Sightings - Saturday 7th October 2017

Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Common Scoter - 4 Longham Lakes
Goosander - 1 Mudeford Quay
Great Northern Diver - 1 from Mudeford Quay
Balearic Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill
Cattle Egret - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Spoonbill -  36 Brownsea Island, 1 Lytchett Bay
Hen Harrier - 1 male 2 ringtails  Middlebere/Harland Moor area
Merlin - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Longham Lakes, 1 Harland Moor, 1 Durlston CP
Dotterel - 1 over Butterstreet Cove (The Fleet)
Ruff - 4 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Curlew Sandpiper - 4 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Middlebere
STILT SANDPIPER - 1 Middlebere, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Purple Sandpiper - 2 Hengistbury Head
Little Stint - 6 Lodmoor RSPB, 2 Brownsea Island, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Middlebere
Grey Phalarope - 1 Cutcleaves Cove (The Fleet)
SPOTTED SANDPIPER - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Spotted Redshank - 15 Brownsea Island, 1 Middlebere
LESSER YELLOWLEGS - 1 again at Lodmoor RSPB
Arctic Skua - 3 Mudeford Quay, 1 Durlston CP, 1 over Portland Harbour
Little Gull - 1 at Herbury (The Fleet), 1 Durlston CP
Firecrest - 1 Tidmoor Rifle Range (The Fleet), 1 Durlston CP
House Martin - 135 Durlston CP
Swallow - 320 Durlston CP
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Longham Lakes, 1 Durlston CP, 1 Stour LNR
Rose-coloured Starling - 1 juvenile Lodmoor RSPB
Hawfinch - 1 over top fields Portland Bill


Bar-tailed Godwit  - The Fleet © Brett Spencer
Dotterel over Butterstreet Cove - The Fleet © Brett Spencer
Green Woodpecker - Longham Lakes © Roger Peart
Grey Phalarope at Cutcleaves Cove - The Fleet © Brett Spencer