Sightings - Monday 15th September 2014

Garganey - 1 Hengistbury Head
Black-Necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes, 2 Studland Bay
Great White Egret - 1 Studland
Marsh Harrier - 1 Lytchett Bay
Osprey - 1 Poole Harbour (from Middlebere to Brownsea)
Golden Plover - 3 Stanpit
Ruff - 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Lytchett Bay
Knot - 14 Stanpit
Little Stint - 2 Lytchett Bay, 2 Radipole Lake
Curlew Sandpiper - 3 Stanpit
Greenshank - 4 Christchurch Harbour
Grey Phalarope - 1 Hengistbury Head
Bonaparte's Gull - a rather doubtful report from Lodmoor.
Swift - 1 Stoborough
Meadow Pipit - 1800 Durlston CP, 870 Hengistbury
House Martin - 3500 east over Durlston CP; 10500+ east over Hengistbury by 10am, and a further 5000+ still present then.
Swallow - 1200 Durlston CP, 3000 Hengistbury, 400+ Poole Bay
Whinchat - 2 Christchurch Harbour, 3 Durlston CP, 1 Studland
Ring Ouzel - 1 Durlston CP

Pied Flycatcher - 1 Studland
Grasshopper Warbler - 2 Durlston CP, 1 Suckthumb Quarry (Portland)

Late news:  It seems that the Great White Egret seen at West Bexington on 24th July is not the Studland bird.  See Steve Smith's blog http://birdingpooleharbourandbeyond.blogspot.co.uk/ for more details.