Sightings - Saturday 31st January 2015

White Fronted Goose - 1 Lodmoor.

Scaup - 1 female Longham Lakes.

Lapwing - 627+ Lodmoor.

Red-necked Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour.

Black-necked Grebe - 10+ Portland Harbour, 4 South Haven.

Slavonian Grebe - 2 Portland Harbour, 1 Middle Beach.

Black Guillemot - 1 still in Portland Harbour.

Dipper - 2 Lyme Regis.

Black Redstart - 1 Peveril Point.

Firecrest - 1 Hengistbury Head.




Purple Sandpiper – Christchurch Harbour © Clinton Whale.

Sightings - Friday 30th January 2015

Greenland White-fronted Goose - 1 west of Osmington Mills
Long-tailed Duck - 1 off Seacombe, 1 off Portland Castle
Eider - 1 off Portland Castle
Smew - 1 Holes Bay
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Sandsfoot Portland Harbour,
Slavonian Grebe - 6 Sandsfoot Portland Harbour
Bittern - 1 Lodmoor
Jack Snipe - 3 Winterbourne Abbas cressbeds
Black Guillemot - 1 off Portland Castle
Hooded Crow - 1 The Grove Portland
Richard's Pipit - 1 Redcliff Point
Black Redstart - 1 West Bay, 1 East Cliffs Portland
Firecrest - 1 Winspit,1 Pennsylvania Castle

Ringed Plover, Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy

Sightings - Thursday 29th January 2015

Smew - 1 Holes Bay
Slavonian Grebe - 3 Portland Harbour
Red-necked Grebe - 2 Portland Harbour
Black Guillemot - 1 off Portland Castle
Hooded Crow - 1 The Grove Portland
Water Pipit - 2 Stanpit Marsh
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 PC world Drain Holes Bay

Sightings - Wednesday 28th January 2015

Bewick's Swan - 1 Tincleton
Smew - 1 Holes Bay
Black Guillemot - 1 off Portland Castle
Great Skua - 1 off Portland Bill
Great Grey Shrike - 1 Morden Bog, 1 Godlingston Heath
Hooded Crow - 1 The Grove Portland
Black Redstart - 1 Peveril Point

Sightings - Tuesday 27th January 2015

Long-tailed Duck - 1 off Seacombe

Red-throated Diver - 5 past Hengistbury Head

Red-necked Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour

Spoonbill - 29 Shipstal Point Arne

Black Guillemot - 1 off Portland Castle

Richard's Pipit - 1 Redcliff Point

Great Grey Shrike - 1 Morden Bog, 1 Godlingston Heath

Hooded Crow - 1 The Grove Portland

Black Redstart - 1 Nothe Fort, 1Portland Castle

Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Radipole Lake, 1 Holes Bay

Great Grey Shrike Godlingston Heath © David Blakeley

Sightings - Monday 26th January 2015

Scaup - 4 Lodmoor
Goosander - 3 Cowards Marsh.
Smew - 1 redhead Holes Bay.
Black-Throated Diver - 1 past Hengistbury Head.
Bittern - 1 Arne Moors
Spoonbill - 1 Holes Bay.
Marsh Harrier - 1 m Ogber, 1 f Wick
Hen Harrier - 4 roosting in western Poole Harbour
Green Sandpiper -     1 Coward's Marsh
Richard's Pipit - 1 Redcliff
Firecrest - 1 Hengistbury Head

Sightings - Sunday 25th January 2015

White-Fronted Goose - 1 Radipole Lake.
Goosander - 4 Cowards Marsh.
Smew - 1 redhead Holes Bay (south of the railway).
Great Northern Diver - 3 Portland Harbour.
Red-Necked Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour.
Black-Necked Grebe - 20 Portland Harbour.
Slavonian Grebe - 4 Portland Harbour.
Spoonbill - 3 Brownsea.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Brand's Bay, 1 Middlebere, 1 Ogber.
Hen Harrier - 1 Brand's Bay.
Greenshank - 10+ Brownsea.
Spotted Redshank - 3 Brownsea, 1 Stanpit.
Sanderling - 32 Sandbanks.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Coward's Marsh.
Yellow-Legged Gull - 1 Brand's Bay.
Black Guillemot - 1 Portland Harbour.
Water Pipit - 1 Stanpit.
Black Redstart - 1 Portland (Cheyne House), 1 Portland Bill.
Great Grey Shrike - 1 Godlingstone Heath.
Hooded Crow - 1 still on Portland (near The Grove pig farm).

Sanderling at Sandbanks © Clinton Whale

Collared Dove at Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy

Sanderling at Sandbanks © Clinton Whale

Sightings - Saturday 24th January 2015

White-Fronted Goose - 1 Radipole Lake.
Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 1 Rodden Hive among 1000+ Brents.
Velvet Scoter - 2 past Hengistbury Head.
Scaup - 1 f Longham Lakes.
Long-Tailed Duck - 1 Seacombe.
Goosander - 5 Cowards Marsh.
Red-Throated Diver - 18 past Hengistbury Head (17w, 1e).
Bittern - 1 Lodmoor.
Spoonbill - 2 Holes Bay.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Brand's Bay, 1 Middlebere, 1 Ogber, 2 Radipole Lake.
Hen Harrier - 1 Greenlands Farm (Studland), 1 Middlebere.
Merlin - 1 Brands Bay, 1 Middlebere.
Golden Plover - 80 Rodden Hive.
Greenshank - 1 Rodden Hive.
Jack Snipe - 1 Stanpit.
Woodcock - 2 Studland.
Caspian Gull - 1 Longham Lakes departed NE.
Water Pipit - 2 Stanpit.
Scandinavian Rock Pipit - 2 of this type at Stanpit.
Black Redstart - 1 Langton Herring, 1 Portland Castle.
Firecrest - 1 Hengistbury Head, 2 Studland.
Great Grey Shrike - 1 Chamberlayne's Heath (Bovington military training area), 1 Godlingstone Heath.
Hooded Crow - 1 still on Portland (near The Grove pig farm).

White-Fronted Goose at Radipole Lake © Gregor Tims

Raven at Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy

Sightings - Friday 23rd January 2015

White-Fronted Goose - 1 Radipole Lake.
Long-Tailed Duck - 1 Seacombe.
Smew - 1 redhead Holes Bay.
Great Northern Diver - 3 Poole Harbour.
Black-Necked Grebe - 1 Poole Harbour, 5 South Haven, 23+ Studland Middle Beach.
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Studland Middle Beach.
Bittern - 1 Radipole Lake.
Spoonbill - 3 Brands Bay, 1 Holes Bay, 30+ Poole Harbour.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Coward's Marsh, 1 Lodmoor.
Knot - 1+ Brands Bay.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Coward's Marsh.
Greenshank - 4 Brownsea.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Brownsea, 2 Holes Bay.
Woodcock - 3 Studland.
Firecrest - 1 Radipole Lake.
Great Grey Shrike - 1 Chamberlayne's Heath (military training area - please be cautious!).

Turnstone at Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy

Bearded Tit at Radipole Lake © Will Bown

Sightings - Thursday 22nd January 2015

Scaup - 1 male Lodmoor, 1 fem Longham Lake
Long-tailed Duck - 1 off Seacombe Cliff
Great Northern Diver - 1 Middle Beach
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Shell Bay, 1 off Middle Beach
Slavonian Grebe - 3 South Beach
Black-necked Grebe - 20 Studland Bay
Spoonbill - 4 Brand's Bay
Coot - 1 Portland Bill (1st record for 40yrs)
Short-eared Owl - 1 Abbotsbury
Black Redstart - 1 West Bay
Siberian Chiffchaff - 2 Corfe Castle sewage works
Firecrest - 1 Studland Church
Twite - 1 seen Winspit
Yellowhammer - 24 Ballard Down

Kingfisher - Wick Fields © Joe Murphy

Dartford Warbler - Studland © Tony Adamcik

Curlew - Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Sightings - Wednesday 21st January 2014

Scaup - 1 Lodmoor
Red-throated Diver - 2 off Mudeford Quay
Great Northern Diver - 2 Shell Bay
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Shell Bay
Slavonian Grebe - 2 Shell bay
Black-necked Grebe - 12 Middle Beach, 2 Shell Bay
Spoonbill - 3 Brand's Bay
Spotted Redshank - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Black Guillemot - 1 Portland Hbr.

Black-tailed Godwits © David Godfrey

To report coloured-ringed Black-tailed Godwits e-mail Pete Potts at <pmpotts@tiscali.co.uk>

Sightings - Tuesday 20th January 2015

Great Northern Diver - 3 Poole Harbour
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Middle Beach, Studland
Black-necked Grebe - 10 Middle Beach
Spoonbill - 2 Holes Bay, 30 Shipstal Point, 6 Brands Bay
Black Guillemot - 1 Portland Harbour
Hooded Crow - 1 The Grove Pig Farm

Spoobill - Middlebere © Bernie Champ

Sightings - Monday 19th January 2015

Eider - 4 Portland Hbr.
Great Northern Diver - 1 off South Haven, 1 Portland Hbr.
Red-necked Grebe - 2 off North Haven, 1 Portland Hbr.
Slavonian Grebe - 7 Portland Hbr, 2 Middle Beach.
Black-necked Grebe - 22 off Middle Beach, 11 Brand's Bay
Golden Plover - 1000 Maiden Castle
 Purple Sandpiper - 1 on groynes South Haven
Spoonbill - 3 Brand's Bay
Red Kite - 1 Tarrant Hinton
Black Guillemot - 1 Portland Hbr.
Black Redstart - 2 Portland Castle, 1 Blacknor, 1 Portland Bill, 1 Langton Herring
Siberian Chiffchaff - 2 Corfe Castle Sewage works.
Firecrest - 1  Corfe Castle Sewage works.

Snipe - Hatch Pond © Trevor Wilkinson

Singing Song Thrush - Upton CP © Trevor Wilkinson

Sightings - Sunday 18th January 2015

Bewick's Swan - 1 Tincleton
Eider - 3 Portland harbour
Red-throated Diver - 3 off Mudeford Quay, 2 past Durlston
Great Northern Diver - 2 Ringstead Bay, 1 Portland Harbour
Red-necked Grebe - 2 past Mudeford Quay
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Ringstead Bay
Great Bustard - 1 flying north over Portland
Ruff - 1 Priory Marsh
Jack Snipe - 1 Priory Marsh
Common Sandpiper - 1 Bincleaves
Pomarine Skua - 1 past Portland Bill
Firecrest - 2 behind Foundry Close, Easton, 1 Oakley, Wimborne
Hooded Crow - 1 Grove Pig Farm

Sightings - Saturday 17th January 2015

Egyptian Goose - 8 Stanpit
Gadwall - 2, Brand's Bay
Shoveler - 4 Brand's Bay
Scaup - 1 Longham Lakes
Long-tailed Duck - 1 Seacombe
Common Scoter - 10 Studland, 6 off Portland Bill
Golden Pheasant - 1 Furzey Slipway, Brand's Bay
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Studland
Slavonian Grebe - 2 Studland
Great White Egret - 1 Eastern Lake, Studland
Spoonbill - several Brownsea Island, 1 Brand's Bay, 2 Holes Bay
Red Kite - 1 Coward's Marsh
Avocet - several Brownsea Island, 15 Brand's Bay, 10+ Holes Bay
Grey Plover - 57 Brand's Bay
Knot - 44 Brand's Bay
Snipe - 141 Hatch Pond
Purple Sandpiper - 5 Portland Bill, 4 Lyme Regis
Black-tailed Godwit - 239 Brand's Bay
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Bay
Greenshank - 1 Lychett Bay, 1 Brand's Bay
Black Guillemot - 1 off Caroline Cliffs (Poole Harbour)
Ring-necked Parakeet - several Studland
Little Owl - 1 Causeway (Stanpit?), 1 Portland Bill
Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Bay
Black Redstart - 1 Lyme Regis
Fieldfare - c100 Badbury Rings beech avenue
Redwing - c20 Badbury Rings beech avenue
Firecrest - 1 Slough Lane

Sightings - Friday 16th January 2015

Greenland White-fronted Goose - 1 West Bexington
Eider - 1 Portland Harbour
Common Scoter - 12 Studland Bay
Great Northern Diver - 1 South Haven, 2 Portland Harbour
Red-necked Grebe - 1 South Haven, 2 Studland Bay, 1 Portland Harbour
Slavonian Grebe - 3-4 Studland Bay, 5 Portland Harbour
Black-necked Grebe - 21+ Studland Bay, 15 Portland Harbour
Spoonbill - 1 Brand's Bay
Hen Harrier - 1 Vitower
Avocet - 8 Brand's Bay
Grey Plover - 63 Brand's Bay
Knot - 15 Brand's Bay
Purple Sandpiper - 6 Hengistbury Head, 5 Portland Bill
Ruff - 1 Stanpit
Black-tailed Godwit - 217b Brand's Bay
Black Redstart - 1 Portland Castle
Firecrest - 1 Penn's Wood, Portland
Siskin - 40-50 Rempstone Forest

Sightings - Thursday 15th January 2015

Eider - 1 Portland Harbour

Long-tailed Duck - 1 female Middle Beach Studland
Grey Partridge - 1 West Compton

Red-throated Diver - 1 Portland Bill, 1 Chesil Cove, 1 Hengistbury Head

Great Northern Diver - 3+ Studland Bay, 2 Portland Harbour, 2 Weymouth Bay
Red-necked Grebe - 2 Weymouth Bay, 1 Hengistbury Head

Slavonian Grebe - 5 Portland Harbour, 3 Studland Bay, 1 Weymouth Bay

Black-necked Grebe - 15 Portland Harbour, 15 Brand's Bay, 8+ Studland Bay

Purple Sandpiper - 7 Christchurch Harbour

Spotted Redshank - 1 Brownsea Island

Water Pipit - 2 Lytchett Bay

Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Corfe Sewage Works
Firecrest - 1 Corfe Sewage Works

Hooded Crow - 1 still at Grove pig farm, Portland

Sightings - Wednesday 14th January 2015

pintail - 2, Brownsea
common scoter - 10, Studland
velvet scoter - 1, Studland, 1 flying west past Portland Bill
great northern diver - 2, Studland
red-necked grebe - 1, south beach, Studland
Slavonian grebe - 7, Studland Bay
black-necked grebe - "several" Studland Bay
spoonbill - 14 Shipstal Point
marsh harrier - 1, Brownsea
avocet - 300, Brownsea
bar-tailed godwit - 100, Brownsea
sandwich tern - 2 off Arne, 1 Studland Bay, 2 off Brownsea
black redstart - 1, Gashay Farm (near Marshwood)

Sightings - Tuesday 13th January 2015

Bewick's Swan - 2 still near Tincleton

Eider - 2 Portland Harbour
Long-tailed Duck - 1 Newton's Cove

Red-throated Diver - 1 past Portland Bill

Great Northern Diver - 7 Studland Bay, 3 Portland Harbour, 1 Shell Bay
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Shell Bay, 1 Weymouth Bay

Slavonian Grebe - 3 Portland Harbour, 3 Studland Bay

Black-necked Grebe - 34 Studland Bay, 15 Portland Harbour, 4 Shell Bay, 9 Brand's Bay

Spoonbill - 1 Middlebere

Hen Harrier - 1 Wool, 1 Arne Moors, 1 Middlebere

Golden Plover - 2 Stanpit

Purple Sandpiper - 6 Portland Bill

Sandwich Tern - 2 Brand's Bay

Black Guillemot - 1 Portland Harbour
Ring-necked Parakeet - 2 Middle/South Beach Studland

Firecrest - 1 Studland

Black Redstart -  Blacknor (Portland)

Hooded Crow - 1 near Grove pig farm, Portland

Sightings - Monday 12th January 2015

Velvet Scoter - 1 Sandbanks

Red-throated Diver - 1 past Durlston

Great Northern Diver - 3 Poole Harbour entrance, 1 past Mudeford Quay
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Studland Bay

Slavonian Grebe - 4 Studland Bay

Black-necked Grebe - 5 Poole Harbour entrance

Great White Egret - 1 over Frampton

Spoonbill - 24 Shipstal Point Arne

Purple Sandpiper -  6 Portland Bill, 2 Christchurch Harbour

Sandwich Tern - 2 Baiter, 2 Sandbanks

Black Guillemot - 1 off Brownsea Island

Sightings - Sunday 11th January 2015

Bewick's Swan - 2 Tincleton

Eider - 3 Portland Harbour

Red-throated Diver - 2 off Abbotsbury Beach, 1 past Portland Bill

Great Northern Diver - 3 Portland Bill, 3 Studland Bay, 1 Shell Bay
Red-necked Grebe - 3 Shell/Studland Bay

Slavonian Grebe - 5 Portland Harbour, 2 on Fleet at Wyke Regis, 1 Studland Bay

Black-necked Grebe - 13 Portland Harbour, 11 Studland Bay, 5 Shell Bay, 7 Brand's Bay

Great White Egret - 1 Studland

Spoonbill - 30 Shipstal Point Arne, 1 Brand's Bay

Hen Harrier - 1 St Aldhelm's Head

Golden Plover - c200 Maiden Castle

Purple Sandpiper - 4 Portland Bill, 2 Sandbanks

Spotted Redshank - 10+ Brownsea Island lagoon, 1 Stanpit

Sandwich Tern - 7 Brand's Bay

Black Guillemot - 1 Portland Harbour

Richard's Pipit - 1 still at Redcliff Point

Black Redstart - 2 Portland Bill, 2 Nothe Fort (Weymouth), 1 Peveril Point, 1 Portland Castle

Hooded Crow - 1 still at Grove pig farm, Portland

 

Black Redstart at The Nothe, Weymouth © Will Bown

 

Black-tailed Godwit at Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy

 

Sightings - Saturday 10th January 2015

Bewick's Swan - 1 Tincleton.
Brent Goose - c1058  Arne.
Greylag Goose - c26 Ridge Moors.
Scaup 1 still at Longham Lakes.
Spoonbill - 34 Shipstal Point.
Lapwing - c786 Ridge Moors, c300 Lychett Bay.
Sanderling - 24 Sandbanks.
Greenshank - 2 Lychett Bay.

Sanderlings –Sandbanks © Clinton Whale. 

Sightings - Friday 9th January 2015

Brent Goose - 187 Stanpit.

Greenland White-fronted Goose - 1 West Bexington.

Goosander - 2 redheads Sturminster Marshall GP.

Great Northern Diver - 2 off Middle Beach.

Black-necked Grebe - 11 Middle Beach, 2 Brands Bay, 2 South Haven.

Marsh Harrier - c12 coming into roost last evening Poole Harbour area.

Hen Harrier - 4 coming into roost last evening Poole Harbour area, 2 Hartland Moor.

Red Kite - 1 over near Sutton Waldron.

Sparrowhawk - 1 Brands Bay.

Kestrel - 1 Brands Bay.

Peregrine Falcon - 1 Christchurch Harbour area.

Black-tailed Godwit - 1352 Holes Bay, 43 Stanpit.

Black Guillemot - 1 still off Portland Castle.

Marsh Tit - 1 Littlesea area.

Greenland White-fronted Goose – West Bexington © Mike Morse. 

Sightings - Thursday 8th January 2015

Owing to the very poor weather conditions of this morning, there was very little reported today.

Brent Goose - c600 Middlebere.

Wigeon - 176 Middlebere.

Teal - c250 Middlebere.

Red-throated Diver - 3 passing Portland Bill.

Black-necked Grebe - 5 Brands Bay.

Great White Egret - 1 Studland.

Hen Harrier - 1 Middlebere, 1 Wyke Down.

Dunlin - c420 Middlebere.

Great Skua - 2 passing Portland Bill.

Short-eared Owl - 4 Wyke Down.

Richard's Pipit - 1 still near Redcliff Point.

Short-eared Owl – Wyke Down © Joe Murphy

Sightings - Wednesday 7th January 2015

Great Northern Diver - 3 off of Brownsea, 1 passing Christchurch Harbour.
Red-throated Diver - 6 passing Christchurch Harbour, 2 passing Portland Bill.
Red-necked Grebe - 1 South Beach.
Slavonian Grebe - 1 South Beach.
Black-necked Grebe - 10 Middle Beach.
Manx Shearwater - 1 passing Portland Bill.
Spoonbill - 20+ Shipstal.
Merlin - 1 Melcombe Bingham, 1 Greenlands.
Avocet - 781 Middlebere Creek.
Lapwing - 423 Middlebere Creek.
Spotted Redshank - 8 Middlebere Creek.
Little Gull - 1 passing Christchurch Harbour.
Yellow-legged Gull - 2 adults Middlebere Creek, 1 1st W Brands Bay, 1 1st W Stanpit.
Kittiwake - 65 passing Christchurch Harbour.
Rock Pipit - 6 "scandinavian" type Stanpit.

Sightings - Tuesday 6th January 2015

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 2 Ferrybridge
Barnacle Goose - 40 Rodden Hive
Scaup - 1 Longham Lakes
Eider - 2 Portland Harbour
Great Northern Diver - 4 Portland Harbour 
Red-throated Diver - 11 past Hengistbury Head
Black-necked Grebe - 15 Studland Bay
Slavonian Grebe - 3 Portland Harbour
Purple Sandpiper - 3 Portland Bill
Meditterranean Gull - 210 Ferrybridge
Pomarine Skua - 1 past Portland Bill
Arctic Skua - 1 past Hengistbury Head
Black Guillemot - 1 Portland Harbour
Short-eared Owl - 2 Wyke Down
Richard's Pipit - 1 Redcliff Point
Black Redstart - 1 Portland Castle, 2 Nothe Fort
Firecrest - 2 Hengistbury Head

Richards Pipit Redcliff Point © Roger Webb 

Sightings - Monday 5th January 2015

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 2 Ferrybridge
Eider - 1 off Portland Castle, 3 past Hengistbury Head
Great Northern Diver - 4 Portland Harbour 
Black-throated Diver - 2 Hengistbury Head, 1 Studland Bay
Red-throated Diver - 14 past Hengistbury Head
Black-necked Grebe - 27 Studland Bay
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Studland Bay 
Slavonian Grebe - 5 Portland Harbour, 3 Studland Bay
Great Bustard - 1 Wyke Down from the release scheme
Purple Sandpiper - 3 Portland Bill
Black Guillemot - 1 Portland Harbour
Richard's Pipit - 1 Redcliff Point
Water Pipit -  1 Stanpit

Little Egret Arne 2 Jan (when it was sunny!) © Maurice Budden 

Sightings - Sunday 4th January 2015

Greenland White-fronted Goose - 1 Abbotsbury
Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 1 Ferrybridge, 1 Middlebere
Black Brant - 1 Ferrybridge
Eider - 1 off Portland Castle
Velvet Scoter - 2 past Hengistbury Head
Smew - 1 Holes Bay
Great Northern Diver - 4 Portland Harbour 
Black-throated Diver - 2 past Hengistbury Head, 1 Castle Cove Portland Harbour
Red-throated Diver - 56 past Hengistbury Head
Black-necked Grebe - 16 Portland Harbour, 10+ Studland Bay
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Shell Bay
Slavonian Grebe - 5 Portland Harbour, 2 Studland Bay, 1 Weymouth BayBittern - 1 Radipole Lake, 1 LodmoorPurple Sandpiper - 6 Portland Bill
Spotted Redshank - 5 Middlebere
Black Guillemot - 1 Portland Harbour, 1 Sandbanks
Richard's Pipit - 1 Redcliff Point
Water Pipit - 1 Middlebere, 1 Stanpit
Firecrest - 1 East Holme, 1 Studland, 1 Hengistbury Head

Sightings - Saturday 3rd January 2015

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 6 Ferrybridge
Long-tailed Duck - 1 past Hengistbury Head, 1 Brand's Bay
Eider - 1 off Portland Castle
Great Northern Diver - 4 Portland Harbour 
Black-throated Diver - 4 past Hengistbury Head
Red-throated Diver - 1 Portland Harbour
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Hengistbury Head, 2 Studland Bay
Slavonian Grebe - 3 Portland Harbour, 1 Studland Bay
Spoonbill - 16 Swineham Point
Bittern - 1 Swineham Point
Great White Egret - 1 Holes Bay
Purple Sandpiper - 5 Portland Bill
Black Guillemot - 1 Portland Harbour
Great Skua - 1 past Hengistbury Head, 1 off Portland Bill
Richard's Pipit - 1 Redcliff Point
Black Redstart - 3 Nothe Fort

Spotted Redshank Holes Bay © Katie Horrocks

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Sightings - Friday 2nd January 2015

Greenland White-Fronted Goose - 1 Rodden Hive.
Goosander - 1 Cowards Marsh, 1 Wimborne.
Long-Tailed Duck - 1 Seacombe.
Black-Throated Diver - 1 Hengistbury Head.
Red-Throated Diver - 2 Burton Bradstock, 9 Hengistbury Head, 1 Portland Harbour.
Red-Necked Grebe - 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Portland Harbour, 2 Studland Bay.
Black-Necked Grebe - 15 Portland Harbour, 14 Shell Bay roost, 20 Studland Bay roost.
Slavonian Grebe - 4 Portland Harbour, 2 Studland Bay.
Bittern - 1 Lodmoor, 1 Radipole Lake.
Spoonbill - 1 Brands Bay.
Marsh Harrier - 2 Radipole Lake, 3 Swineham.
Hen Harrier - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Middlebere.
Merlin - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Grey Plover - 20+ Brands Bay, c 140 Brownsea Island, 12 Stanpit.
Knot - 1 Brands Bay.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Holes Bay.
Jack Snipe - 1 Cogden.
Little Gull - 1 Brands Bay.
Black Guillemot - 1 Poole Harbour mouth, 1 Portland Harbour.
Short-Eared Owl - 4 Wyke Down.
Water Pipit - 1 Stanpit.
Black Redstart - 1 Portland Castle, 1 Tilly Whim.
Firecrest - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Upton CP.

Buzzard at Canford Bridge © Roger Peart

Short-Eared Owl at Wyke Down © Joe Murphy

Sightings - Thursday 1st January 2015

Red-Necked Grebe - 1 Hengistbury Head, 2 Studland (1 South Beach, 1 Shell Bay).
Black-Necked Grebe - 8 Studland.
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Studland.
Great White Egret - 1 Studland.
Spoonbill - 1 Brands Bay, 1 Brownsea, 1 Holes Bay, 2 Lytchett Bay, 1 Newtons Bay, 2 Wytch Channel.
Hen Harrier - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Middlebere; 5 at a roost in Poole Harbour.
Marsh Harrier - 3 Lytchett Bay, 2 Swineham.
Merlin - 1 Middlebere.
Grey Plover - 15 Lytchett Bay, 6 Middlebere.
Knot - 10 Fitzworth.
Sanderling - 30 Bramble Bush Bay.
Spotted Redshank - 3 Holes Bay, 1 Middlebere, 1 Stanpit.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Wytch Causeway.
Purple Sandpiper - 3 Poole Harbour mouth, 4 Portland Bill.
Great Skua - 1 Ferrybridge, 4 Portland Bill.
Arctic Skua - 1 Hengistbury Head.
Pomarine Skua - 1 Portland Bill.
Little Gull - 1 Furzey Island, 1 Lytchett Bay (probably the same bird).
Black Guillemot - 1 Brownsea Island, 1 Portland Harbour.
Water Pipit - a probable at Swineham.
Richards' Pipit - 1 near Redcliff Point.
Firecrest - 1 Pennsylvania Castle, 1 Rempstone area.

Purple Sandpiper at Sandbanks © Katie Horrocks

Purple Sandpiper at Sandbanks © Katie Horrocks