Sightings - Thursday 23rd February 2012

Barnacle Goose - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Ring-necked Duck -  2 drakes at Chard Junction NR
Scaup - 3 (2 drakes) at Abbotsbury Swannery
Long-tailed Duck - 1 still off Mudeford Quay
Velvet Scoter - 2 by cottages between Abbotsbury and West Bexington
Red-throated Diver - 19 past Portland Bill, 3 past Mudeford Quay
Great Northern Diver - 3 Weymouth Bay, 2 from Mudeford Quay
Slavonian Grebe - 1 at Mudeford Quay, 1 Weymouth Bay
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Bittern - 1 Lodmoor
Glossy Ibis - 1 reported near Radipole RSPB Visitor Centre
Spotted Redshank - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Ring-billed Gull - 1 adult over Preston Beach, 1 adult at Jerry's Point, Poole Harbour
Short-eared Owl - 1 Wyke Down, Sixpenny Handley
Black Redstart - 1 at Tilly Whim Durslston, 1 Peveril Point, 1 Portland Bill
Snow Bunting - 1 on sandspit, Hengistbury Head

Ring-billed Gull at Jerry's Point, Poole Harbour © Dave Chown

Ring-billed Gull at Jerry's Point, Poole Harbour © Dave Chown