Sightings - Saturday 26th November 2011

Goosander  - 1 Arne Bay
Grey Partridge - 1 heard Wyke Down, Sixpenny Handley
Cattle Egret - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Bittern - 2 Hatch Pond
Hen Harrier - 1 Middlebere, 2 Wareham Channel
Marsh Harrier - 2 Middlebere, 1 Stanpit, 2 Swineham, 4+ Wareham Channel
Merlin - 1 Sherford Bridge
Woodcock - 2 Middlebere
Spotted Sandpiper - 1 Lyme Regis
Little Gull - 3 Mudeford Quay
Black-headed Gull - the Christchurch Bay roost was estimated at 6000 birds.
Short-eared Owl - 1 Middlebere, 4 Wyke Down (Sixpenny Handley)
Hume's Leaf Warbler - 1 Littlesea, The Fleet
Firecrest - 2 Arne reserve car park
Great Grey Shrike - 1 Wyke Down, Sixpenny Handley