Sightings - Tuesday 4th November 2014

Garganey - 1 on Fleet at Abbotsbury
Scaup - 4 on Fleet at Abbotsbury
Long-tailed Duck - 2 on Fleet at Abbotsbury, 1 Radipole Lake
Black-necked Grebe - 12 Middle Beach Studland
Great White Egret - 1 Brand's Bay
Hen Harrier - 3 Middlebere
Purple Sandpipier - 5 Hengistbury Head
Black Guillemot - 1 still in Portland Harbour
Black Redstart - 10 around Portland Castle/Marina area, 3 Lulworth Camp, 2 Church Ope Cove, a probable at Durlston, 1 Richmond Hill (Bournemouth)
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Kings Park (Boscombe)
Firecrest - 1 Poole garden
Hawfinch - 3 over West Bay
 
Wood Pigeons were on the move this morning. Some sample counts -
4,000+ over Poole
5-6,000 south over Weymouth
c12,000 south over Portland Bill
1,700 west over Stanpit
 
Little Egret at Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy 
 

 
Raven at Hengistbury Head © Tony Adamcik