Sightings - Sunday 8th November 2015

Brent Goose - 2380 at Ferrybridge is a site record.
Great White Egret - 1 Middlebere.
Osprey - 1 Christchurch Hbr (probably the first CHOG record for November), 1 Durlston NNR.
Merlin - 1 Brands Bay, 1 Durlston NNR, 1 Middlebere, 1 Portland Bill.
Greenshank - 9 Brands Bay
Green Sandpiper - 1 Durlston NNR
Arctic Skua - 1 Portland Bill
Great Skua - 1 Durlston NNR
Yellow-Legged Gull - 2 Middlebere.
Short-Eared Owl - 1 Durlston NNR, 1 Hengistbury Head.
Water Pipit - 1+ Stanpit.
Tree Pipit - 1 Stoborough.
Richard's Pipit - 1 Hengistbury Head beach huts.
Swallow - 10 Durlston NNR, 2 Hengistbury Head.
Black Redstart - 1 Blacknor, 1 Durlston NNR, 3 Portland Bill, 2 Southwell, 1 Weymouth station
Ring Ouzel - 1 Durlston NNR, 1 Weymouth.
Dipper - 1 Lyme Regis.
Firecrest - 1 Durlston NNR, 2 Portland Bill, 4 elsewhere Portland.
Wood Pigeon - 200 Brownsea Island, 500 Christchurch Hbr, 390 Durlston NNR.

A substantial movement of finches included the following:
Chaffinch - 350 Christchurch Hbr; 2790 Durlston NNR, 400 Portland Bill.
Brambling - 468 Durlston NNR (record count for site)
Goldfinch - 1400 Christchurch Hbr; 4425 Durlston NNR (record count for site); 1500 Portland Bill, 120 Ringstead, 148 Studland.
Linnet - 850 Christchurch Hbr., 1140 Durlston NNR, 700 Portland Bill, 461 Studland.
Crossbill - 70 Durlston NNR
Hawfinch - 2 past Durlston NNR.
Snow Bunting - 1 Durlston NNR.


Goldcrest at Hengistbury Head © Geoff Norquoy

Kestrel at Hengistbury Head © Geoff Norquoy