Friday 11th September 2020

Grey Partridge - 9 St Aldhelm's Head.
Black-Necked Grebe - 1 Swineham, a very early autumn record.
Great White Egret - 1 Lytchett Fields departed NW.
Cattle Egret - 1 Hengistbury.
Marsh Harrier - 7 Poole Harbour.
Hobby - 1 Holton Lee, 1 Middlebere.
Golden Plover - 1 St Aldhelm's Head.
Knot - 2 Ferrybridge, 7 Christchurch Hbr.
Ruff - 1 Swineham.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Middlebere, 2 Stanpit.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Middlebere, 1 over Wick.
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Stanpit.
Common Sandpiper - 2 Christchurch Hbr.
Pectoral Sandpiper - 1 Arne Moors then Swineham.
Little Stint - 1 Ferrybridge.
Yellow-Legged Gull - 3 Swineham.
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - 1 East Parley.
Wryneck - 1 Cogden.
Yellow Wagtail - 2 Eggardon Hill, 30+ Holton Lee, c12 Maiden Castle area, 9 Middlebere, 
                           2 Swineham.
Wheatear - 4 Christchurch Hbr, 6 Eggardon Hill, 8 Maiden Castle, 3 Stanpit.
Redstart - 1 Eggardon Hill.
Whinchat - 5 Christchurch Hbr, 1 East Parley.
Spotted Flycatcher - 3 Christchurch Hbr, 2 Eggardon Hill.
Garden Warbler - 1 Christchurch Hbr.
Western Bonelli's Warbler - 1 Portland (Southwell Gardens, flew towards Eight Kings Quarry).
Firecrest - 1 Cogden.
Corn Bunting - 1 Stanpit is very unusual for the area.


Juvenile Stonechat at Stanpit © Dave Hill
Stonechat at Stanpit © Dave Hill   







Wheatear at Stanpit © Clinton Whale.
Wheatear at Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale
Juvenile Bar-tailed Godwit at Ferrybridge © Will Bown.
Bar-tailed Godwit at Ferrybridge © Will Bown