Sightings - Sunday 3rd April 2011

Scaup - 6 Abbotsbury
Great Northern Diver - 5 Weymouth Bay
Spoonbill - 3 past Hengistbury Head, 2 Middlebere
Red Kite - 1 over Butterstreet Cove heading towards Abbotsbury, 1 Bakers Arms, 1 Morden Bog
Osprey –  2 Middlebere
Hobby - 1 Durlston
Purple Sandpiper - 16 Highcliffe
Long-billed Dowitcher - 1 Lodmoor
Hoopoe - 1 The Grove, Portland
Short-toed Lark - 1 in field near Portland Observatory
Water Pipit - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Yellow Wagtail - 1 Durlston, 1 Christchurch Harbour
Waxwing - about 20 over Canford Heath
RED-FLANKED BLUETAIL - 1 still in Saxon Field, Durlston
Sedge Warbler - 5 Lodmoor
Reed Warbler 2 Lodmoor
Whitethroat - 1 Durlston
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Portland Bill
Redstart - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Great Grey Shrike – 1 still at Morden Bog
Tree Sparrow - 1 Barn Fields, Christchurch Harbour
Brambling - 25 Blandford

Additional sightings from yesterday: A Red Kite at Morden Bog, a Spoonbill at Lodmoor, a Redstart two Ring Ouzels and a Hobby on Portland, and a Redstart at Stanpit

Additional sighting from Thursday 31st March: A Hoopoe was on the camping field at Holton Lee (private), near Upton.

Short-toed Lark at Portland Bill © Kevin Lane

Short-toed Lark at Portland Bill © Brett Spencer

Red-flanked Bluetail at Durlston © Chris Dresh

Pied Flycatcher at Portland Bill © Brett Spencer