Thursday October 17th 2024

Brent Goose - 530 Ferryridge
Velvet Scoter - female/immature still present at Longham Lakes
Avocet - 400 Brownsea Lagoon
Green Sandpiper - 1 on cress beds Wimborne St Giles
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Greenshank - 5 Brownsea Lagoon
Mediterranean Gull - 960+ Ferrbridge
 Caspian Gull - 1 again at Silverlake, 1st winter Portland
Spoonbill - c.50 Brownsea Island Lagoon, 2 Bestwall RSPB
Cattle Egret - 28 Wick Water Meadows
Osprey - 1 Middlebere
Hen Harrier - juvenile Portland
White-tailed Eagle - 2 over Swineham
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 along Rodwell Trail, 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Thumb Lane Portland
Radde's Warbler - 1 trapped Crown Estate field Portland
Redwing - flocks between 20 and 200 passing over Poole Harbour
Ring Ouzel - juvenile at Anvil Point, Swanage, 1 Middlebere, 1 probable Swineham GPs, 1 Hengistbury Head, 2 Old Harry
Firecrest - 3 Parkstone Heights Woods
Black Redstart - 1 Wild Woodbury car park, 1 Thumb Lane Portland
Hawfinch - 1 flew north Holes Bay

White-tailed Eagle, Swineham  © Fiona Keeling

White-tailed Eagle, Swineham  © Fiona Keeling


Cattle Egret, Wick Water Meadows  © Clinton Whale