One (2cy) Little Gull still around the tern island Abbotsbury Swannery this evening, two still this morning. Joe Stockwell Charlie Wheeler Photography kevin butler Dorset Bird Club

Still 2 Little Gulls today & unseasonable numbers of Mediterranean Gull (100+) & Common Gull (8+). Also 2 Ospreys (1 on Chesil earlier then 2 NW); 2 Great Egrets; 2 Whimbrel & 1 Turnstone. Joe Stockwell Charlie Wheeler Photography kevin butler Dorset Bird Club

2 Little Gulls (2cy) still this evening. Other bits & bobs with Joe Stockwell & kevin butler included 16 (Tundra) Ringed Plovers & singles of Grey Plover, Knot & Sanderling. Dorset Bird Club Charlie Wheeler Photography

Connected with the Roseate Tern this evening Abbotsbury Swannery, that Joe Stockwell found earlier. The 3 (2cy) Little Gulls all still present too. Dorset Bird Club Charlie Wheeler Photography kevin butler

Ferrybridge to Camp Road still vacant on The Fleet if anyone is interested 🤞🏻

Very distant Stone-curlew at the Swannery this evening. Only my 2nd on patch in 37 years & 1st self found. The 3 Little Gulls still too. Joe Stockwell Charlie Wheeler Photography kevin butler Dorset Bird Club

Not working this weekend so just an evening visit to Abbotsbury Swannery again & no sign of the Stone-curlew. Reported earlier though apparently. At least 1 Little Gull & 2 seen earlier. Not a lot else. Joe Stockwell Charlie Wheeler Photography kevin butler Dorset Bird Club

All 3 (2cy) Little Gulls again today Abbotsbury Swannery & between myself, Joe Stockwell , Charlie Wheeler Photography & kevin butler a smattering of waders in the last 48 hours… 8 Lapwing, single Ringed & Little Ringed Plovers, 2 Common Sandpipers, Curlew & Blackwit. Dorset Bird Club

All 3 Little Gulls present Abbotsbury Swannery this evening (& last). 3 Black-tailed Godwits too but nothing else of any real note. Joe Stockwell Charlie Wheeler Photography kevin butler Dorset Bird Club

2 Little Gulls again Abbotsbury Swannery this evening. The returning wader migrant tally was 1 Greenshank & 3 each of Lapwing & Common Sandpiper. A few Cattle Egrets beginning to reappear too. Joe Stockwell Charlie Wheeler Photography kevin butler Dorset Bird Club

All 3 Little Gulls by the tank teeth again this morning. 3 Common Sandpipers dotted around the embayment Abbotsbury Swannery Joe Stockwell Charlie Wheeler Photography kevin butler Dorset Bird Club

Today’s highlights Abbotsbury Swannery… 3 Little Gulls still, 1st 2 Yellow Wagtails of the ‘autumn’, singles of Ringed Plover, Greenshank, Redshank, 4+Common Sandpipers. Joe Stockwell Charlie Wheeler Photography kevin butler Dorset Bird Club

A (juv) Yellow Wagtail & 2 (2cy) Little Gulls were among the highlights Abbotsbury Swannery today, along with 2 Little Ringed Plovers (found by Charlie Wheeler Photography). A Black-tailed Godwit, a Redshank & a few Common Sandpipers & Lawings also. Joe Stockwell kevin butler Dorset Bird Club

Curlew Sandpiper (ad.) inadvertently flushed from Abbotsbury Swannery grounds this am. Joe Stockwell Charlie Wheeler Photography kevin butler Dorset Bird Club

Still 2 (2cy) Little Gulls this am… 1 looking quite smart now. 2 or 3 Black-tailed Godwits, 3+ Dunlin & a smattering of Lapwings & Common Sandpipers between myself, Joe Stockwell & Charlie Wheeler Photography. 1 or 2 (Juv) Yellow-legged Gulls at the weekend. kevin butler Dorset Bird Club

Still at least one Little Gull around today Abbotsbury Swannery & a Little Ringed Plover for its 3rd day. 1st Osprey of the autumn too. Joe Stockwell Charlie Wheeler Photography kevin butler Dorset Bird Club

Today’s waders Abbotsbury Swannery… Little Ringed Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, Knot, 3 Sanderling, 4 Dunlin, + Oystercatchers, Lapwings & Common Sandpipers. Little Gull still. Ditchmoor held a Whinchat, 8 Stonechat & 6 Wheatear. Joe Stockwell Charlie Wheeler Photography kevin butler Dorset Bird Club

Anybody have any info on the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker at Abbotsbury today, reported on the Dorset Bird News Blog? Potentially the first Abbotsbury record for 30 years! 🤯 Dorset Bird Club

Pied Flycatcher by the Swannery entrance this evening. Whinchat, 12 Wheatear a few Yellow Wagtails at adjacent Chapel Hill/ Ditchmoor meadows. Wader highlights… Knot, Sanderling, Little Ringed Plover, 4 Green Sandpipers. Joe Stockwell Charlie Wheeler Photography kevin butler Dorset Bird Club

Juv. Caspian Gull Abbotsbury Swannery today, a different bird from Joe Stockwell’s bird on Sunday. Also Grey Phalarope seen briefly again. Charlie Wheeler Photography kevin butler Dorset Bird Club