Sightings - Wednesday 19th October 2016.

Whooper Swan - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery.
Scaup - 4 Abbotsbury Swannery.
Great White Egret - 1 Overcoombe Pool, 1 Shipstal.
Spoonbill - 34 Brownsea.
Red Kite - 1 over Abbotsbury Swannery.
Hen Harrier - 1 Portland.
Merlin - 1 Durlston CP.
Golden Plover - 120 Maiden Castle.
Short-eared Owl - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery.
Ring Ouzel - 2 Portland.
Siberian Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Portland.
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Culverwell, 2 Durlston CP, 1 Portland Hospital, 2 Portland Observatory.
Great Grey Shrike - 1 Morden Bog.
Lapland Bunting - 1 Hengistbury Head.

Visual migration:- Christchurch Harbour. 200 Meadow Pipit, 150 alba Wagtail, 115 Chaffinch, 14 Brambling, 440 Linnet, 31 Lesser Redpoll, 670 Goldfinch.
Portland. 300 Chaffinch.

Aggressive Little Egrets – Brownsea © Tim Balmer. 


Whooper Swans – Abbotsbury Swannery ©Steve Groves.