Sightings - Thursday 31st March 2016

Great Northern Diver - 1 Ferrybridge.
Red Kite - 1 Arne, 1 Lodmoor, 1 St. Leonards, 1 Wool.
Marsh Harrier - 2 Christchurch Harbour.
Hen Harrier - 1 at roost in western Poole Harbour.
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Lodmoor, 1 Stanpit.
Golden Plover - 1 Stanpit.
Sanderling - 1 Ferrybridge.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor.
Black Guillemot - 1 Poole Harbour.
Puffin - 6 off the Dorset coast.
Short-Eared Owl - 2 Portland Bill, 1 elsewhere on Portland.
Swift - 1 Portland Bill is only the second March record for the site.
Stock Dove - a nest near Wimborne had three eggs (unusual for this species).
Wheatear - 100 Portland.
White Wagtail - 3 Portland Bill.
Black Redstart - 5 Portland Bill, 2 elsewhere on Portland.
Pallas's Warbler - 1 Portesham.
Chiffchaff - 150 Portland Bill.
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Lodmoor.
Firecrest - 3 Hengistbury Head, 7 Portland Bill, 1 elsewhere on Portland.

Skylark at Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy

Puffins © Derek Fowler


Pallas's Warbler at Portesham © Roger Green