Frankly, pitiful today. In much improved conditions there was plenty of fieldwork and fair showings of the expected
Meadow Pipits,
alba wagtail and
Siskins overhead and
Wheatears,
Blackcaps and
Chiffchaffs on the ground but quality was lacking everywhere. At the Bill, 3
Redpolls overhead and a grounded
Black Redstart were the first there this autumn, singles of
Merlin and
Grasshopper Warbler also made the list there, whilst singles of
Little Stint and
Curlew Sandpiper were at Ferrybridge.
Beggars can't be choosers and we're always more than happy to poach photos of some of the Weymouth highlights, particularly as they're unlikely to get an airing elsewhere. Visitors from Hampshire, Richard Levitt and Tracey Viney, got lucky at Lodmoor this afternoon when they stumbled across first a Turtle Dove and then an extremely unlikely September Whooper Swan - we can't recollect a Whooper Swan in September anywhere in Dorset before this © Richard Levitt & Tracey Viney:
