Sightings - Wednesday 5th November 2014

Black Brant - 1 Ferrybridge
Long-tailed Duck - 1 Radipole Lake
Black-necked Grebe - 3 off Middle Beach Studland
Great White Egret - 1 Upton Country Park, 1 Brand's Bay
Spoonbill - 46 Arne, 2 Lytchett Bay
Jack Snipe - 1 West Bexington, 1 Lytchett Bay
Woodcock - 1 Ferrybridge
Spotted Redshank - 12 Brownsea Island
Black Guillemot - 1 still in Portland Harbour
Short-eared Owl - 2 Portland Bill 
Black Redstart - 1 Durlston, 1 Winspit
Ring Ouzel - 1 over Portland Bill, 1 Durlston, 1 Winspit
Whitethroat - 1 Lodmoor
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Braidley Road Bournemouth, 1 Portland Craft Centre
Firecrest - 2 Arne
 
Wood Pigeons were again on the move this morning, mainly in a west or south west direction. Counts included:
21,500 west over Poole
20,000 west over Weymouth
17,000 south west over Christchurch Harbour
6,800 west past West Bexington
13,360 past East Bexington
5,900 over Portland Bill
 
Pintail at Upton Country Park © Trevor Wilkinson

 
Great White Egret (and a tipsy Little Egret) at Upton Country Park © Trevor Wilkinson