Reports of interest, Sunday 7th May 2017

Manx Shearwater - 5 past Portland.
Great White Egret - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Hen Harrier - 1 near Arne.
Montagu's Harrier - 1 St Aldhelm's Head.
Hobby - 2 in off the sea at Portland.
Greenshank - 2 Christchurch Harbour.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Arctic Skua - 1+ past Portland.
Pomarine Skua - 1 past Portland.
BONAPARTE'S GULL
- 1 still at Longham Lakes.
Black Tern - 3 Longham Lakes.
Puffin - 2 past Portland.
Short-Eared Owl - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Cuckoo - 2 Badbury Rings, 1 Melbury Hill, 1 R. Stour nr Longham Lakes.
Swift - 225 passing over Stanpit, 15 passing over Hengistbury.
Yellow Wagtail - 1 Culverwell, 15 passing over Stanpit, 1 St Aldhelm's Head.
Swallow - 1200 passing over Stanpit, 30 passing over Hengistbury, "thousands" Portland.
House Martin - 170 passing over Stanpit, 5 passing over Hengistbury.
Whinchat - 2 Culverwell.
Redstart - 12 Portland.
Pied Flycatcher - 4 Portland.

Spotted Flycatcher - 4 Hengistbury/Wick Fields, 10 Portland, 1 St Aldhelm's Head.
Serin - a small finch buzzing around Portland Bill was considered to be an escaped cage bird and not a Serin.

Late news:  A colour-ringed Dunlin seen at Ferrybridge last week was ringed in Spain in 2014 and is the first confirmed sighting of a Dunlin in the UK via Mauritania.

Black Tern at Longham Lakes © Aidan Brown.

Black Tern at Longham Lakes © Martin Wood.