Sightings - Thursday 3rd January 2013

Whooper Swan - 1 near the level crossing at East Stoke
Scaup - 9 still on the Fleet at Abbotsbury
Eider - 1 in Portland Harbour
Long-tailed Duck - 3 on the Fleet at Abbotsbury, 1 past Mudeford Quay
Velvet Scoter - 2 still in Portland Harbour
Red-throated Diver - 9 past Portland Bill, 3 past Mudeford Quay
Black-throated Diver - 1 in Portland Harbour,1 from Mudeford Quay
Great Northern Diver - about 5 in Portland Harbour, 4 in Weymouth Bay, 2 from Mudeford Quay, 1 past Portland Bill
Slavonian Grebe - 7 in Portland Harbour
Black-necked Grebe - 17 in Portland Harbour, 1 on the Fleet at Abbotsbury
Bittern - 1 at Hatch Pond
Marsh Harrier - 1 at Lodmoor
Golden Plover - about 300 at Maiden Castle
Purple Sandpiper - 2 at Portland Bill
Water Pipit - 1 at Lodmoor
Black Redstart - 1 at Portland Bill, 1 at the Nothe
Snow Bunting - 1 still at Ferrybridge