Sightings - Saturday 2nd April 2016

Mandarin - 3 (2m 1f ) over Farrington, near Child Okeford (Not Garganey as originally reported)
Scaup - 1 female Abbotsbury
Slavonian Grebe - 2 West Bexington
Manx Shearwater - 33 Chesil Beach
Hobby - 3 reported at Morden Bog
Merlin - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Sanderling - 1 Ferrybridge
Whimbrel - 2 Stanpit Marsh
Green Sandpiper - 1 Longham Lakes
Common Sandpiper - 1 Durlston
Arctic Skua - 1 Chesil Beach
Common Tern - 1 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Chesil Beach
Short-eared Owl - 2 Portland Bill, 1 Arne Moors
Water Pipit - 2 Stanpit Marsh
'Scandinavian' Rock Pipit - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Pallas's Warbler - 1 Portesham
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Radipole (on Buddleia Loop)
Serin - 1 Portland Bird Obs
 
Yesterday - a Red Kite over Gussage St Michael
 
Barn Owl at Portesham © Jayson Grove
Kestrel at Stanpit Marsh © Geoff Norquoy
 
Greenfinch at Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy