Sightings - Wednesday 15th November 2017


Pink-footed Goose - 1 flew west early morning over Wareham bypass
Black Brant - 1 Ferrybridge
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 remains at RSPB Lodmoor
Goosander - 6 RSPB Lodmoor
Common Scoter - 20 Hengistbury Hd.
Red-throated Diver - 5 past Hengistbury Hd
Black-throated Diver - 1 past Hengistbury Hd.
Great White Egret - 1 over Christchurch Hbr.
Spoonbill - 19 RSPB Arne, 1 Holliway's Dock Christchurch
Merlin - 1 Blackener
Firecrest - 6 Hengistbury Hd, 1 East Holme
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 private garden Lodmoor
Black Redstart - 3 Hengistbury Hd, 1 Reap Lane Portland
Water Pipit - 1 Longham Lakes
Hawfinch - 3 over Blacknor, 2 Leigh Churchyard, 1 St. Mary's, Lytchett Matravers, 1 Combe Valley Rd Weymouth
Ortolan Bunting - 1 fem/1st winter near Martinstown on private land
Cirl Bunting - 1 trapped and ringed at a private site on The Fleet

Ortolan Bunting - near Martinstown © Nigel Tooth

Ortolan Bunting - near Martinstown © Nigel Tooth

Ortolan Bunting - near Martinstown © Nigel Tooth

Hawfinch - Combe Valley Road Preston © Daragh Croxson