared Owl - 1 East Cliffs, Portland
Woodlark - 4 over Portland Bill
Yellow-browed Warbler - 2 Portland Bird Obs , 1 Radipole (Buddleia Loop), 1 Durlston, 1 DWT Brooklands Farm
Firecrest - 3 Verne Common (Portland), 2 Durlston, 1 Abbotsbury
 
Some VisMig counts today:
Golden Plover -1 Hengistbury, 1 Durlston
Wood Pigeon - 9100 Hengistbury, 670 Durlston
Stock Dove - 56 Durlston
Woodlark - 2 Durlston
Swallow -8 Durlston
House Martin - 3 Durlston
Tree Pipit -1 Hengistbury
Meadow Pipit - 130 Hengistbury, 41 Durlston
Skylark - 148 Hengistbury, 57 Durlston
alba Wagtail - 190 Hengistbury, 57 Durlston
Song Thrush - 4 Durlston
Redwing - 2 Hengistbury, 6 Durlston
Jackdaw - 380 Hengistbury, 300 Durlston 
Rook - 45 Durlston
Starling - 245 Hengistbury, 115 Durlston
Chaffinch - 530 Hengistbury, 108 Durlston
Brambling -4 Hengistbury, 18 Durlston
Greenfinch - 210 Hengistbury, 9 Durlston
Goldfinch - 1100 Hengistbury, 520 Durlston
Siskin - 17 Hengistbury, 32 Durlston
Linnet - 820 Hengistbury, 310 Durlston
Lesser Redpoll - 3 Durlston
Bullfinch - 12 Durlston
Yellowhammer - 1 Durlston
Reed Bunting - 135 Hengistbury, 3 Durlston
 
Curlew at Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy
 
Red Kite, Christchurch © Michael Gibbons