Friday 3rd November 2023

Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery.
Eider - 3 Poole Harbour.
Long-tailed Duck - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery.
Knot - 16 Bestwall.
Greenshank - 5 Arne Moors.
Spotted Redshank - 5 Arne Moors.
Woodcock - 1 Durlston NNR.
Great Northern Diver - 1 Brands Bay, 1 central Poole Harbour, 1 Wareham Channel.
Red-throated Diver - 1 Durlston NNR
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Bestwall (unusual here), 1 Brands Bay, 1 Studland Bay.
Great White Egret - 2 Arne (Shipstal Point), 3 Middlebere.
Bittern - 1 Swineham.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Poole Harbour.
Marsh Harrier - 8+ Swineham.
Hen Harrier - 1 Middlebere.
Merlin - 1 Durlston NNR.
Wood Pigeon - 2100 Durlston NNR.
Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Bay (caught and ringed).
Swallow - 2 Durlston NNR.
House Martin - 1 Durlston NNR.
Wheatear - 1 Durlston NNR.
Firecrest - 2 Durlston NNR.
Great Grey Shrike - 1 Lytchett Bay (caught and ringed - first site record).
Brambling - 11 Durlston NNR.
Crossbill - 5 over Shaftesbury, 1 West Bay.

Yellow-browed Warbler, Bridport © Tom Brereton.

















Great Grey Shrike, Lytchett Bay © Shaun Robson.















Pied Wagtail, Christchurch harbour © Dave Hill.
















Rock Pipit, Christchurch harbour © Dave Hill.