Sightings - Saturday 31st August 2013

Balearic Shearwater - 382 past Portland Bill, 34 past Peveril Point, 25+ in Weymouth Bay, 21 Hengistbury Head,  6 past Durlston
Manx Shearwater - 17 Hengistbury Head
Osprey - 1 Middlebere
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lodmoor
Wryneck - 1 Wick Fields, Christchurch
Red-backed Shrike - 1 between Lodmoor RSPB and Horse Lynch
White Wagtail - 2 Lodmoor
Redstart -  3 Seacombe, 1 Durlston
Whinchat - 5 Stanpit Marsh, 2 Seacombe, 1 Middlebere
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Durlston

Red-backed Shrike at Lodmoor © Brett Spencer

Red-backed Shrike at Lodmoor © Steve Carey

Red-backed Shrike at Lodmoor © Daragh Croxson



Osprey at Middlebere © Mark Wright



Sightings - Friday 30th August 2013

Balearic Shearwater - 63 past Portland Bill, 2 past Durlston
Spoonbill - 2 Middlebere
Osprey -  2 Lytchett Bay, 1 Keysworth, 1 Middlebere
Little Stint - 1 Ferrybridge
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Ferrybridge
Ruff - 1 Lytchett Bay
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lodmoor, 1 Lytchett Bay
Long-tailed Skua - 1 past Portland Bill
Black Tern - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Roseate Tern - 1 off Hengistbury Head
Cuckoo - 1 Portland Bill
Yellow Wagtail - 100 over Christchurch Harbour
White Wagtail - 6 Portland Bill, 5 Lodmoor
Redstart - 3 Martinstown, 2  Christchurch Harbour
Whinchat - 2 Christchurch Harbour
Grasshopper Warbler - 2 Durlston,
Pied Flycatcher - 2 Portland Bill
Yellowhammer - 1 Wick, Christchurch

Late news from yesterday evening : A Citrine Wagtail was seen briefly at Abbotsbury Swannery.

Little Egret at Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy

Sightings - Thursday 29th August 2013

Manx Shearwater - 1 past Durlston
Osprey - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Black Tern - 1 past Durlston
Turtle Dove - 1 Durlston
Cuckoo - 1 at the Hump, Portland
Wryneck - 1 Portland Bill, 1 West Bexington
Nightingale - 1 still in Obs quarry Portland Bill
Redstart - 11 Durlston
Whinchat - 4 Durlston, 4 West Bexington, 4 Hengistbury Head, 3 Portland
Grasshopper Warbler - 2 Durlston
Pied Flycatcher - 2 Durlston, 2 Hengistbury Head

Whinchat at West Bexington ©  Mike Morse

Wryneck at West Bexington ©  Mike Morse

Sightings - Wednesday 28th August 2013

Spoonbill - 7 Middlebere, 6 Brownsea

Osprey - 1 Abbostbury, 1 Middlebere, 1 Lytchett Bay

Black Tern - 2 Ferrybridge

Bonxie - 9 offshore Portland Bill (from survey boat)

Greenish Warbler - 1 possible Durlston

Icterine Warbler - 1 Portland

Wryneck - 1 Portland
Ortolan Bunting - 1 Langton Herring, 1 Portland

Sightings - Monday 26th August 2013

Osprey - 1 Portland, 1 Abbotsbury, 1 Charmouth
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Durlston CP
Roseate Tern - 1 Stanpit
Wryneck - 2 Durlston, 1 Worbarrow, 1 Gadcliff
Ortolan Bunting - 1 Portland

 

Sightings - Tuesday 27th August 2013

Osprey - 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Morden Bog, 2 Middlebere
Spoonbill - 7 Middlebere
Black Tern - 3 Ferrybridge; 1 Stanpit
Goshawk - 1 Portland
Wryneck - 1 Portland
Ring Ouzel - 1 Barleycrates Lane
Ortolan Bunting - 1 Portland



Swallow, Hengistbury Head, (c) Joseph Murphy

Whitethroat, Hengistbury Head, (c) Joseph Murphy

Sightings - Sunday 25th August 2013

Balearic Shearwater - 17 Portland
Black Tern - 1 Poole harbour
Wigeon - 8 Abbotsbury (1st of autumn at site)
Pintail - 20 Abbotsbury (1st of autumn at site)
Osprey - 1 Brand's Bay, Studland
Hobby - 3 Morden Bog
Curlew Sandpiper - 3 Brownsea island
Egyptian Goose - 17 Avon Causeway
Icterine Warbler - 1 Portland
Plus a 'good sprinkle' of commoner migrants around the Weymouth area (Whinchat, Yellow Wagtail, Tree Pipit, Redstart)

Sightings - Saturday 24th August 2013

Great Northern Diver - 1 Portland Bill was unseasonal
Balearic Shearwater - 21 Hengistbury Head, 107 Portland Bill.
Spoonbill - 7 Brownsea Island, 7 Middlebere
Marsh Harrier - 1 Morden Bog
Hobby - 1 Morden Bog
Roseate Tern - 1 Christchurch Hbr
Arctic Tern - 2 Christchurch Hbr
Knot - 1 Christchurch Hbr
Ruff - 1 Christchurch Hbr
Whimbrel - 16 Christchurch Hbr, 1 Ferrybridge
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Brownsea Island
Green Sandpiper - 3+ Christchurch Hbr
Common Sandpiper - 4 Christchurch Hbr
Spotted Redshank - 4 Brownsea Island
Greenshank - 19 Brownsea Island, 5 Christchurch Hbr, 1 Middlebere
Avocet - 32 Brownsea Island
Yellow Wagtail - 63+ Christchurch Hbr, 100 Portland Bill, 45 Chiswell
Blue-Headed Wagtail - 1 Portland (Chiswell)
Wheatear - 150 Portland Bill, 75 Portland (Chiswell), 19 Seacombe
Whinchat - 3 Christchurch Hbr, 6 Portland (Chiswell), 2 Seacombe, 2 Sunnyside Farm
Redstart - 1+ Durlston CP, 4 Morden Bog       
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Seacombe

Sightings - Friday 23rd August 2013

Balearic Shearwater - 3 Durlston, 1 Hengistbury Head
Spoonbill - 7 in Middlebere Channel
Osprey - 1 Lytchett Bay
Hobby - 7 Morden Bog, 1 Durlston
Ruff - 1 Portland Bill
Spotted Redshank - 1 Middlebere
Arctic Skua - 1 Durlston, 1 Hengistbury Head
Sandwich Tern - 250+ Christchurch Harbour
Turtle Dove - 1 Durlston
Yellow Wagtail - 50+ Portland Bill, 8 Hengistbury Head
Redstart - 5 Durlston, 5 Morden Bog, 1 Middlebere, 1 Christchurch Harbour
Whinchat - 3 Portland, 1 Durlston
Pied Flycatcher - 2 Portland Bill, 1 Durlston
Grasshopper Warbler -1 Durlston

One of 25 Avocets on Brownsea lagoon © Clinton Whale

Sightings - Thursday 22nd August 2013

Balearic Shearwater - 5 Portland Bill.
Yellow-Legged Gull - 1 Portland Bill
Roseate Tern - 1 Hengistbury Head
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Hengistbury Head
Knot - 2 Stanpit
Ruff - 1 Hengistbury Head
Whimbrel - 1 Ferrybridge, 8 Stanpit
Little Stint - 1 Hengistbury Head
Green Sandpiper - 1 Hengistbury Head, 4 Stanpit, 2+ Swineham
Common Sandpiper - 1 Swineham
Spotted Redshank - 1 Hengistbury Head
Greenshank - 1 Rodden, 1 Stanpit, 2 Swineham
Turtle Dove - 1 Portland Bill
Whinchat - 1 Hengistbury Head, 2 Ringstead/White Nothe, 1 Swineham, 3 West Bexington
Redstart - 1 Durlston CP, 4 Hengistbury Head, 1 Lorton Meadows, 2 Ringstead/White Nothe
Pied Flycatcher - 2 Lorton Meadows, 2 Portland (Wakeham)
Spotted Flycatcher - 15+ Lorton Meadows
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Portland Bill

Redshank on Brownsea Island lagoon © Clinton Whale

Sightings - Wednesday 21st August 2013

Balearic Shearwater - 6 Portland Bill, 1 Durlston
Manx Shearwater - 1 Durlston
Spoonbill - 2 in Middlebere Channel
Osprey - 1 West Bexington,  1 Abbotsbury, 1 Middlebere Channel, 1 Christchurch Harbour
Hobby - 1 Lodmoor
Ruff - 2 Stanpit, 1 Lodmoor
Redstart - 22 Durlston, 7 Worth Matravers area, 1 Stoborough Heath, 1 Martinstown, 1 Christchurch Harbour
Whinchat -  4 Martinstown, 1 Durlston, 1 West Bexington, 1 Arne
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Durlston, 1 Portland

Sparrowhawk from Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy

Sightings - Tuesday 20th August 2013

Egyptian Goose - 37 at Avon Causeway
Balearic Shearwater - 1 past Durlston
Spoonbill - 3 on Brownsea Island
Marsh Harrier - 1 over Portland Bill
Little Stint - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Roseate Tern - 1 at Ferrybridge
Redstart - 2 Portland, 1 Durlston
Whinchat - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Portland
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Portland
Pied Flycatcher - 4 Portland, 1 Lodmoor

Greenshank at Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy

Grey Heron at Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy

Sightings - Monday 19th August 2013

Balearic Shearwater - 4 Portland Bill, 2 Durlston
Marsh Harrier - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Great Skua - 1 past Portland Bill
Turtle Dove - 2 Stanpit Marsh
Redstart - 15 Durlston, 2 Morden Bog, 2 Hengistbury Head
Whinchat - 1 Durlston
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Durlston
Willow Warbler - 250+ at Durlston
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Durlston, 1 Portland

Green Sandpiper in Lytchett Bay yesterday © Tim Balmer

Sightings - Sunday 18th August 2013

Balearic Shearwater - 6 Durlston, 3 Hengistbury Head, 10 Portland Bill.
Manx Shearwater - 12 Durlston.
Sooty Shearwater - 1 Abbotsbury Beach.
Gannet - one found grounded in crops at Barleycrates Lane (Portland) was taken to the Observatory.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Christchurch Hbr, 1 Poole Hbr.
Osprey - 1 Poole Hbr.
Roseate Tern - 1 Ferrybridge.
Whimbrel - 1 Christchurch Hbr, 1 Portland Bill.
Wood Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Bay.
Green Sandpiper - 16+ at Lytchett Bay was a site record..
Common Sandpiper - 4 Christchurch Hbr, 6 Lytchett Bay, flock of 16 Poole Hbr.
Greenshank - 2 Christchurch Hbr, 6 Lytchett Bay.
Redstart - 1 Ballard Down, 9 Durlston CP.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Abbotsbury Gdns, 1 Durlston CP, 1 Portland Bill.
Spotted Flycatcher - 3 Abbotsbury Gdns.
Firecrest - 2 Abbotsbury Gdns.

Wood Sandpiper © Shaun Robson

Osprey over Poole Harbour © Mark Wright

Sightings - Saturday 17th August 2013

Balearic Shearwater - 4 Abbotsbury Beach, 26 Hengistbury Head, 60 Portland Bill
Manx Shearwater - 16 Portland Bill
Red-Crested Pochard - 1 at Radipole still
Hobby - 2 Morden Bog
Great Skua - 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Portland Bill
Arctic Skua - 1 Portland Bill
Yellow-legged Gull - 2 Hengistbury Head
Arctic Tern - 1 Portland Bill
Black Tern - 1 Abbotsbury Beach
Little Ringed Plover - 2+ Lodmoor
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Longham Lakes, 1 Lytchett Bay
Green Sandpiper - 2 Lodmoor
Common Sandpiper - 4+ Lodmoor, 3 Radipole Lake, 1 Rodden Hive/Herbury,        
Greenshank - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery, 7 Rodden Hive/Herbury
Whinchat - 1 Portland Bill
Redstart - 1 Hengistbury Head
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Portland Bill

Sightings - Friday 16th August 2013

Common Scoter - 70 past Hengistbury Head
Balearic Shearwater - 2 past Portland Bill
Sandwich Tern - 120 Hengistbury Head

Sightings - Thursday 15th August 2013

Great White Egret - 1 flew out to sea at West Bexington
Osprey - 1 Wareham Channel
Montagu's Harrier - probable female hunting near Durdle Door
Balearic Shearwater -  2 past Portland Bill
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor

Sightings - Wednesday 14th August 2013

Eider - 2 past Hengistbury Head
Balearic Shearwater - 3 past Portland Bill
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor, 1 Longham Lakes, 1 Portland Bill
Turtle Dove - 1 Durlston
Tree Pipit - 13 Portland Bill
Redstart - 8 Morden Bog
Willow Warbler - 90 Durlston
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Hengistbury, 1 Durlston
Spotted Flycatcher - 8 Morden Bog

Northern Wheatear Hengistbury copyright Joe Murphy

Sightings - Tuesday 13th August 2013

Balearic Shearwater - 9 past Portland Bill
Ringed Plover - 190 Ferry Bridge
Whinchat - 1 Portland Bill
Garden Warbler - 35 Durlston
Melodious Warbler - 1 ringed at Durlston
Willow Warbler - 100 Portland Bill, 140 Durlston, 125 Christchurch Harbour
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Lodmoor, 1 Durlston, 1Portland Bill

Sightings - Monday 12th August 2013

Common Sandpiper - 4 Stanpit Marsh

Spotted Redshank - 5 Brownsea Is.

Wood Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Bay, 1 Lodmoor

Tree Pipit - 2 Hengistbury Hd.

Whinchat - 2 Hengistbury Hd.

Wheatear - 12 Hengistbury Hd.

Pied Flycatcher - 1 Portland Bill

Wood Sandpiper - Lodmoor © Andrew Maynard

Sightings - Sunday 11th August 2013

Balearic Shearwater - 10 Portland Bill

Whimbrel - 14 Christchurch Hbr.

Greenshank - 3 Christchurch Hbr.

Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Bay

Yellow-legged Gull - 2 Portland Bill, 1 Ferrybridge

Black Tern - 1 past Mudeford Quay

Common Tern - 45 Christchurch Hbr.

Sedge Warbler - 50 Lytchett Bay

Pied Flycatcher - 1 Portland Bill

Sightings - Saturday 10th August 2013

Cory's Shearwater -  1 seen twice from boat 5Km south of West Bay
Spoonbill - 1 Brownsea Is.
Avocet - 5 Brownsea Is.
Whimbrel - 10 Christchurch Hbr, 5 Lytchett Bay
Snipe - 20 Lytchett Bay, 8 Christchurch Hbr.
Common Sandpiper - 3 Brownsea Is, 2 Lytchett Bay, 2 Lodmoor, 1 Christchurch Hbr.
Green Sandpiper - 13 Lytchett Bay, 2 Morden Bog, 2 Lodmoor, 2 Christchurch Hbr
Spotted Redshank - 5 Brownsea Is.
Greenshank - 7 Brownsea Is, 5 Lytchett Bay, 3 Lodmoor
Wood Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Bay, 2 Lodmoor
Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 over Priory Marsh Stanpit.
Grasshopper Warbler - 2 Portland Bill, 1 Stanpit Marsh.
Lesser Whitethroat - 8 Lodmoor
Willow Warbler - 211 Durlston CP, 100 Hengistbury Hd, 50 Portland Bill, 50 Lodmoor.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Morden Bog

Wood Sandpipers - Lytchett Bay © Shaun Robson

Sightings - Friday 9th August 2013

Red-crested Pochard - 1 still remains at Radipole
Quail - 1 Hengistbury Hd (Barn Field)
Black-tailed Godwit - 100+ Brownsea Is.
Common Sandpiper - 3 Lytchett Bay,1 Christchurch Hbr.
Green Sandpiper - 13 Lytchett Bay
Greenshank - 9 Lytchett Bay, 5 Christchurch Hbr.
Yellow Wagtail - 3 Hengistbury Hd.
Wheatear - 2 West Bexington, 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 West Bexington

Black-tailed Godwot - Brownsea Island © Clinton Whale

Sightings - Thursday 8th August 2013

Garganey - 1 Stanpit
Wigeon - 1 still at Rodden Hive
Spoonbill - 1 Middlebere
Hobby - 1 Lodmoor, 1 Wick
Yellow-legged Gull - 3 Portland Bill
Knot - 2 Ferrybridge, 2 Stanpit
Whimbrel - 1 Lytchett Bay, 4 Middlebere
Wood Sandpiper - 2 Lodmoor, 1 Lytchett Bay
Green Sandpiper - 8+ Lytchett Bay, 8+ Middlebere, 1 Portland Bill, 1 Swineham
Common Sandpiper - 5 Lytchett Bay, 4 Middlebere, 1 Portland Bill, 2 Rodden Hive, 2 West Bexington
Spotted Redshank - 5 Brownsea, 2 Middlebere
Greenshank - 7 Brownsea, 7 Lytchett Bay, 7 Middlebere, 1 Portland Bill, 1 Rodden Hive, 2 Stanpit
Yellow Wagtail - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Wheatear - 3 Durlston, 2 Rodden Hive, 2 West Bexington
Whinchat - 1 Portland Bill
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Durlston, 1 Stanpit, 1 West Bexington
Grasshopper Warbler - 3 Durlston, 1 Portland Bill, 2 Stanpit
Crossbill - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Middlebere

Pied Flycatcher at West Bexington © Mike Morse

Sightings - Wednesday 7th August 2013

Goosander - 1 on R. Stour at Christchurch
Great Skua - 1 Portland Bill
Grey Plover - 1 Stanpit
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Portland Bill
Whimbrel - 10 Stanpit
Little Stint - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Christchurch Harbour, 1+ Lodmoor, 1 Portland Bill
Green Sandpiper - 3 Lodmoor, 1 Portland Bill, 1 Portland (Suckthumb Quarry), 1 Stanpit
Common Sandpiper - 3 Lodmoor, 4 Stanpit
Greenshank - 1 Stanpit
Wheatear - 1 Durlston, 1 Hengistbury Head, 1`Lodmoor
Whinchat - 1 Ferrybridge
Redstart - 2 Hengistbury Head
Grasshopper Warbler - 1+ Durlston, 1 Hengistbury Head
Willow Warbler - 310 Hengistbury Head by 9:30am
Crossbill - 4 Lodmoor

Sightings - Tuesday 6th August 2013

Wigeon - 1 past Lodmoor
Spoonbill - 1 Arne
Yellow-Legged Gull - 4 Arne, 1 Radipole Lake
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Lodmoor
Whimbrel - 1 Durlston, 1 Ferrybridge, 1 Lytchett Bay, 13 Stanpit
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor
Green Sandpiper - 3 Lodmoor
Common Sandpiper - 1 Durlston, 4 Lodmoor, 9 Stanpit
Greenshank - 2 Middlebere
Spotted Redshank - 1 Middlebere
Wheatear - 1 Crouch Hill, 4 Durlston
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Portland Bill
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Durlston, 1 Winspit
Redstart - 1 Lodmoor
Grasshopper Warbler - 3 Durlston
Sedge Warbler - 40 Christchurch Harbour, 2 Durlston, 150 Portland Bill, 20 Lodmoor, 2 Winspit
Crossbill - 8 Durlston

Late news:    Garganey at Stanpit yesterday

Sightings - Monday 5th August 2013

Red-Crested Pochard - the eclipse drake is still at Radipole Lake
Manx Shearwater - 1 Abbotsbury, 1 Durlston, 24 Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 1 Abbotsbury, 19 Portland Bill, 1 West Bexington
Arctic Skua - 1 Portland Bill
Yellow-Legged Gull - 2 Brownsea, 1 Radipole Lake, 1 West Bexington
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Brownsea
Knot - 1 Brownsea
Whimbrel - 1 Butterstreet Cove, 3 Ferrybridge
Little Stint - 2 Ferrybridge
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor
Wood Sandpiper - 2 Lodmoor
Green Sandpiper - 4 Lodmoor
Greenshank - 8 Brownsea, 3 Lodmoor
Spotted Redshank - 5 Brownsea
Wheatear - 2 Durlston, 2 Portland Bill, 1 West Bexington
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Durlston
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Durlston

Sightings - Sunday 4th August 2013

Balearic Shearwater - 12+ Portland Bill

Cattle Egret - probable at Hengistbury Head

Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Ferrybridge

Common Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Bay

Green Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Bay

Arctic Skua - 2 Portland Bill

Ad. Yellow-legged Gull - Lytchett Bay © Shaun Robson

Sightings - Saturday 3rd August 2013

Sooty Shearwater - 2 past Portland Bill
Manx Shearwater - 3 Portland bill, 2 Hengistbury Hd.
Balearic Shearwater - 4 Abbotsbury Beach, 3 Portland Bill, 2 Hengistbury Hd.
Hobby - 1 Lytchett Bay
Green Sandpiper - 6 Lytchett Bay
Greenshank - 1 Lytchett Bay
Great Skua - 2 Abbotsbbury Beach, 1 Portland Bill

Common Swift - Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy

Sightings - Friday 2nd August 2013

Mandarin - 1 Lodmoor
Manx Shearwater - 15 Portland Bill

Balearic Shearwater - 12 Portland Bill
Hobby - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Common Sandpiper - 2 Stanpit, 2 Lodmoor
Green Sandpiper - 7 Lytchett Bay, 2 Lodmoor
Greenshank - 4 Stanpit Marsh
Roseate Tern- 1 west past Durlston CP.
Crossbill - 15 over West Bexington

Curlew - Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy

Wood Sandpiper - Lodmoor © Will Bown

Sightings - Thursday 1st August 2013

Manx Shearwater - 1 Durlston CP
Balearic Shearwater - 1 west Durlston CP, 1 past Portland
Marsh Harrier - 1 juv. Lodmoor, 1 Stoborough Heath
Osprey - 1 over Christchurch Hbr.
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Lodmoor
Common Sandpiper - 5 Lodmoor, 3 Stanpit Marsh, 2 Longham lakes
Green Sandpiper - 4 Lodmoor
Greenshank - 11 Stanpit Marsh
Wood Sandpiper - 3 Lodmoor, 2 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Longham Lakes
Arctic Skua - 1 Portland Bill, 1 past West Bexington
Cuckoo - 1 juv Stanpit Marsh
Yellow Wagtail - singles Durston CP & Stanpit Marsh
Wheatear - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Grasshopper Warbler - 5 Portland Bill, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Sedge Warbler - 70 Stanpit Marsh, 30 Portland Bill
Wood Warbler - 1 Stanpit Marsh (Northern Scrubs)
Bearded Tit - 5 Stanpit Marsh
Crossbill - two flocks Morden Bog, 6 over Durlston CP.

per bird info services - unconfirmed report of Grey Phalarope off Banks Road Sandbanks evening 31st July.

Sand Martin - Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy

Greenshank - Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy