Thursday 24th October 2024

Barnacle Goose - 1 Rodden Hive
Velvet Scoter - juvenile still at Longham Lakes (on South Lake)
Goosander - 1 Silverlake (West Lake)
Black-necked Grebe - 4 Wareham Channel
Jack Snipe - 1 Middlebere Heath
Spotted Redshank - 6 Middlebere
Red-throated Diver - 1 Wareham Channel
Spoonbill - 30 Poole Harbour
Great White Egret - 1 over Wareham Causeway, 1 Silverlake, 1 Middlebere
Osprey - 1 Middlebere
Merlin - 1 Middlebere
ISABELLINE SHRIKE sp - 1st winter still showing well in weedy field north of Pound Lane/Wavering Lane in Gillingham (ST794269)
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 PBO, 1 Wakeham, 1 Easton (behind Fire Station)
Pallas's Warbler - 1 still at PBO
Firecrest - 2 Winspit Valley, 1 Wick
Black Redstart - 1 Winspit Valley, 1 Chesil Cove, 1 West Bay
Hawfinch - 1 over Careys Secret Garden early morning
Serin - 1 at PBO

Yesterday : 110,000 Woodpigeon over Portland Bill, easily highest ever count here, the previous being 44,000 last year on 5th November.

Ringed-neck Duck, yesterday at Silverlake  © Mick Brooks