Sightings - Sunday 29th April 2018

Spoonbill - 1 Middlebere
Greater Scaup - 1 female Abbotsbury
Common Scoter - 3 off Cogden Beach
Red Kite - 1 Badbury Rings
Marsh Harrier - 1 female Cowards Marsh
Montagu's Harrier - 1male West Compton, seen from private garden
Purple Sandpiper - 5 Hengistbury Head
Spotted Redshank - 1 Arne from Coombe Heath Viewpoint
Iceland Gull - 1 2nd winter Dancing Ledge at Blackers Hole
Hoopoe - 1 Portland in Grove Stadium area
Tree Pipit - 2 Portland, 1 Town Common, Christchurch
Redstart - 24+ Portland, 2 St Aldhelms Head, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 St Catherines Hill, Christchurch, 1 Lytchett Fields
Whinchat - 12+ Portland
Blackcap - 60 Abbotsbury Swannery
Garden Warbler - 65 Portland, 40 Abbotsbury Swannery
Whitethroat - 31 Portland
Wood Warbler - 2 Portland, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Chiffchaff - 40 Worth Matravers
Willow Warbler - 500+ Portland, 400+ Abbotsbury Swannery
Spotted Flycatcher - 10 Portland, 3 Worth Matravers, 1 Ballard Down
Pied Flycatcher - 2 Portland, 2 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Bridport
Golden Oriole - 2 Portland
Crossbill - 6 Winspit
Corn Buntings - 3 Badbury Rings

Purple Sandpiper - Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale


Whimbrel - Holloway's Dock, Hengistbury Hd, © Clinton Whale
                              

Swallow - River Tarrant ©Brian Smith