Sightings - Friday 15th April 2016

Great Northern Diver - 1 past Hengistbury Head.
Red-Throated Diver - 1 past Hengistbury Head.
Red Kite - 1 Melplash.
Grey Plover - 10 past Hengistbury Head.
Little Ringed Plover - 2 Portland Bill.
Knot - 6 past Hengistbury Head.
Whimbrel - 15 past Hengistbury Head.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Hengistbury Head.
Arctic Skua - 1 past Portland Bill.
Little Gull - 1 past Hengistbury Head.
Little Tern - 2 off Mudeford Quay.
Short-Eared Owl - 1 Wyke Down.
Hoopoe
- 1 Suckthumb Quarry, Portland.
Cuckoo - 1 Canford Heath, 1 Shaftesbury.
Swift - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Yellow Wagtail - 1 Hengistbury Head, 4 Lytchett Bay.
Swallow - 300 Loud Mill sewage works.
Redstart - 1 Christchurch Harbour, 4 Portland Bill.
Whinchat - 1 Canford Heath,.1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Portland Bill.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Portland Bill.
Hawfinch - 1 Portland Bill.

Late news:  Red Kite over Lulworth Ranges on Wednesday 13th April.  Cuckoo at Holt Heath yesterday.

Short-Eared Owl at Wyke Down © Brian Bray

Hoopoe on Portland © Brett Spencer

Yellow Wagtails at Lytchett Fields © Paul Morton

Young Robin in Merley yesterday © Terry Elborn