Wednesday 16th October 2024

Grey Plover - 7 Brownsea Island.
Ruff - 1 Stanpit.
Knot - 5 Brownsea Island.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Greenshank - 13 Brownsea Island.
Caspian Gull - 1 Silverlake.
Sandwich Tern - 2 at Silverlake is only the second record for the site.
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Brands Bay (Jerrys Point).
Great White Egret - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Middlebere.
Cattle Egret - 14 Christchurch Harbour, 10 Wareham Common.
Spoonbill - 61 Brownsea Island.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Brands Bay, 1 Wareham Channel.
Marsh Harrier - 3 Swineham, 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Yellow-browed Warbler - 3 Portland (PBO, the Borstal and the Mermaid), 1 Wick.
Firecrest - 1 Hengistbury.

Late news: 2 White-tailed Eagle at Badbury Rings on 7th Oct.

Curlew, Stanpit © Clinton Whale

White-tailed Eagles, Badbury Rings, 7th Oct © Penny Isaac