Sightings - Tuesday 11th August 2015

Balearic Shearwater - 5+ Portland Bill.
BLACK STORK - 1 Portland/Weymouth, later at Abbotsbury and West Bexington.
Spoonbill - 1 Brownsea Island.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Portland (Southwell).
Hobby - 1 RSPB Lytchett Fields.
Whimbrel - 3 Brands Bay, 1 Brownsea Island, 13 Christchurch Harbour.
Ruff - 2 RSPB Lytchett Fields.
Knot - 1 Ferrybridge.
Greenshank - 1 Brands Bay, 7 Brownsea Island, 2 Christchurch Harbour.
Spotted Redshank - 2 Brownsea Island.
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Christchurch Harbour
Green Sandpiper - 1 Brands Bay, 2 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Ferrybridge, 18 RSPB Lytchett Fields
Wood Sandpiper - 1 RSPB Lytchett Fields.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Brownsea Island, 4 Christchurch Harbour.
Yellow-Legged Gull - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Black Tern - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Tree Pipit - 1 Durlston NR was the first of the autumn there.
Redstart - 1 Durlston NR.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Durlston NR.
Wood Warbler - 1 Portland Bill
Melodious Warbler  - 1 Studland
Grasshopper Warbler  - several at Durlston NR, 1 Lytchett Heath.




Black Stork over Weymouth © Dave Chown


Black Stork over Weymouth © Dave Chown



Melodious Warbler - South Haven © Steve Morrison