Sightings - Wednesday 26th September 2018

Garganey - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Cattle Egret - 7 Lodmoor RSPB,  1 Abbotsbury
Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Rodden Hive
Hen Harrier - 1 female reported at Beaminster Down
Osprey - 1 Herbury/Rodden Hive
Spotted Crake - 1 still at Lodmoor RSPB, 1 probable in flight at Stanpit Marsh
Common Crane - 2 Arne RSPB (from Coombe Heath)
Grey Phalarope -  2 Herbury (The Fleet), 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Green Sandpiper - 6 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 still at Lodmoor RSPB
Caspian Gull - 1 first winter at Portland Bill
Red-backed Shrike - 1 female Seacombe Valley
Firecrest - 2 Hengistbury Head
Red-rumped Swallow - 1 reported over Hengistbury Head
Spotted Flycatcher - 2 Durlston CP
Redstart - 1 Durlston CP
Whinchat - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Tree Sparrow - 1 Portland Bill
Yellow Wagtail - 4 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Hawfinch - 1 over Wick Fields (Hengistbury)

Lesser Yellowlegs at Lodmoor RSPB © Derek Fowler


Ringed Plover at Hengistbury Head © David Wareham