Sightings - Wednesday 2nd October 2013

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 1 with 250 Brents at Ferrybridge
Red-crested Pochard - 1 still at Longham Lakes
Red-throated Diver - 1 past Durlston
Balearic Shearwater - 2 Portland Bill
Spoonbill - 10 Brownsea Island, 9 over Stanpit, 7 Lodmoor
Hen Harrier - 1 male over Harland Moor
Osprey - 1 over Christchurch Harbour
Merlin - 1 Durlston, 1 Ferrybridge
Hobby - up to 10 at Radipole RSPB, 3 in West Bexington/Cogden area, 2 Lodmoor, 1 Durlston
Avocet - 1 Longham Lakes
Spotted Redshank - 1 Holes Bay
Arctic Skua - 2 Portland Bill
Wryneck - 1 Hengistbury Head
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 at entrance to caravan park in Bowleaze, Weymouth
Red-backed Shrike - 1 still at the Bridging Camp, Wyke Regis
Lapland Bunting - 1 heard over Barn Field, Hengistbury Head


Hobby at Cogden Beach © Mike Morse

Whinchat at Camp Road, Wyke Regis © Will Bown