Sightings - Monday 14th March 2011

Velvet Scoter - 3 past Hengistbury Head
Goosander - 5 redheads Shapwick, 9 (1 male) Spetisbury
Black-throated Diver - 1 past Portland Bill Spoonbill - 1 West Bexington, and later at Abbotsbury
Red Kite - 1 Askerswell & Uploders, 1 between Cranborne and Horton

Merlin - 1 Portland Bill
Little Ringed Plover - 1 at Stanpit
Little Stint - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Spotted Redshank - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Common Sandpiper - 1 Holes Bay
Mediterranean Gull - 1 Durlston CP
Ring-billed Gull - adult at Stanpit Marsh, 1w at Poole Park
Hoopoe - 1 still at Portland Bill
Swallow - 1 Portland
Woodlark - 1 Morden Bog
Water Pipit - 2 at Priory Marsh, Stanpit
White Wagtail - 2 West Bexington, 2 Portland, 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Stanpit
Wheatear - 20 Portland, 7 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Durlston, 1 West Bexington
Black Redstart - 2 Portland Bill, 1 male Durlston, 1 Easton
Willow Warbler - 1 Durlston, the first of the year there
Firecrest - 3 Hengistbury Head, 2 Portland, 2 Durlston, 1 Weston
Great Grey Shrike - 1 Morden Bog
Crossbill - 1 Morden Bog

There was another attack on the Lodmoor reedbed today; fortunately, the damage was relatively minor.
Please keep an eye open if you are in the area.
Dorset Police can be contacted on 01305222222.


Singing Firecrest in the Wareham Forest © Kevin Lane

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - Rempstone Forest © Kevin Lane

Ring-billed Gull at Poole Park © Kevin Lane