Sightings - Thursday 10th November 2016.

Egyptian Goose - 7 Christchurch Harbour then headed north.
Pintail - 6 heading w Christchurch Harbour.
Scaup - 3 Lodmoor.
Eider - 1 past Christchurch Harbour.
Goosander - 1 Blandford Bridge.
Black-throated Diver - 1 e past Christchurch Harbour.
Great Northern Diver - 1 Weymouth Bay.
Bittern - 1 Lodmoor.
Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor.
Purple Sandpiper - 24 Christchurch Harbour.
Lesser Yellowlegs - still on Lytchett Fields.
Black Redstart - Church Ope Cove.
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Lodmoor.
Siberian Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Portland Observatory.
Firecrest - 1 Christchurch Harbour.

Redshank – Holes Bay © Tony Adamcik.

Wigeon – Holes Bay © Tony Adamcik.

Teal – Holes Bay © Tony Adamcik.

Sparrowhawk – Wareham Garden © Neil Gartshore.

Sightings - Wednesday 9th November 2016.

Common Scoter - 14 Poole Harbour, 9 past Portland Bill.
Goosander - 3 on the Stour Spetisbury.
Black-necked Grebe - 3 Poole Harbour.
Golden Plover - 1 over Portland Bill.
Purple Sandpiper - 6 Portland Bill.
Great Skua - 3 past Portland Bill.
Pomarine Skua - 1 past Portland Bill.
Short-eared Owl - 1 in off the sea Portland Bill.
Black Redstart - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Firecrest - 1 Christchurch Harbour.

Wigeon – Hengistbury Head © Geoff Norquoy.  

Sightings - Tuesday 8th November 2016.

LYTCHETT FIELDS ARE NOW OPEN.

Scaup - 10 at Abbotsbury, 1 off Shipstal Pt.
Pintail - 2 Holes Bay.
Eider - 1 nr. Green Island, Poole Harbour.
Goldeneye - 11 Poole Harbour.
Goosander - 6 nw past Ferrybridge, 5 w past Durlston CP, 1 w past Christchurch Harbour.
Red-throated Diver - 4 past Portland Bill.
Great Northern Diver - 1 e past Ferrybridge.
Black-necked Grebe - 23 Middle Beach, Studland.
Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor, 1 Shipstal.
Common Crane - 4 over Ower/Rempstone Heath late am, then west over Portland Harbour at mid-day.
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 still Lytchett Fields.
Swallow - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Studland.
Ring Ouzel - 1 at Durlston CP.
Black Redstart - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Wheatear - 1 Longham Lakes.
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Lodmoor.

Sightings - Monday 7th November 2016.

Lytchett Fields - closed until further notice due to site management issues.

Scaup - 1 imm. Sturminster Marshal GP.
Goldeneye - 1 Radipole Lake.
Goosander - 5e past Ferrybridge, 3 Sturminster Marshal GP.
Spoonbill - 7 Holes Bay, 1 Radipole Lake.
Purple Sandpiper - 2 Christchurch Harbour.
Firecrest - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Hawfinch - 1 Portland Observatory.

Sightings - Sunday 6th November 2016

Lytchett Fields - closed until further notice due to on site management issues

Barnacle Goose - 5 Rodden Hive
Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury
Bittern - 1 Radipole Lake
Spoonbill - 28 Shipstal Point
Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor 
Red Kite - 1 over Puddletown Road
Hen Harrier - 1 Milborne St Andrew
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Middlebere Channel
Pomarine Skua - 1 over Portlnad Harbour
Black Redstart - 1 at Blacknor
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Portland undercliff, 1 West Bexington
Firecrest - 10 Abbotsbury Gardens
Lapland Bunting - 1 over Hengistbury Head

Wigeon - Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy

Purple Sandpiper - The Nothe © Brett Spencer

Oystercatcher - Hengistbury Head © Geoff Norquoy

Rock Pipit - The Nothe © Brett Spencer

Sightings - Saturday 5th November 2016

Lytchett Fields - closed until further notice due to on site management issues

Spoonbill - 30 Shipstal Point
Red Kite - 2 Gussage All Saints
Great Grey Shrike - 1 Wareham Forest
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Arne
Lapland Bunting - 1 Hengistbury Head

Lapwing Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy

Sightings - Friday 4th November 2016

Lytchett Fields - closed until further notice due to on site management issues


BLACK BRANT - 1 Ferrybridge and The Fleet
Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 2 Ferrybridge
Scaup - 11 Abbotsbury Swannery
Common Scoter - 3 Goathorn Poole Harbour
Eider - 1 Ower Bay Poole Harbour
Spoonbill - 28 Brownsea Island lagoon
Spotted Redshank - 13 Brownsea Island lagoon
Purple Sandpiper - 8 Hengistbury Head, 2 The Nothe (first here since the 1980s?)
Black Redstart - 2 Blacknor Portland
Red-breasted Flycatcher - 1 Brownsea Island
Yellow-browed Warbler -  2 Weston Portland
Siberian Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Portland Obs

White Wagtail - Portland Bill - © Brett Spencer (3rd Nov)

Purple Sandpiper - The Nothe - © Brett Spencer

Rock Pipit - The Nothe - © Brett Spencer

Shoveler - Radipole Lake - © David Wareham

Sightings - Thursday 3rd November 2016

Scaup - 9 Abbotsbury Swannery
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Rodden Hive
LESSER YELLOWLEGS - 1 Lytchett Fields
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields
Woodpigeon - 820 over Christchurch Harbour
Black Redstart - 4 Portland Castle
Short-eared Owl - 1 flew east over Abbotsbury
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Portland Obs, 2 Avalanche Road hump, 3 Hengistbury Head
Siberian Chiffchaff - 2 West Bexington
Goldcrest - 55 Hengistbury Head
Serin - 1 Portland Obs
Redpoll - 60 Throop Heath Briantspuddle

Lapwing - Lodmoor - © David Wareham

Snipe - Lodmoor - © David Wareham

Sightings - Wednesday 2nd November 2016

Scaup - 9 still at Abbotsbury.
Bittern - 1 at Radipole.
Great White Egret - 1 still at Lodmoor.
Spoonbill - 35 on Brownsea Lagoon, 1 still at Lodmoor.
Hen Harrier - 3 in Poole Harbour.
Stone Curlew - 1 at Portland Bill.
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 still on Lytchett Fields.
Waxwing - 4 at Charmouth briefly.

Sightings - Tuesday 1st November 2016

Great White Egret - 1 at Lodmoor.
Spoonbill - 2 at Ferrybridge, 23 on Brownsea Lagoon.
Scaup - 9 at Abbotsbury Swannery.
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 still on Lytchett Fields.
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 on Lytchett Fields.
Purple Sandpiper - 6 at Hengistbury.
Sand Martin - 1 at Lodmoor.
Siberian Lesser Whitethroat - 1 at Highcliffe.
Yellow-browed Warbler - Singles at Abbotsbury, Durlston CP and Portland Bird Obs.

Sightings - Monday 31st October 2016

Black Brant - 1 at Ferrybridge.
Great White Egret - 1 at Middlebere.
Spoonbill - 1 at Lodmoor.
Scaup - 9 at Abbotsbury Swannery.
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 still on Lytchett Fields.
Ring Ouzel - 1 at Portland Bill.
Siberian Lesser Whitethroat - 1 at Reap Lane, 1 at Portland Bird Obs.

Hen Harrier - Poole Harbour - Mark Wright

Short-eared Owl - Hengistbury Head - Joe Murphy

Sightings - Sunday 30th October 2016

Great White Egret - 1 at Lodmoor.
Hen Harrier - 2 on Hartland Moor.
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 on Lytchett Fields.
Turtle Dove - 1 along Reap Lane, Portland.
Sand Martin - 1 at Lodmoor.
Black Redstart - 25+ on Portland
Yellow-browed Warbler - 2/3 in the Stour Valley LNR, 1 Ringstead, 1 Weston.
Dusky Warbler - 1 in a Southwell garden.
Eastern Lesser Whitethroat - 1 at Portland Bird Obs, also 1 still at Highcliffe on the undercliff.
Isabelline Shrike - 1 below the cemetery at The Verne, Portland.
Serin - 1 near Portland Bird Obs.

Sightings - Saturday 29th October 2016

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 3 Ferrybridge
Scaup - 8 Abbotsbury Swannery
Bittern - 1 Radipole, 1 Lodmoor
Great White Egret - 1 Radipole (also at Lodmoor)
Spoonbill - 34 Brownsea Island, 1 Radipole (also at Lodmoor)
Golden Plover - 250+ Maiden Castle
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields
Spotted Redshank - 9 Brownsea Island
Greenshank - 24 Brownsea Island
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 Lytchett Fields
Turtle Dove - 1 Reap Lane Portland
Short-eared Owl - 1 Durlston CP
Merlin - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Brownsea Island
Firecrest - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Sweethill Portland, 1 Arne
Woodlark - 3+ Portland
Yellow-browed Warbler - 2 Cove Holiday Park Portland, 1 East Weare Portland, 1 Southwell Portland, 1 Arne, 1 West Bay
Dusky Warbler - 1 Southwell  Portland
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Church Ope Cove Portland
Eastern Lesser Whitethroat - 1 trapped & ringed at Portland Bird Observatory, also possible still at Highcliffe on the undercliff
Waxwing - 1 reported south over East Holme
Ring Ouzel - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Portland Bill
Black Redstart - 5 Blacknor Portland, 1 trapped & ringed at Portland Bird Observatory
Whinchat - 1 Maiden Castle
Red-throated Pipit - 1 over Portland Bill
Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Fields
Little Bunting - 1 trapped & ringed at Portland Bill

Sightings - Friday 28th October 2016

Black Brant - 1 Ferrybridge
Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 1 Ferrybridge
Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor
Hen Harrier - 2 west Poole Harbour, 1 Portland Bill
Merlin - 2 Portland Bill, 1 west Poole Harbour
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields
Purple Sandpiper - 3 Hengistbury Head
Spotted Redshank - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 Lytchett Fields
Woodcock - 1 Portland Bill
Turtle Dove - 1 Reap Lane Portland
Firecrest - 2 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Lytchett Fields, 1 Portland Bill
Yellow-browed Warbler -  2 Church Ope Cove Portland, 2 East Weare Portland, 1 trapped & ringed at Durlston CP
Eastern Lesser Whitethroat - possible still at Highcliffe on the undercliff
Ring Ouzel - 1 West Bay
Black Redstart - 3 Blacknor Portland, 1 Longham Lakes, 1 Church Ope Cove Portland
Water Pipit - 1 Priory Marsh Christchurch
Serin - 1 trapped & ringed at Portland Bird Observatory
Lapland Bunting - 1 over Blacknor Portland

Sightings - Thursday 27th October 2016

Black Brant - 1 Ferrybridge
Scaup - 10 Abbotsbury Swannery
Great White Egret - 1 Middlebere Channel
Spoonbill - 24 Brownsea Island, 1 Lodmoor
Merlin - 1 Durlston CP
Purple Sandpiper - 2 Hengistbury Head
Green Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 Lytchett Fields
Jack Snipe - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Long-eared Owl - 1 Durlston CP
Firecrest - 3 Wick Fields, 1 Middle Beach Studland, 1  Durlston CP
Swallow - 14 Durlston CP
House Martin - 4 Durlston CP
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Cogden Beach, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Eastern Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Highcliffe on the undercliff
Ring Ouzel - 2  Durlston CP
Black Redstart - 1 Arne, 1 Bridport

Turtle Dove at Reap Lane Portland yesterday © Katie Horrocks

Guillemot at Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy

Purple Sandpiper at Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy

Sightings - Wednesday 26th October 2016

Black Brant - 1 The Fleet at Weymouth
Black-necked Grebe - 19 Studland Bay
Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor, 1 Stanpit
Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail Portland Bill
Whimbrel - 1 Stanpit
Greenshank - 5  Lytchett Fields
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 Lytchett Fields
Turtle Dove - 1 still at Reap Lane Portland
Firecrest - 4 Hengistbury Head, 1 Winspit Valley
Bearded Tit - 4 over Blacknor Portland
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 trapped & ringed Corfe Castle, 1 Abbotsbury, 1 Stour Valley LNR, 1 Puddletown Forest, 1 Hengistbury Head
Dusky Warbler - 1 briefly at Southwell Portland
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Puddletown Forest
Black Redstart - 2 Winspit Quarry, 1 Reap Lane Portland, 1 Arne, 1 Portland Bill, 1 Worth Matravers, 1 Christchurch Harbour
Lapland Bunting - 1 over Reap Lane Portland
PINE BUNTING - 1 trapped & ringed at Portland Bird Obs

Lesser Whitethroat at Middlebere Farm © Bryan Pinchen

Sightings - Tuesday 25th October 2016

Scaup - 2 Lodmoor
Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor
Spoonbill - 38 Brownsea Is, 1 Lodmoor
Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail Portland Bill on the West Cliff
Turtle Dove - 1 Reap Lane Portland
Merlin - 1 Durlston CP.
Great Grey Shrike - 1 Hartland Moor
Firecrest - 1 Portland Bill, 1 Durlston CP.
Sand Martin - 1 Lodmoor
Swallow - 34 Durlston CP, 1 Lodmoor
House Martin - 15 Durlston CP.
Yellow-browed Warbler - 3 behind coal store Easton, 1 Portland Obs, 1 Portland Castle, 1 Abbotsbury.
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 at Sewage works Sherborne
Eastern Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Highcliffe on the undercliff.
Ring Ouzel - 1 Portland Obs
Red-flanked Bluetail - 1 ringed Portland Bird Obs approx 13:00hrs released into the Obs Quarry.
Black Redstart - 3 Portland Bill, 1 Portland Castle, 1 Bridport

Red-flanked Bluetail - Portland Obs. © Nicola Duckworth

Sightings - Monday 24th October 2016

Scaup - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery
Great White Egret - 1 Arne
Spoonbill - 1 Portland Bill
Purple Sandpiper - 1 Portland Bill
Whimbrel - 2 Arne, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 Lytchett Fields
Turtle Dove - 1 Reap Lane Portland
Firecrest - 2 Arne, 1 Durlston CP.
Swallow - 4 Fisherman's Dock, 2 Arne
Pallas's Warbler - 1 Avalanche Rd Hump
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Stour Valley
Fieldfare - 80+ over Arne (sev flocks)
Redwing/Song Thrush - 50+ Mixed flock Arne

Common Buzzard - © Tim Balmer

Hen Harrier - © Tim Balmer

Grey Wagtail - Holes Bay © David Wareham

Sightings - Sunday 23rd October 2016

Scaup - 1 fem. Abbotsbury Swannery
Great White Egret - 1 Brand's Bay, 1 Lodmoor
Hen Harrier - 1 Portland Bill
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 still Lytchett Fields
Sandwich Tern - 1 Ferrybridge
Long-eared Owl - 1 Portland Obs.
Pallas's Warbler - 1 Portland Obs.
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 West Bay, 1 Westcliff Rd Portland.
Goldfinch - 935 Hengistbury Hd.

Fieldfare - Middlebere © Dominic Greves

Hen Harrier © Tim Balmer

Brent Geese - Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy

Sightings - Saturday 22nd October 2016

Black-necked Grebe - 10 Middle Beach Studland
Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail Portland Bill, 2 Hartland Moor.
Osprey - 1 Longham Lakes, 1 Lytchett Bay.
Spoonbill - 2 Arne
Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor
Spotted Redshank - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 Lytchett Fields
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Suckthumb Quarry, 1 Stour Valley, 1 Victoria Place Portland, 1 Portland Obs.
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Portland Obs.
Siberian Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Portland Obs.
Ring Ouzel - 1 West Cliffs Portland, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Fieldfare - 7 Hengistbury Hd.
Black Redstart - 1 Studland Ferry
Rose-coloured Starling - 1 Damers/Lorne Rd area Dorchester.
Water Pipit - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Snow Bunting - 1 Poole Docks (restricted area)

Snow Bunting Poole Dock © Richard Saunders

Sightings - Friday 21st October 2016.

Scaup - 6 Lodmoor, 2 Abbotsbury Swannery.
Red-throated Diver - 1 past Christchurch Harbour heading west.
Great White Egret - 1 Overcoombe Pool.
Red Kite - 1 over Wareham Forest.
Marsh Harrier - 6 Poole Harbour.
Hen Harrier - 1 juv. Poole Harbour, 1 Portland Bill.
Merlin - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Bowleaze, 1 Poole Harbour.
Golden Plover - 3 over Lytchett Fields.
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Short-eared Owl - 1 over Blacknor.
Tree Pipit - late birds 1 Avalanche Road, 1 Portland Bill.
Siberian Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Portland Bill.
Yellow-browed Warbler - 6 Portland, 2 Durlston CP, 1 Dorchester, 1 Longham Lakes, 1 Wick Hams.
Twite - 1 Hengistbury Head.
Serin - 1 Portland Observatory.

Great Black-backed Gull – Hengistbury Head ©Joe Murphy.

Curlew – Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale.

Sightings - Thursday 20th October 2016.

Whooper Swan - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Scaup - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery.
Great White Egret - 1 Overcoombe Pool.
Hen Harrier - 1 Portland, 1 Slepe Heath.
Merlin - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Portland.
Waxwing - 4 were off Christchurch Harbour and headed NW.
Ring Ouzel - 3 Durlston CP, 3 Portland Bill.
Redwing - 206 Verne Common, 21 Hengistbury Head.
Fieldfare - 100 Milborne St.Andrew, 30  Verne Common.
Yellow-browed Warbler - 2 Portland Observatory, 2 Southwell Gardens, 1 Avalanche Road, 1 Culverwell, 1 Durlston CP, 1 Lodmoor, 1 Tout Quarry.
Firecrest - 3 Portland.
Rose-coloured Starling 1 Weymouth.

Whooper Swan – Lytchett Bay ©Ian Ballam.

Sightings - Wednesday 19th October 2016.

Whooper Swan - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery.
Scaup - 4 Abbotsbury Swannery.
Great White Egret - 1 Overcoombe Pool, 1 Shipstal.
Spoonbill - 34 Brownsea.
Red Kite - 1 over Abbotsbury Swannery.
Hen Harrier - 1 Portland.
Merlin - 1 Durlston CP.
Golden Plover - 120 Maiden Castle.
Short-eared Owl - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery.
Ring Ouzel - 2 Portland.
Siberian Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Portland.
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Culverwell, 2 Durlston CP, 1 Portland Hospital, 2 Portland Observatory.
Great Grey Shrike - 1 Morden Bog.
Lapland Bunting - 1 Hengistbury Head.

Visual migration:- Christchurch Harbour. 200 Meadow Pipit, 150 alba Wagtail, 115 Chaffinch, 14 Brambling, 440 Linnet, 31 Lesser Redpoll, 670 Goldfinch.
Portland. 300 Chaffinch.

Aggressive Little Egrets – Brownsea © Tim Balmer. 

Whooper Swans – Abbotsbury Swannery ©Steve Groves.

Sightings - Tuesday 18th October 2016.

Brent Goose - 120 Ferrybridge incl. 3 Pale-bellied, 6 Brownsea.
Red Kite - 1 over Badbury Rings.
Hen Harrier - 1 over Portland.
Merlin - 2 Portland Bill, 1 Wick Fields.
Mediterranean Gull - 300+ Ferrybridge.
Ring Ouzel - 3 Coombefield, 1 Portland Bill.
Firecrest - 2 Portland Bill.
Great Grey Shrike - 1 Morden Bog.
Vis. migration:- Portland Bill 150 alba Wagtail, 700 Linnet, 250 Goldfinch.

Raven – Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy. 

Hen Harrier – Portland © Chris Minvalla.

Sightings - Monday 17th October 2016

Great White Egret - 1 Arne
Spoonbill - 39 Brownsea Island lagoon
LESSER YELLOWLEGS - 1 Lytchett Fields
Spotted Redshank - 15 Brownsea Island lagoon
Greenshank - 28 Brownsea Island lagoon
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Fields, 7 Brownsea Island lagoon
Little Stint - 1 Brownsea Island lagoon
Yellow-browed Warbler - 3 Hengistbury Head, 5 various sites on Portland, 1 Brownsea Island, 1 ringed Longham Lakes
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 reported Kinson Sewage Works
Rosy Starling - 1 Southdown Avenue Lodmoor 

Sightings - Sunday 16th October 2016

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 2 Ferrybridge
Scaup - 1 Wareham Channel
LESSER YELLOWLEGS - 1 Lytchett Fields
Iceland Gull - 1 past Durlston
Little Gull - 2 past Durlston
Mediterranean Gull - 160 Ferrybridge
Great Skua - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Portland Obs, 3 Southwell, 2 Weston Craft Centre, 1 Littlesea Wood, 1 Lodmoor CP, 1 Stour Valley NR, 1 Granby Road, 1 Durlston, 1 Stanpit, 1 Wick, 
Rosy Starling - 1 Southdown Avenue Lodmoor 

Black-tailed Godwit copyright Joe Murphy

Turnstone Hengistbury Head copyright Geoff Norquoy

Sightings - Saturday 15th October 2016

Merlin - 1 Durlston
Great White Egret - 1 Middlebere
LESSER YELLOWLEGS - 1 Lytchett Fields
Yellow-browed Warbler - 3 Hengistbury Head, 2 Portland Obs, 1 Littlesea Wood, 2 Southwell School, 1 Foundary Close Portland, 1 Blacknor, 2 Weston Craft Centre, 1 Lodmoor CP, 1 Stour Valley NR, 2 Durlston, 2 Ringstead
Ring Ouzel - 1 Littlesea, 1 Arne, birds on Portland and at Durlston, 3 Lulworth, 1 Chapman's Pool
Rosy Starling - 1 Southdown Avenue Lodmoor 

Sightings - Friday 14th October 2016

Great White Egret - 1 Middlebere
LESSER YELLOWLEGS - 1 Lytchett Fields
Cuckoo - 1 Top Fields Portland
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Portland Obs, 1 Littlesea Wood
RED-EYED VIREO - 1 ringed at Portland Obs

Oystercatcher Hengistbury Head copyright Joe Murphy 

Sightings - Thursday 13th October 2016

Scaup - 1 still at Abbotsbury.
Osprey - 1 still at Todber Manor Fishery.
Merlin - 1 at Milborne St Andrew.
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 still on Lytchett Fields.
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 in Lytchett Bay.
Swift sp - 1 past St Aldhelm's Head.
Ring Ouzel - 2 at Lodmoor, 10+ on Portland, 3 at Durlston CP, 3+ at St Aldhelm's Head.
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 at Blacknor, 1 at Hengistbury Head.
Lapland Bunting - 1 over Durlston CP.

Long-tailed Tit - Bournemouth - David Wareham

Sightings - Wednesday 12th October 2016

Scaup - 1 at Abbotsbury Swannery.
Osprey - 1 at Todber.
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 still in Lytchett Bay.
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 in Lytchett Bay.
Ring Ouzel - 6 at Durlston CP, 4 on Portland, 2 at St Aldhelm's Head, 2 at South Haven, 1 at Hengistbury Head and 1 in Lulworth Cove.
Yellow-browed Warbler - on Portland 1 at the Bird Obs, 1 in Tout Quarry,          2 at Weston Craft Centre and 1 at Avalanche Road Hump.
     1 in Weymouth at Westham Crossroads.

Pied Wagtail - Hengistbury Head - Joe Murphy

Shelduck - Holloway's Dock - Joe Murphy

Turnstone - Poole Quay - David Wareham

Sightings - Tuesday 11th October 2016

Great White Egret - 1 at Hartland Moor.
Hobby - 1 at Lytchett Fields.
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 still on Lytchett Fields.
Whinchat - 1 at Wyke Down.
Ring Ouzel - 5 at Ballard Down. 2 at St Aldhelm's Head.
Lesser Whitethroat (blythi) - 1 trapped at Portland Bird Obs.
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 trapped at Lytchett Bay, 1 trapped at Durlston CP, 1 at Hengistbury Head.
Rose-coloured Starling - 1 still on Southdown Ave, Overcombe.

Fieldfare and Redwing being seen in increasing numbers.

Redshank - Hengistbury Head - Joe Murphy

Wigeon - Hengistbury Head - Joe Murphy

Oystercatcher - Baiter - David Wareham