Friday 9th October 2020

Goosander - 3 redheads at Silverlake
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Grey Phalarope - 1 on the Fleet at Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Rodden Hive
Arctic Skua - 1 Hengistbury Head
Spoonbill - 53 Arne Bay
Cattle Egret - 7 Brand's Bay, 6 between Woodsford & Moreton, 3 Abbotsbury/Portesham area,                    1 near Sunnyside Farm (Ridge)
Great White Egret - 3 Longham Lakes, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Osprey - 1 over Brand's Bay, 1 Holes Bay
Short-eared Owl - 1 over Durlston CP
Wryneck - 1 Durlston CP
Merlin - 1 over Durlston CP, 1 Kingswood Heath (Purbeck), 1 East Weares (Portland)
Woodlark - 2 over Durlston CP
Firecrest - 3 Hengistbury, 1 trapped & ringed at Lytchett Bay,                                                                         1 trapped & ringed at Longham Lakes,1 Durlston CP
Rose-coloured Starling - 1 juvenile still at Easton (Portland)
Ring Ouzel - 1 over the Verne (Portland), 1 St Aldhelm's Head, 1 Durlston CP
Bluethroat - 1 female retrapped by the Fleet at Wyke Regis
Tree Sparrow - 1 over Durlston CP
Crossbill - 25 over Durlston CP, 15 over Southwell (Portland) , 12 over St Aldhelm's Head,                        10 Newton Heath, 5 over Langton Hive Point

Late news from yesterday : a Pink-footed Goose was briefly at Chard Junction GP in the evening.