Balearic Shearwater - 6 Portland Bill.
Sooty Shearwater - 4 Portland Bill.
Great Shearwater - 1 past Mudeford Quay is the first species record for Christchurch Harbour.
Purple Heron - 1 Studland.
Spoonbill - 4 Stanpit.
Osprey - 2 Lytchett RSPB.
Hobby - 1 Wick (Hengistbury).
Green Sandpiper - 10+ Lytchett RSPB.
Common Sandpiper - 2+ Lytchett RSPB.
Greenshank - c. 10 Lytchett RSPB.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett RSPB.
Little Stint - 1 Stanpit.
Great Skua - 3 Portland Bill.
Pomarine Skua - 1 Portland Bill.
Yellow-Legged Gull - 2 Mudeford Quay.
Black Tern - 1 past Chesil.
Yellow Wagtail - 6 Lytchett RSPB, 15 Portland Bill.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Portland (Old Hill).
Late news: A Wryneck was seen in Pimperne on Friday.
Note: The elevated number of Osprey in Poole Harbour at present is due to the
Osprey translocation scheme which is being carried out by the Birds of
Poole Harbour charity and The Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation. For more
information on this project follow the link below.
https://www.birdsofpooleharbour.co.uk/osprey-translocation-project-schools-summer |
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