Sightings - Wednesday 27th April 2011

Garganey - 1 drake still at Abbotsbury Swannery
Red-throated Diver - 1 past Portland Bill
Great Northern Diver - 1 past Portland Bill
Osprey - 1 still at Arne
Hobby - 2 Hartland Moor, 1 Sunnyside Farm
Little Ringed Plover - 3 Longham Lakes
Long-billed Dowitcher - 1st summer still at Lodmoor
Arctic Skua - 6 past Portland Bill
Great Skua - 2 past Portland Bill
Puffin - 1 past Hengistbury Head
Cuckoo - 1 along R. Stour between Sapwick and Wimborne, 1 Longham Lakes
Whinchat - 4 Portland Bill, 1 Hengistbury Head
Grasshopper Warbler - 2 Christchurch Harbour
Garden Warbler - 5 Portland Bill, 3 at Wick, Christchurch Harbour
Subalpine Warbler - 1 at south end of Tavern Lawns opposite The Nothe Tavern at The Nothe, Weymouth
Spotted Flycatcher -2 Portland Bill, 1 Christchurch Harbour
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Reap Lane, Portland, 1 Southwell, Portland


Subalpine Warbler at The Nothe, Weymouth © Kevin Lane

Resident Hooded Merganser at Radipole Lake © David Wareham