Sightings - Sunday 7th October 2012

Black-throated Diver - 1 off Hengistbury Head
Purple Heron - 1 at Radipole Lake, mainly in the vicinity of the concrete bridge at SY673799
Spoonbill - 19 at Middlebere, 1 flew over Portland Bill
Merlin - 1 at Lodmoor, 1 over Brownsea Lagoon
Ruff - 1 at Stanpit
Spotted Redshank - 1 at Stanpit
Yellow-legged Gull - 2 at Middlebere
Wryneck - singles near Gad Cliff (by the danger sign at the start of the descent to Worbarrow Bay) and at West Bexington (east of the village along the footpath between the coastal path and Labour-in-Vain Farm)
Lapland Bunting - a possible, heard calling, over Portland Heights