Sightings - Tuesday 3rd May 2016

Mandarin Duck - 1 R. Stour (Canford School).
Brent Goose - 4 Brownsea Island.
Great Northern Diver - 7 past Portland Bill.
Kentish Plover - 2 probables over Weston (Portland).
Knot - 3 Brownsea Island.
Whimbrel - 8 Christchurch Harbour, 4 Ferrybridge, 35+ Lytchett Bay, 1 R. Frome (Wareham).
Common Sandpiper - 2 Hengistbury Head.
Purple Sandpiper - 2 Hengistbury Head.
Greenshank - 2-4 Brownsea lagoon, 1 Lytchett Bay.
Avocet - 2 Brownsea Island.
Roseate Tern - 1 Chesil, 1 Mudeford Quay.
Arctic Tern - 3 Mudeford Quay.
Cuckoo - 1 Wick.
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - 1 Wareham Forest.
White Wagtail - 3 Lytchett Bay.
Whinchat - 2 Hengistbury Head, 1 Longham Lakes, 2 Lytchett Bay, 1 Rylands Farm.
Redstart - 2 Hengistbury Head.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Hengistbury Head, 2 Reap Lane (Portland).
Nightingale - 1 Corfe Castle.
 
Purple Sandpiper at Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy

Reed Bunting at Stanpit Marsh © Geoff Norquoy

Dartford Warbler at Talbot Heath © David Wareham

Buzzard near Wimborne © David Hill