Sunday 20th September 2020

Golden Plover - 4 St Aldhelm's Head
Ruff - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Knot 27 Holes Bay
Curlew Sandpiper - 3 Lodmoor RSPB, 2 Stanpit
Little Stint - 1 Ferrybridge, 1 Stanpit
Buff-breasted Sandpiper - 1 St Aldhelm's Head, on coastal path south of Royal Marines Monument
Pectoral Sandpiper - 2 juveniles still on the Stilt Pools at Swineham
Spotted Redshank - 1 Stanpit
Spoonbill - 3 Stanpit
Cattle Egret - 6 Buckland Ripers, 3 Swineham
Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Poole Harbour on Corfe River, 1 Radipole Lake RSPB
Osprey - 1 Lytchett Bay
Marsh Harrier - 1 male past Hengistbury Head
Hen Harrier - 1 male past Hengistbury Head
Red Kite - 2 Wyke Down
Short-eared Owl - 1 Portland Bill
Rose-coloured Starling - 1 juvenile at Weston (Portland)
Ring Ouzel - 1 Hengistbury
Spotted Flycatcher - 2 Bincombe
Redstart -1 Bincombe, 1 Gussage Hill
Whinchat  - 1 Eggardon Hill, 1 Wyke Down

Vis mig records today included:
Swallow - 5100 Christchurch Harbour, 697 Portland, 232 South Haven
House Martin - 4200 Christchurch Harbour, 60 Portesham
Yellow Wagtail - 21 Christchurch Harbour
Tree Pipit - 4 Christchurch Harbour, 3 Ballard Down, 1 Portland
Meadow Pipit - 1200 Christchurch Harbour, 588 Portland, 160 South Haven, 30 Portesham
Redpoll - 28 Ballard Down, 12 Christchurch Harbour, 9 South Haven
Crossbill - 42 Ballard Down, 3 South Haven, 1 Bincombe
Siskin - 2530 Ballard Down, 1120 Christchurch Harbour, 1010 South Haven, 87 Portland, 61 Bincombe
Lapland Bunting - 1 Christchurch Harbour

Buff-breasted Sandpiper, St Aldhelm's Head © Steve Smith



Curlew Sandpipers, Lodmoor RSPB © Clinton Whale

Ruff, Lodmoor RSPB © Clinton Whale