Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 2 at Ferrybridge
Red-crested Pochard - 1 at Little Sea, Studland
Scaup - 30+ at Abbotsbury Swannery
Velvet Scoter - 3 in Poole Harbour from the RSPB birdboat
Long-tailed Duck - 1 at Poole Harbour from the RSPB birdboat
Smew - 1 at Longham Lakes
Goosander - on the Stour, 5 at Shapwick and 2 at River Way Recreation Ground, Christchurch. Elsewhere, 3 at Longham Lakes
Great Northern Diver - 1 at Portland Harbour
Slavonian Grebe - 1 at Studland Bay
Black-necked Grebe - 6 at Portland Harbour, 6 in Poole Harbour from the RSPB birdboat
Cattle Egret - 2 still near Perry Farm House, between Alderholt and Ashford
Spoonbill - 8 at Arne
Red Kite - 1 over Rushmore Golf Course, on the Dorset/Wiltshire border
Marsh Harrier - 1 at Swineham Point
Hen Harrier - 1 at Wyke Down, Sixpenny Handley
Merlin - 1 over Broadstone, 1 at Hilfield
Great Bustard - 1 at Herbury Gore
Purple Sandpiper - 7 at Portland Bill
Ruff - 1 at Abbotsbury Swannery
Long-billed Dowitcher - 1 at Lodmoor
Spotted Redshank - 1 at Stanpit Marsh, 1 at Brownsea Lagoon
Mediterranean Gull - 86 on Brownsea Lagoon (a site record)
Sandwich Tern - 1 over Christchurch Harbour
Water Pipit - 1 at Priory Marsh
Waxwing - 40+ around Broadstone (Northbrook Road, Twin Oaks Close)Black Redstart - 2 at Weston, 2 at Portland Bill, 1 at Hamworthy
Firecrest - 1 at Peveril Point, Swanage
Great Grey Shrike - 1 at Wyke Down, Sixpenny Handley; 1 opposite the Sika Trail, Wareham Forest
Brambling - 2 at Broadstone, 1 at Shapwick, 1 at Merley
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| Great Bustard at Herbury Gore © Chris Rowland |
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| Mediterranean Gull at Brownsea Lagoon © Alex Berryman |
