Sightings - Monday 4th May 2015

Red-Throated Diver - 1 Hengistbury Head.
Great Northern Diver - 1 Durlston NR.
Grey Plover - 2 Brands Bay, 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Whimbrel - 13 Brands Bay, 30 Christchurch Harbour, 8 past Hengistbury Head, 1 Holes Bay, 1 Old Harry.
Greenshank - 1 Middlebere.
Common Sandpiper - 4 Hengistbury Head, 2 Radipole Lake.
Purple Sandpiper - 1 Hengistbury Head.

Great Skua - 1 Chesil, 1 Durlston NR, 4 Portland Bill.
Pomarine Skua - 2 Portland Bill.
Arctic Skua - 2 Chesil, 1 Portland Bill.  One of the Chesil birds was partially leucistic.

Little Tern - 6 Christchurch Harbour.
Arctic Tern - 2 Christchurch Harbour.
Turtle Dove - 1 Durlston NR.
White Wagtail - 1 Portland Bill.
Whinchat - 1 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Durlston NR.
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Durlston NR, 1 Spetisbury.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Portland Bill.
Nightingale - 2 Challow Hill.
Ring Ouzel - 1 Coombefield (Portland), 1 Durlston NR.
Grasshopper Warbler  - 1 reeling at East Stour, 1 Suckthumb (Portland).


Ravens near Dancing Ledge © Vincent Blood

Dunlin at Hengistbury © Clinton Whale