Sightings - Friday 4th January 2013

Whooper Swan - 1 still near the level crossing at East Stoke
Pink-footed Goose - 1 in the Frome Valley west of Holmebridge
Scaup - 10 on the Fleet at Abbotsbury
Eider - 1 in Portland Harbour
Long-tailed Duck - 3 still on the Fleet at Abbotsbury
Velvet Scoter - 2 still in Portland Harbour
Red-throated Diver - 10 past Portland Bill, 5 from West Bexington, 2 past Mudeford Quay
Black-throated Diver - 1 in Portland Harbour
Great Northern Diver - 2 in Portland Harbour
Slavonian Grebe - 1 in Studland Bay, 1 Shell Bay, 1 in Portland Harbour
Black-necked Grebe - 14 in Portland Harbour, 2 in Studland Bay
Bittern - 1 at Hatch Pond
Red Kite - 1 over Sutton Hill near Sutton Waldron
Purple Sandpiper - 9 at Lyme Regis, 2 at Portland Bill
Sandwich Tern - 1 from Knoll Beach Studland
Firecrest - 1 at Pennsylvania Castle
Black Redstart - 1 at Lyme Regis, 1 at Hengistbury Head
Snow Bunting - 1 still at Ferrybridge, 1 still at West Bexington

Purple Sandpiper at Lyme Regis © Andrew Grinter


Whooper Swan at East Stoke © Phyl England