Sightings - Thursday 31st August 2017

Garganey - 1 Stanpit
Cattle Egret - at least 2 Abbotsbury Swannery
Spoonbill - 1 Middlebere
Osprey - 6 Middlebere/RSPB Arne
Whimbrel - 8 Christchurch Harbour
Ruff - 1 Lychett Fields
Dunlin  - 224 Lytchett Fields
Greenshank - 9+ Lytchett Fields, 1 Middlebere
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields, 1 Stanpit
Great Skua - 1 Portland Bill
Nightjar - 1 ringed at Durlston CP
Wryneck - 1 Durlston CP
Blackcap - 65 ringed at Durlston CP, 20 ringed at Ballard Down
Grasshopper Warbler - 20 ringed (and 1 recaptured) at Durlston CP, 5 ringed at Ballard Down, 1 Portland Bill
Spotted Flycatcher - 2 Stanpit
Redstart - 4 Durlston CP, 1 near Martinstown, 1 Hengistbury Head
Whinchat - 5 West Bexington, 4 Durlston CP, 1 Stanpit, 1 Hengistbury Head
Yellow Wagtail - 30+ Middlebere, 30+ Portland Bill
Tree Pipit - 10 Durlston CP

Yesterday : Bonaparte's Gull and 10 Spotted Redshank on Brownsea Island lagoon.