Sightings - Sunday 7th February 2016

Smew - 1 north Holes Bay.
Marsh Harrier - 4 Arne Moors.
Hen Harrier - 1 over Arne Moors.
Lapwing - 773 Stanpit.
Jack Snipe - 1 Stanpit Scrubs.
Purple Sandpiper  - 16 Hengistbury sandspit.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Stanpit Scrubs.
Grey Phalarope - 1 off Hengistbury Head.
Mediterranean Gull - c. 1200 in Weymouth Bay roost.
Lesser Black-Backed Gull - 33 in Weymouth Bay roost.
Short-Eared Owl - 1 Arne Moors.
Black Redstart - 1 Cassiobury Rd area (Weymouth).
Chiffchaff - 2+ Stanpit.
Firecrest - 1 DWT Happy Bottom reserve (Corfe Mullen).


Red-Breasted Merganser at Holes Bay © Clinton Whale.