Sightings - Monday 26th February 2018

Greater Scaup - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery
Spoonbill - 3 Lytchett Bay
Red Kite - 1 Shaftesbury
Stilt Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit on North Marsh, Fisherman's Bank and later Cowards Marsh
Spotted Redshank - 1 Stanpit
Golden Plover - 8 Milbourne St Andrew
Ross's Gull - 1 Lodmoor and Radipole Lake briefly
Caspian Gull - 1 2CY winter Radipole Lake
Glaucous Gull - 1 Ferrybridge flew northwest
Great Grey Shrike - 1 Morden Bog
Firecrest - 1 Hamworthy in private garden
Brambling - 1 Shaftesbury in private garden
Hawfinch - 17 Milbourne St Andrew, 13 Chase Woods, 1 Lytchett Matravers in St Mary's Churchyard, 38 at an undisclosed site

Late news from yesterday, 6 Purple Sandpipers Lyme Regis, on Cobb rock armour.

Hawfinch at Milbourne St Andrew © Michael Coleman

Golden Plover at Milbourne St Andrew © Michael Coleman