Sightings - Saturday 8th January 2011

Bewick's Swan – 9 in the Frome Valley between Tincleton and Kingston Maurward
White-fronted Goose – 19 Bestwall

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 1 at Butterstreet Cove

Scaup – 7 at Butterstreet Cove, 1+ Lodmoor, 1 Christchurch Harbour

Goosander – 6 Longham Lakes, 1 Lodmoor,1 Radipole (perhaps the same bird), 4 Portland Harbour

Smew – 4 Longham Lakes, 3 Swineham GP
Red-throated Diver – 9 past Durlston, 30+ past Hengistbury Head

Black-throated Diver – 2 past Hengistbury Head

Great Northern Diver – 3 Weymouth Bay, 2 past Hengistbury Head

Red-necked Grebe – 1 Portland Harbour

Slavonian Grebe – 5 Portland Harbour

Black-necked Grebe – 13 Portland Harbour

Shag – 62 Hengistbury Head

Bittern – 3+ Hatch Pond, 2 Lodmoor

Marsh Harrier – 3 Swineham Point

Hen Harrier – 1 Christchurch Harbour (Wick)

Ruff – 5 Christchurch Harbour (Stanpit), 1m over Swineham Point

Long-billed Dowitcher – 1 Lodmoor

Spotted Redshank - 2 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Holes Bay

Common Sandpiper - 1 Holes Bay

Waxwing – 30 Canford Heath (Adastral Road), 42+ Bournemouth (Spring Rd and Holdenhurst Rd) Firecrest – 1 Durlston CP