Sightings - Saturday 2nd February 2013

Scaup - 10 on the Fleet at Abbotsbury, 1 off Shipstal Point
Long-tailed Duck - 3 still on the Fleet at Abbotsbury
Velvet Scoter - 2 in Portland Harbour
Smew - 2 on Longham Lakes
Goosander - 6 at Avon Causeway
Grey Partridge - 1 on Burton Fields
Red-throated Diver - 13 past Portland Bill, 1 from Langton Herring, 1 off West Bexington
Great Northern Diver - 2 in Portland Harbour
Slavonian Grebe - 1 at Abbotsbury, 1 in Portland Harbour
Black-necked Grebe - 10 in Portland Harbour, 7 in Studland Bay, 2 off Shipstal Point
Spoonbill - 16 at Shipstal Point
Marsh Harrier - 1 Abbotsbury, 1 Swineham
Hen Harrier - 1 Wyke Down
Merlin - 1 near West Compton, 1 at Wyke Down
Purple Sandpiper - 4 at Portland Bill
Ruff - 4 at Avon Causeway
Greenshank - 1 at Holmebridge
Short-eared Owl - 1 at Wyke Down
Hoopoe - 1 in Dawkins Road, Hamworthy again
Water Pipit - 1 at Swineham Point
Black Redstart - 2 at Portland Bill, 1 at The Nothe
Great Grey Shrike - 1 at Wyke Down
Firecrest - 4 in Abbotsbury Gardens, 1 Hengistbury Head
Hawfinch - 1 in Powerstock churchyard
Snow Bunting - 1 still at Ferrybridge, 1 still at West Bexington

Hoopoe at Hamworthy © Mike Gibbons

Hoopoe at Hamworthy © Mike Gibbons