Sightings - 9th December 2017.

Red-necked Grebe - 1 Weymouth Bay.
Red-throated Diver - 21 past Christchurch Harbour.
Black-throated Diver - 3 past Hengistbury Head, 1 Portland Harbour.
Great Northern Diver - 2 Portland Harbour, 1 Weymouth Bay.
Spoonbill - 4 Holes Bay, 1 Hengistbury Head.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Lytchett Bay.
Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail Lytchett Bay.
Merlin - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Bar-tailed Godwit - 2 Christchurch Harbour.
Ruff - 5 Littlemoor, Weymouth.
Stilt Sandpiper - 1 still Brownsea Lagoon.
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 still RSPB Lodmoor.
Swallow - 1 another late bird, Hengistbury Head.
Black Redstart - 1 Church Ope Cove, 1 Ferrybridge, 1 Portland Observatory.
Hawfinch - 2 Kingston Lacy NT, 1 Chamberlaynes Heath, 1 Leigh Church, nr. Yetminster, 1 South Perrott.

Lesser Yellowlegs – RSPB Lodmoor  © Simon Buckell.

Lesser Yellowlegs – RSPB Lodmoor  © Simon Buckell.

Black-tailed Godwits – Upton CP © Michael Stewart.

Black-tailed Godwits – Upton CP © Michael Stewart.