Sightings - Monday 31st January 2011

Barnacle Goose – 57 Abbotsbury Swannery
Scaup – 3 Lodmoor, 30 Abbotsbury Swannery
Velvet Scoter – 7 off Southbourne
Smew – 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Goosander – 1 Chrischurch Harbour
Red-throated Diver - 17 past Durlston, 6 past Hengistbury Head
Black-throated Diver – 1 Weymouth Bay, 1 past Hengistbury Head
Great Crested Grebe – 415 off Southbourne
Slavonian Grebe – 2 Weymouth Bay
Red-necked Grebe - 1 off Southbourne
Gannet – 640 past/off Durlston, 800 past/off Hengistbury Head
Marsh Harrier – 5 Poole Harbour
Purple Sandpiper – 7 Lyme Regis
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER - 1 Poole Park, view from Swan Lake Cafe
Razorbill – 5000+ auks, presumably mainly Razorbill, moved past Hengistbury Head including 1500 in a 10-minute spell
Waxwing - 5 Winchester Rd Weymouth, 3 Upton, 2 Max Gate Dorchester, 3 Wyke Regis near Littlesea Holiday Park
Firecrest - 1 Durlston

Waxwing (adult male) - Upton © Bob Gifford

Waxwing (adult male) - Upton © Bob Gifford