Sightings - Saturday 16th April 2016

Great Northern Diver - 1 Weymouth Bay.   
Spoonbill - 1 Brownsea Island, 7 Poole Harbour.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Hen Harrier - 1 near Ackling Dyke.
Red Kite - 1 Puncknowle.
Osprey - 1 Poole Harbour.
Crane - 1 reported near Ackling Dyke.
Knot - 1 Brownsea Island.
Whimbrel - 1+ Arne Moors, 2 Christchurch Harbour.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Longham Lakes.
Greenshank - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Brownsea Island.
Short-Eared Owl - 2 Portland Bill.
Hoopoe - 1 Suckthumb Quarry, Portland.
Redstart - 2 Hengistbury Head, 4 Portland Bill, 1 Ringstead.
White-Spotted Bluethroat - 1 Portland Bill.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Barleycrates Lane (Portland).
Nightingale - 1 Ringstead.
Grasshopper Warbler - 3 Portland Bill, 1 Wick.
Subalpine Warbler - 1 Portland East Cliffs.
Yellow-Browed Warbler - 1 Okeford Fitzpaine.
Firecrest - 1 Portland Bill.
Hawfinch - 1 Portland Bill (later central Portland).

Late news:  Hoopoe in a private garden at Litton Cheney yesterday.

Hawfinch at Portland Bill © Roger Hewitt