Sightings - Sunday 19th February 2012

Egyptian Goose - 2 at Cowards Marsh
Ring-necked Duck - 2 on East Lake, Chard Junction GPs
Velvet Scoter - 2 off West Bexington
Long-tailed Duck - 1 off Mudeford Quay
Bittern - 2 at Hatch Pond, 1 on Arne Moors
Glossy Ibis - 1 on Wareham Common, adjacent to Wessex Oval
Spoonbill - 11 in the Wareham Channel from Swineham Point, 2 on Brownsea Lagoon, 1 Brands Bay
Hen Harrier - 1 at Ryland's Barn Farm, Martinstown, 1 West Compton
Merlin - 1 Soldiers Road/Hartland Moor area
Spotted Redshank - 4 on Brownsea Lagoon
Short-eared Owl - 1 at Middlebere & Hartland Moor
Water Pipit - 1 at Stanpit Marsh
Firecrest - 8 in Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens

Glossy Ibis at Wareham Common © Nick Hopper