Sightings - Sunday 29th September 2019

Balearic Shearwater - 1 Portland Bill
Storm-petrel - 2 past Chesil Cove, 1 past Charmouth
Cattle Egret - 4 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Wareham/Swineham GPs, 1 Spetisbury
Osprey - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Hobby - 1 Swineham
Merlin - 1 Durlston CP
Golden Plover - 31 over Christchurch Harbour area
Ruff - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Buff-breasted Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit Marsh this morning for two hours
Grey Phalarope - 2 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Chesil Cove
Green Sandpiper - 4 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Stanpit
Greenshank - 6 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 3 Stanpit
Arctic Skua - 16 Chesil Cove, 3 Portland Bill, 1 Hengistbury Head
Great Skua - 1 St Aldhelm's Head, 1 Portland Bill
Long-tailed Skua - 1 past Chesil Cove
Arctic Tern - 2 Chesil Cove, 2 Christchurch Harbour
Kittiwake - 335 Chesil Cove
Little Gull - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery then flew down The Fleet
Firecrest - 3 Durlston CP, 1 Portland Bill
Whinchat - 1 Stanpit
Yellow Wagtail - 17 Swineham, 1 Sunnyside Farm, 1 Stanpit

Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Stanpit Marsh © Alan Hayden

Grey Phalarope at Stanpit Marsh © Mike Gibbons

Grey Phalarope at Stanpit Marsh © Alan Hayden