Reports of interest, Tuesday 3rd October 2017.

Great White Egret - 1 Middlebere.
Spoonbill - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Lytchett Fields, 4 western Poole Harbour.
Osprey - 1 Wareham Channel.
Merlin - 1 Slepe Heath, 1 Portland.
Golden Plover - 33 Maiden Castle.
Ruff - 11 Lytchett Fields.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Stanpit.
Greenshank - 16 Lytchett Fields, 2 Middlebere.
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER - 1 over Culverwell, Portland.
STILT SANDPIPER - 1 reported Middlebere.
Little Stint - 4 Ferrybridge, 3 Lytchett Fields.
Grey Phalarope - 2 Cuttcleaves Cove, The Fleet.
Wryneck - 1 Hengistbury Head.
Whinchat - 2 Maiden Castle.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Portland.
Lesser Whitethroat - 2 'Siberian'-type birds, Portland.
Yellow-Browed Warbler - 1 Avalanche Rd, Portland.
Firecrest - at least 12 on Portland, 1 Talbot Heath (Bournemouth).
Lapland Bunting - 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Portland Bill.
Brambling - 1 Portland Bill.
Tree Sparrow - 2 Portland Bill.


Ruff at Lytchett Fields © Ian Ballam

Grey Phalarope, The Fleet © Freddy Alway

Wheatear on Crouch Hill, Stanpit © Clinton Whale