Sightings - Saturday 16th December 2017.

Pale-bellied Brent Goose 2 Ferrybridge
Velvet Scoter - 1 past Portland
Red-throated Diver - 42 past Portland
Great Northern Diver -1 Portland Harbour, 4 Ferrybridge
Black-throated Diver -1 Portland Harbour
Black-necked Grebe -10 Portland Harbour
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour
Great Egret - 1 Logham Lakes, 1 Burton-Christchurch
Bittern - 1 Lodmoor
Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail Lytchett Bay
Great Bustard - 3 (released /ringed birds) Portland 
Green Sandpiper -1 Abbas cressbed, Winterbourne
Ruff - 5 Lodmoor
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 Lodmoor
Stilt Sandpiper - Brownsea Island
(juvenile Scandinavian Herring Gull at Radipole Lake on Thursday 14/12/2017)
Black Redstart - 1 Blacknor, Portland, 1 Chesil Cove
Firecrest - 1 Radipole Lake, 1 Stour Valley LNR,Kinson sewage works, 1 Boys Hill
Brambling - 1 Portesham
Lesser Redpoll - 3 Durlston, 2 Lodmoor
Goldfinch - 70 Durlston
Siskin - 10 Durlston
Hawfinch - 1 Durlston, 1 Stour Valley LNR, Kinson sewage works , 1 Boys Hill
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1, Longham Lakes, 2 Stour Valley LNR, Kinson sewage works

Ruff, Lodmoor,© Andrew Maynard

Firecrest, Radipole Lake, © Brett Spencer

Green Sandpiper, Abbas cressbed, Winterbourne,© Brett Spencer