Wednesday 4th November 2020

Barnacle Goose - 8 Rodden Hive
Whooper Swan - 4 Abbotsbury Swannery (NB Swannery now closed for winter)
Egyptian Goose - 2 over Lytchett Bay, 1 over West Bay
Green-winged Teal - 1 drake Longham Lakes
Scaup - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Jerry's Point
Eider - 1 drake at the Cobb Lyme Regis
Black-necked Grebe - Jerry's Point
Purple Sandpiper -  6 Portland Bill, 3 on the Cobb Lyme Regis
Grey Phalarope - 1 Rodden Hive
Great Northern Diver - 5 Jerry's Point, 1 Longham Lakes
Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Spoonbill - 28 at Shipstal Point (Arne RSPB)
Cattle Egret - 20 Abbotsbury Swannery, 10 Nottington, 8 Hengistbury, 2 over Lytchett Bay
Great White Egret - 2 in-off Hengistbury, 1 Longham Lakes
Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail at Grove Hill Bottom (Near Martinstown)
Short-eared Owl - 2 Portland Bill, 1 Church Ope Cove
Great Grey Shrike - 1 Hengistbury
Yellow-browed Warbler - 2 Southwell (Portland), 1 in Southbourne garden,                                             1 Wakeham (Portland), 1 Hengistbury Head
Siberian Lesser Whitethroat - presumed at Wakeham (Portland)
Firecrest - 7 Hengistbury Head, 2 trapped & ringed at Durlston CP, 1 Longham Lakes
Rose-coloured Starling - 1 juvenile still at Easton
Hawfinch - 1 early at Hengistbury

Vis Mig counts today included:
Wood Pigeon - 75,014 Poole Harbour, 39,000 Christchurch Harbour, 13,373 Westbourne, 12,000 Lodmoor/Southdown Ridge, 7,000 West Bay, 1,100 Ringstead, 500 St Aldhelm's Head, 300 Easton
Stock Dove - 50 Westbourne, 35 West Bay
Woodlark - 3 West Bay
Starling - 2,457 West Bay
Chaffinch - 2,625 West Bay, 80 Westbourne, 80 Christchurch Harbour,  15 St Aldhelm's Head
Greenfinch - 33 West Bay
Linnet - 287 West Bay
Crossbill - 23 West Bay, 7 Westbourne, 1 Crossbill
Lesser Redpoll - 70 Christchurch Harbour,  3 Westbourne, 6 Lodmoor/Southdown Ridge, 2 Abbotsbury Swannery
Siskin - 28 West Bay, 20 Westbourne, 2 Lodmoor/Southdown Ridge, 2 Easton
Brambling - 83 West Bay, 4 Westbourne, 9 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Lodmoor/Southdown Ridge, 1
Abbotsbury Swannery

Jay, Stanpit © Dave Hill

Little Owl, Portland Bill © Clive Hargrave


Purple Sandpiper, Portland Bill © Clive Hargrave