Reports of interest, Thursday 28th September 2017.

Goosander - 6 Stanpit Creek.
Great White Egret - 1 Brands Bay, 1 Lodmoor.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Christchurch Harbour, 2 Lytchett Fields, 1 Portland Bill.
Osprey - 1 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Middlebere.
Merlin - 1 Hengistbury Head.
Grey Plover - 1 Stanpit.
Knot - 2 Stanpit.
Ruff - 1 Christchurch Harbour, 4 Longham Lakes, 2 Lytchett Fields, 3 Middlebere.
Spotted Sandpiper - 1 still at Abbotsbury Swannery

Little Stint - 3 Ferrybridge, 4 Lytchett Fields, 1 Holes Bay.
Wryneck - 1 Southwell Quarry (Portland).
Whinchat - 1 Crouch Hill (Christchurch).
Pied Flycatcher - 2 Portland Bill.
Yellow-Browed Warbler - 1 Blacknor (Portland), 1 Thumb Lane (Portland).
Firecrest - At least 20 were reported from various sites on Portland today.
Little Bunting - 1 was ringed at Portland Bill.
Lapland Bunting - 1 Portland Bill.


Little Stint at Lytchett Fields today © Ian Ballam.

Nightjar near Dorchester on 12th Sept © Gerald Duke.

Great White Egret at Lodmoor © Brett Spencer.

Cormorant at Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy.

Whinchat at Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy.