Sightings - Tuesday 1st January 2013

A Happy New Year to all from the Dorset Bird Club

Whooper Swan - 1 still near the level crossing at East Holme
Velvet Scoter - 2 in Portland Harbour
Red-throated Diver - 17 past Portland Bill, 5 past Hengistbury Head, 3 off Abbotsbury Beach
Black-throated Diver - 1 Portland Harbour, 1 in Poole Harbour
Great Northern Diver - 4 in Portland Harbour, 6 in Poole Harbour, 2 in Weymouth Bay, 1 past Portland Bill
Red-necked Grebe - 1 in Portland Harbour, 1 in  Poole Harbour
Slavonian Grebe - 6 in Portland Harbour
Black-necked Grebe - 9 in Portland Harbour, 3 in Poole Harbour
Bittern - 2 at Hatch Pond, 1 Lodmoor
Glossy Ibis - 1 around Stanpit Marsh
Spoonbill - 15 in Poole Harbour
Red Kite - 1 at Ashmore
Marsh Harrier - 2 at Stanpit, 1 at Radipole
Merlin - 1 at Studland near Little Sea
Purple Sandpiper - 14 on the sandspit at Hengistbury Head, 1 at Portland Bill
Ruff - 1 Stanpit
Spotted Redshank - 1 Stanpit
Little Gull - 1 past Portland Bill
Ring-billed Gull - an adult briefly at Lodmoor
Black Redstart - 1 at Portland Bill
Firecrest - 1 near Sandsfoot Castle Portland Harbour, 1 at Studland, 1 Hengistbury Head
Snow Bunting - 1 still at Ferrybridge, 1 still at West Bexington

Great Northern Diver in Poole Harbour © Phyl England
Marsh Harrier at Radipole © Mark Wright


Glossy Ibis at Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy