Sightings - Sunday 2nd September 2018

Pintail - 5 Brand's Bay
Garganey - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery
Manx Shearwater - 1 Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 2 Portland Bill
Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Radipole RSPB
Spoonbill - 1 Stanpit
Osprey -  2 Lytchett Bay, 1 juv Brand's Bay
Whimbrel - 1 Christchurch Harbour 1 Portland Bill
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 juv still on Brownsea Island lagoon
Sanderling - 2 Ferrybridge
Common Sandpiper - 2 Longham Lakes, 2 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Ferrybridge
Spotted Redshank - 1 Middlebere
Greenshank - 1 Brand's Bay
Short-eared Owl - 1 Portland Bill
Wryneck - 1 Wick Fields (Hengistbury)
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Durlston CP, 2 Portland Bill
Redstart - 3 Durlston CP, 1 Studland
Whinchat - 9 Portland Bill, 4+ Studland
Yellow Wagtail - 4 Portland Bill, 4 Wick, 1 Durlston CP

Note:
The elevated numbers of Osprey in Poole Harbour at present is due to the Osprey translocation scheme which is being carried out by the Birds of Poole Harbour charity and The Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation, for more information on this project follow the link below.
https://www.birdsofpooleharbour.co.uk/osprey-translocation-project-schools-summer

Black-tailed Godwit at Stanpit © Clinton Whale