Saturday 15th January 2022

Greater Scaup - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery
Lesser Scaup - reported on West Bexington mere at 2.30pm although was not present in morning
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Weymouth Bay
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour
Black-necked Grebe - 14 Portland Harbour, 14 Studland Bay
Avocet - 273 Arne RSPB
Golden Plover c. 400 Maiden Castle
Purple Sandpiper - 5 Pulpit Rock, Portland
Little Gull - 1 Maiden Castle
Iceland Gull - 2nd winter Lodmoor RSPB
Black-throated Diver - 1 Portland Harbour, 1 Arne RSPB
Great Northern Diver - 2 Portland Harbour, 1 Arne RSPB, 2 Poole Harbour
Glossy Ibis - 1 briefly at Lytchett Bay
Spoonbill - 16 Wareham Channel, 20 Poole Harbour
Western Cattle Egret - 32 Abbotsbury Swannery
Goshawk - 1 Middlebere
Hen Harrier - 1 Poole Harbour
Red Kite - 3 Up Cerne
Marsh Tit - 6 around Cranborne Castle
Ring Ouzel - 1 Sturminster Newton
Black Redstart - 1 Osprey Quay, Portland Harbour, 1 Chesil Cove

Fieldfare ,Woodville © John Bishop


Marsh Tit, Cranborne Castle © Paul Kirby


Female Lesser Scaup on pond West Bexington yesterday © Peter Coe