Sightings - Sunday 5th October 2014

Garganey - 1 Lytchett Bay
Great White Egret - 2 Studland, one of which was on Brownsea Island earlier
Spoonbill - 47 Brownsea Island; believed to be a national record for a single flock.
Marsh Harrier - 5 Poole Harbour
Hen Harrier - 1 Hartland Moor
Red Kite - 1 Sherford Bridge
Osprey - 1 Poole Harbour
Merlin - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Hartland Moor
Golden Plover - 1 Brands Bay, 2 Durlston CP, 1 Solent Meads (Hengistbury)
Grey Plover - 3 Brands Bay, 1 Durlston CP

Ruff - 2 Lytchett Bay, 2 Stanpit
Pectoral Sandpiper - 1 Chard Junction GPs (first site record), 1 Lytchett Bay

Spotted Redshank - 14 Brownsea Island, 1 Stanpit
Arctic Tern - 1 Durlston CP
Redstart - 1 Durlston CP
Whinchat - 2 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Durlston CP
Grasshopper Warbler - 2 Durlston CP
Firecrest -  9 Abbotsbury Gardens, 2 Brownsea Island, 1 Durlston CP, 1 Lytchett Bay
Rose-Coloured Starling - 1 Reap Lane (Portland)
Brambling - 1 Durlston CP

Late news:   Ring Ouzel at Sherford Bridge yesterday


Pectoral Sandpiper at Chard Junction GPs © Dave Helliar

Spoonbills at Brownsea Island © Tim Balmer

Great White Egret © Tim Balmer