Sightings - Saturday 25th January 2014

Egyptian Goose - 2 Hampreston Meadow floods
Smew - 1 redhead Swineham
Great Northern Diver - 5 Portland Harbour
Red-throated Diver - 1 past Durlston Head
Black-necked Grebe - 1 still at Longham Lakes, 19 Portland Harbour
Red-necked Grebe - 2 Portland Harbour
Slavonian grebe - 4 Portland Harbour, 1 Ringstead Bay
Crane - 2 Cheselbourne
Spoonbill - 22 Arne, 1 Middlebere, 16 Swineham
Marsh Harrier - 1 Middlebere, 6 Poole Harbour roost site, 1 Radipole Lake, 2 Swineham
Hen Harrier - 3 Arne Moors, 1 Hartland Moor, 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Middlebere.
Merlin - 1 Middlebere
Grey Plover - 21 Middlebere
Avocet - 30+ Holes Bay, 70+ Lytchett Bay including a colour-ringed bird, 500+ Middlebere
Spotted Redshank - 2 Swineham
Green Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Bay
Common Gull - 44 Ferrybridge
Black Guillemot - 1 Portland Harbour
Black Redstart - 1 Hengistbury Head



Hen Harrier at Middlebere © Phyl England


Ringed Plover at Hengistbury © Joe Murphy         

Glaucous Gull at West Bexington © Steve Carey