Sightings - Friday 18th November 2011

Slavonian Grebe - 2 Mudeford Quay
Velvet Scoter - 3 Arne Bay
Spotted Sandpiper - 1w on rock armour on foreshore below Lyme Regis museum, just east of where the River Lim enters the sea (possibly present since 8th November)
Purple Sandpiper - 9 Hengistbury Head, 5 Portland
Spotted Redshank - 2 Stanpit
Spoonbill-  14 Middlebere
Hen Harrier - 2 Middlebere
Red Kite - over Bussey's Down, south of Ashmore, 3.30pm
Merlin - Portland
Bearded tit - 5 Hengistbury Head centre
Black Redstart - 1 Portland at Heylands, Weston
Rose-coloured Starling - Juvenile still at Lodmoor
Wheatear - Holes Bay

Spotted Sandpiper at Lyme Regis © Kevin Lane

Spotted Sandpiper at Lyme Regis © Kevin Lane


Spoonbills at Middlebere © Dominic Greves