Sightings - Tuesday 17th October 2017

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 1 with Db Brent Ferrybridge
Scaup - 1 drake Abbotsbury Swannery
Red-breasted Merganser - 6 Poole Hbr.
Cattle Egret - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 over Ballard Down.
Great Egret - 1 RSPB Lodmoor
Spoonbill - 60 Brownsea Island Lagoon
Black-necked Grebe - 7 Studland Bay, 3 Poole Hbr.
Ruff - 4 RSPB Lytchett Fields, Sev RSPB Lodmoor
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 RSPB Lytchett Fields
Little Stint - 3 RSPB Lodmoor, 1 RSPB Lodmoor
SPOTTED SANPIPER - 1 still Abbotsbury Swannery
LESSER YELLOWLEGS - 1 still RSPB Lodmoor
Short-eared Owl - 1+ Portland Bill
Merlin - 2 St. Aldhelm's Hd, 1 Portland Bill, 1 Abbottsbury Swannery
Firecrest - 28 Portland Bill Obs, 12 St. Aldhelm's Hd, 5 Southwell, 4 Hengistbury Hd, 3 Eype
Bearded Tit - 2 Longham Lakes
Skylark - 94 Portland Bill, 30+ over Weymouth, 13 Wick
TWO-BARRED GREENISH WARBLER - 1 St Aldhelm's Head
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Ballard Down (trapped & ringed), 1 Southwell
Red-breasted Flycatcher - 1 Broadcroft Quarry Portland
Wheatear - 3 Hengistbury Hd, 1 St Aldhelm's Hd.
Grey Wagtail - 4 Wick
'Alba' Wagtails - 40+ Portland Bill
Brambling - 1 St Adhelm's Hd, 1 Southwell, 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Hawfinch - 1 Culverwell a.m. pos same 1 Portland Obs, 1 over Poole, 4 over Middle Beach, Studland.
Lesser Redpoll - 25 Portland Bill, 11 Hengistbury Hd.
Siskin - 7 Hengistbury Hd.
Corn Bunting - 1 Portland Bill

Two-barred Greenish Warbler - St Aldhelm's Head © Marcus Lawson

Two-barred Greenish Warbler - St Aldhelm's Head © Marcus Lawson

Two-barred Greenish Warbler - St Aldhelm's Head © Marcus Lawson

Two-barred Greenish Warbler - St Aldhelm's Head © Marcus Lawson