Sightings - Monday 6th October 2014

Red-Throated Diver - 1 Mudeford Quay.
Manx Shearwater - 2 Durlston CP.
Balearic Shearwater - 1 Durlston CP.
Leach's Petrel - 3 Mudeford Quay.
Great White Egret - 1 at Lytchett Bay arrived from Brownsea Island.
Osprey - 2-3 at a private site near Sherborne.
Merlin - 1 Portland Bill.
Hobby - 1 Portland Bill.
Grey Plover - 2 Stanpit.
Knot - 3 Stanpit.
Whimbrel - 1 Mudeford Quay.
Pectoral Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Purple Sandpiper - 1 Mudeford Quay.
Sanderling - 1 Mudeford Quay.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Stanpit.
Arctic Skua - 8 Branksome Chine.
Little Gull - 1 Mudeford Quay.
Arctic Tern - 1 Baiter, 2 Branksome Chine, 3 Christchurch Harbour.
Black Guillemot - 1 Portland Harbour.
Firecrest - 2 Portland Bill.
Rose-Coloured Starling - 1 Reap Lane (Portland).
 

Shoveler at Brownsea Island on Saturday © Clinton Whale.