Sightings - Wednesday 27th April 2016

Mandarin Duck - 8 Merley Park
Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury
Black-throated Diver -1 Portland Harbour
Great Northern Diver -1 Portland Harbour
Spoonbill - 1 Abbotsbury, 1 Brownsea Island
Hen Harrier - 1 male at Swineham
Osprey - 1 over Brand's Bay
Sanderling - 2 Ferrybridge
Bar-tailed Godwit - 6 Christchurch Harbour
Whimbrel - 50 Christchurch Harbour, 17 Portland Bill
Arctic Skua - 1 Portland Bill
Cuckoo - 1 Southwell
Short-eared Owl - 1 in-off Portland Bill
Yellow Wagtail - 6 Portland West Cliffs, 2 Christchurch Harbour
Black Redstart - 1 Portland Bill
Redstart - 4 Portland Bill,  2 Hengistbury Head
Whinchat - 1 Portland Bill
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Portland Bill
Pallas's Warbler - 1 still at Portesham
Firecrest - 1 Portland Bill
Pied Flycatcher 2  Hengistbury Head
 
Nightingale on Purbeck © Jol Mitchell
 
 
Dunlin at Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale
 
Blackcap at Stour Valley © Geoff Norquoy
 

 
Mandarin Duck at Merley Park © John Hammick