Sightings - Sunday 17th April 2011

Pale-bellied Brent Goose -31 Weymouth Bay
Garganey - 2 Abbotsbury, 2 Longham Lakes
Great Northern Diver - 1 Weymouth Bay
Night Heron - 1 at Stour LNR, Bournemouth, 1 on private land at West Bexington
Red Kite - 2 Shroton, 1 over Alderholt, 1 Kingcombe, 1 Radipole Lake, 1 Bloxworth
Hen Harrier - Hartland Moor
Long-billed Dowitcher - Lodmoor
Little Gull - 1 Longham Lakes
Short-eared Owl - Stanpit
Yellow Wagtail - 1 Wick, 6 Stanpit
Whinchat - 1 Stanpit
Grasshopper Warbler - 2 Stanpit, 1 North Bestwall meadows
Brambling - 2 Blandford
Ortolan - an adult male on the causeway between Longham Lakes

Ortolan Bunting at Longham Lakes © Shaun Robson

Ortolan Bunting at Longham Lakes © Aidan Brown

Night Heron at Stour LNR, Bournemouth © Dave Cooke