Sightings - Monday 24th September 2012

Balearic Shearwater - 51 past Portland Bill
Osprey - 1 at Morden Bog
Merlin - 1 at Portland Bill
Stone Curlew - 1 over Barn Field at Hengistbury Head
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 at Ferrybridge, 1 past Hengistbury Head
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER - juv still on the west scrape at Lodmoor
Ruff - 1 at Stanpit Marsh
Spotted Redshank - 1 at Stanpit Marsh
Pomarine Skua - 1 past Hengistbury Head
Arctic Skua - 4 past Hengistbury Head, 1 past Portland Bill, 1 in Christchurch Harbour
Great Skua - 4 past Portland Bill, 3 past Hengistbury Head
Little Gull - 4 past Hengistbury Head
Arctic Tern - 7 past Hengistbury Head
Black Tern - 1 past Hengistbury Head
Nightjar - a late bird present at Hilfield
Whinchat - 1 at Morden Bog
Pied Flycatcher - singles at Portland Bill and Reap Lane, Portland

Bar-tailed Godwits and Knot at Ferrybridge © Will Bown