Sightings - Sunday 10th July 2011





Balearic shearwater - 9 Portland Bill
Osprey - 1 Arne between Coombe and Shipstal Point
Mandarin - Juvenile still at Longham Lakes
Spotted redshank - 1 Upton CP
Greenshank - 3 Wick
Common sandpiper - 12 Stanpit , 14 Longham Lakes
Grey plover - 1 Stanpit
Common tern - 3 Longham Lakes
Crag Martin - 1 at Stanpit for five minutes (17:05) before heading north up Avon Valley
Wheatear - 2 Kimmeridge bay

Harrier news
A second juvenile Marsh Harrier fledged at RSPB Radipole Lake today. Two were in the air together this evening as well as both adults. Some picture of the adults and a juv from Thursday can be found at my blog www.welshbirderindorset.blogspot.com
Luke Phillips, Weymouth Wetlands Info Officer, RSPB Weymouth Wetlands

Mandarin, Longham lakes (c) Chris Parnell
Common terns, Longham lakes, (c) Chris Parnell
Reed warbler, Hammoon (c) John Howell