Tuesday 5th September 2023

Ruff - 1 Brands Bay, 1 Swineham.
Knot - 1 Brands Bay, 4 Hengistbury Head.
Greenshank - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Sanderling - 4 Christchurch Harbour.
Little Stint - 1 Ferrybridge.
Whimbrel - 2 Christchurch Harbour.
Arctic Skua - 1 past Portland Bill.
Balearic Shearwater - 10 past Portland Bill.
Manx Shearwater - 3 past Portland Bill.
Cattle Egret - 1 Hengistbury Head.
Osprey - 1 through Christchurch Harbour, 5-6 NW Poole Harbour, 1 The Fleet (Rodden Hive).
Marsh Harrier - 2 Portland Bill.
Wryneck - 1 briefly Hengistbury Head (Rolls Drive).
Hobby - 1 Longham Lakes, 2 Portland Bill, 1 Radipole Lake.
Merlin - 2 Portland Bill.
Yellow Wagtail - 34 over Hengistbury Head, 3 Lytchett Fields, 25 Stanpit, 7 The Fleet (Rodden Hive) .
Swallow - 10000 over Ferrybridge, 1236 over Hengistbury Head; "many thousands" through Poole Harbour.
Garden Warbler - 1 Lambert's Castle.
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Lambert's Castle, 2 Stanpit, c.5 Thorncombe Wood.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Lambert's Castle.
Common Redstart - 1 Durlston CP, 3 Godlingston Hill, 1 Lambert's Castle, 3 Studland (Greenlands Farm).
Whinchat - 1 Hengistbury Head, 2 Lytchett Fields, 2 Stanpit.
Wheatear - 1 Godlingston Hill, 2 Lambert's Castle, 8 Stanpit, 11 The Fleet (Moonfleet).

Yellow Wagtail, Stanpit © Scott Usher













Hobby, Radipole Lake © Helen Wood.














Spotted Flycatcher, Stanpit © Scott Usher.