Reports of interest, Saturday 6th May 2017

Eider - 2 off Chesil, 2 past Hengistbury Head.
Mandarin Duck - 2 Stourpaine.
Grey Partridge - 2 Holnest.
Great Northern Diver - 3 past Portland Bill.
Red-Throated Diver - 2+ past Hengistbury, 1 past Portland Bill.
Manx Shearwater - 27 past Hengistbury.
Spoonbill - 1 Middlebere.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Longham Lakes, 1 Stanpit.
Hen Harrier - 1 near Arne.
Hobby - 1 Hengistbury, 3 Longham Lakes, 5 over Poole Harbour heaths, 3 Portland.
Grey Plover - 1 past Hengistbury, 2 Lytchett Fields, 50+ Middlebere. 
Little Ringed Plover - 1 past Hengistbury.
Knot - c40 Middlebere.
Whimbrel - 9 past Hengistbury, 11 Stanpit.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Middlebere.
Greenshank - 6+ Lytchett Fields, 1 Middlebere.
Arctic Skua - 1 past Portland Bill.
Pomarine Skua - 21 past Portland Bill and Chesil.
BONAPARTE'S GULL - 1 still at Longham Lakes.
Little Tern - 2 past Hengistbury.
Short-Eared Owl - 1 Portesham.
Yellow Wagtail - 1 Hengistbury, 7 Weston (Portland).
Red-Rumped Swallow - 1 Weston (Portland).
Whinchat - 1 Holnest, 1 Portland Bill.
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Lytchett Fields, 1 Portland Bill.
Wood Warbler - 2 Weston (Portland).
Firecrest - 1 Hengistbury Head.

Also of interest:  Two Risso's Dolphin and a Basking Shark were seen off Chesil.

 
Grey Heron at Longham Bridge © Geoff Norquoy

Grey Heron at Longham Bridge © Geoff Norquoy