Sightings - Tuesday 18th January 2011

Bewick's Swan - 8 at Bestwall, then relocated to Arne Moors
White-fronted Goose - 6 at Bestwall
Barnacle Goose - 56 at Abbotsbury Swannery
Velvet Scoter - 9 off West Bexington car park (highest count for site)
Smew - 4 at Longham Lakes
Goosander - 4 at Longham Lakes
Slavonian Grebe - 11 at Studland Bay
Black-necked Grebe - a new Dorset record count of 74 at Studland Bay
Red Kite - 2 over Wyke Down, Sixpenny Handley
Marsh Harrier - 1 at Bestwall
Hen Harrier - 2 (male and ringtail) at Wyke Down, Sixpenny Handley
Spotted Redshank - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Greenshank - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Waxwing - 15 at Shelley Road, Boscombe, 5 at Morn Lodge, Chickerell, 3 at York Road, Broadstone
Firecrest - 1 Parkstone
Great Grey Shrike - 1 at Wyke Down, Sixpenny Handley (SU004150)

Late News - the Hampshire White-tailed Eagle was seen in Dorset airspace, flying over the High Street in Highcliffe late morning

Great Grey Shrike at Wyke Down © Kevin Lane


Bewick's Swans at Arne Moors © Nick Hopper