Saturday 5th October 2024

Red-legged Partridge - 6 NW Southill
Grey Partridge - 2 near Manor French Farm, Blandford
Brent Geese - 7 Stanpit Marsh
Garganey - 1 Juv. Coward's Marsh
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes
Avocet - 1 in Rock Lea Channel
Ruff - 2 Lower Piddle Floods
Spotted Redshank - 6 Middlebere, 1 from Rock Lea Viewpoint
Sooty Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 10 past Portland Bill
Cattle Egret - 24 over Turlin Shore, 8 Wick Water Meadows, 7 Radipole RSPB
Great White Egret - 2 Middlebere, 1 Longham Lakes
Osprey - 1 Brands Bay
Red Kite - 1 near Manor French Farm, Blandford
White-tailed Eagle - 2 over Shipstal, Arne RSPB, 1 Hengistbury, 1 near Manor French Farm
Merlin - 1 St. Aldhem's Head
Hobby - 1 Juv over Old Hill, Portland, 1 over Portland Bill, 1 Lower Piddle Floods
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 calling Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 calling Thumb Lane
Firecrest - 1 Portland Bird Observatory, 1 near Manor French Farm, Blandford
Ring Ouzel - 2 Top Fields, Portland Bill, 1 between Old Hill & Verne Hill Road, Portland
Redwing - 7 near Loverly Lane, Didlington
Red-breasted Flycatcher - 1 Culverwell
Black Redstart - 1 Blacknor, Portland
Whinchat - 1 St. Aldhem's Head, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Wheatear - 8 Crouch Hill, 2 St. Aldhem's Head, 1 Witchampton


 

Hobby, Silverlake © Simon Craft


Chiffchaff, Lodmoor RSPB © Maurice Whitney


Black-necked Grebe, Longham Lakes © Gary Holderness