Sightings - Friday 13th May 2016

Garganey - 1 at Lodmoor.
Glossy Ibis - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Black-winged Stilt - 1 Lytchett Fields (until mid-morning only).
Sanderling - 12 Stanpit.
Dunlin - 52 Stanpit.
Wood Sandpiper - 1 over Wick Hams.
Roseate Tern - 1 Hengistbury Head,
Cuckoo - 1 Sturminster Marshall.
GREAT SPOTTED CUCKOO - 1 Reap Lane Portland (only the 3rd Dorset record).
White Wagtail - 2 Portland.
Yellow Wagtail - 7 Portland, 1 Christchurch Harbour,
Whinchat - 1 Portland.
Wood Warbler - 1 Sherborne sewage works.
Spotted Flycatcher - 10 Portland.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Portland.
Serin - 1 over Portland.

Point of interest:-  Peregrine Falcon - 3 chicks ringed today at Lansdowne Tower.


Great Spotted Cuckoo at Portland - © Brett Spencer
Great Spotted Cuckoo at Portland - © Brett Spencer

Great Spotted Cuckoo at Portland © Brendan Sheils

Great Spotted Cuckoo at Portland © Chris Minvalla
Sandwich Tern at Stanpit © Joe Murphy.