Sightings - Friday 7th October 2016

Garganey - 1 juvenile Abbotsbury, 1 Stanpit
Eider - 1 Hengistbury Head
Bittern - 1 Lodmoor
Spoonbill - 59 Shipstal Point Arne, 1 Lytchett Bay
Merlin - 3 Hengistbury Head, 2 Durlston CP, 1 St Aldhelm's Head
LESSER YELLOWLEGS - 1 Lytchett Bay
Sanderling - 5 Christchurch Harbour
Curlew Sandpiper - 5 Lytchett Bay, 1 Lodmoor
Short-eared Owl - 4 West Cliffs Portland
Firecrest - 2 Lodmoor CP, 2 Durlston CP, 3 Hengistbury Head
Yellow-browed Warbler - 2 Charmouth, 1 near Weymouth College, 1 Chard Junction, 1 Lodmoor CP, 1 Craft Centre Portland, 1 Avalanche Road Hump Portland, 1 Hengistbury Head
Rose-coloured Starling - 1 juvenile still at Lodmoor
Ring Ouzel - 7+ Coombefield Quarry Portland, 7 + St Aldhelm's Head, 5 Durlston CP, 2 West Cliffs Portland, 1 trapped & ringed PBO, 1 Hengistbury Head
Common Rosefinch - 1 Coombefield Quarry Portland

Lesser Yellowlegs at Lytchett Bay © Ian Ballam