Sightings - Sunday 31st January 2016


Scaup - 5 Abbotsbury
Long-tailed Duck - 2 Abbottsbury
Great Northern Diver - 3+ Poole Hbr.
Bittern - 1 Radipole
Spoonbill - 20 Shipstal Pt.
Firecrest - 3 Portland Bill, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Great Grey Shrike - 1 Sugar Hill Wareham Forest.

Great Grey Shrike - Sugar Hill © Brett Spencer

'Scandinavian' Herring Gull- Radipole © Brett Spencer
















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Sightings - Saturday 30th January 2016

Red-throated Diver - 2 Portland Hbr.
Great Northern Diver - 2 Bincleaves Cove, 1 Studland Bay
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Studland Bay, 3 Bincleaves Cove
Black-necked Grebe - 6 Bincleaves Cove, 3 Studland Bay
Sandwich Tern - 3 of Baiter Park, 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Red Kite - 2 near Combton Abbas.
Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail Lytchett Bay
Barn Owl - Martinstown
Short-eared Owl - 1 Portland Bill, 1 East Burton water meadows.
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Great Grey Shrike - 1 Sugar Hill Wareham Forest
Hawfinch - 2 Stanpit Marsh in pines near Golf course.
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Sightings - Friday 29th January 2016

Long-tailed Duck - 2 Abbotsbury
Great Northern Diver - 1 off Portland Castle, 1 Shell Bay
Slavonian Grebe - 1 off Portland Castle
Spoonbill - 4 Lytchett Bay
Purple Sandpiper - 13 Hengistbury Hd, 3 North Haven on the groynes
Great Skua - 1 Portland Bill, 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Black Redstart - 2 Portland Bill
Great Grey Shrike - 1 Wareham Forest

Purple Sandpiper - N.Haven Sandbanks © Clinton Whale

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Sightings - Thursday 28th January 2016

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 1 Ferrybridge
Scaup - 5 Abbotsbury
Long-tailed Duck - 2 Abbotsbury
Great Northern Diver - 3 Poole Hbr, 1 Portland Hbr.
Spoonbill - 15 Brownsea Is.
Red Kite - 1 East Burton
Harrier - 4 Poole Hbr.
Mediterranean Gull - 850+ Weymouth gull roost, 300 Ferrybridge
'Scandinavian' Herring Gull - 1juv Radipole
Sandwich Tern - 1 Ferrybridge
Black Guillemot - 1 off Brownsea Is.
Short-eared Owl - 2 Portland Bill in top fields.
Black Redstart - 1 Portland Bill, 1 in a Weymouth garden
Firecrest - 3 Portland Bill, 1 Stour LNR.
Great Grey Shrike - 1 Wareham Forest.

Razorbill - Portland Hbr. © Derek Fowler
















Black Guillemot - Brownsea Is. © Paul Morton
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Sightings - Wednesday 27th January 2016

Great Northern Diver - 2 Smallmouth Portland Harbour
Bittern - 1 Radipole Lake
Spoonbill - 20 Arne
Purple Sandpiper - 12 Hengistbury Head
Firecrest - 1 Arne
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Sightings - Tuesday 26th January 2016

Slavonian Grebe - 1 off Brownsea Island
Spoonbill - 20 Arne
Sooty Shearwater - 1 past Chesil Cove
Grey Phalarope - 1 past Ferrybridge
Pomarine Skua - 1 past Portland Bill
Glaucous Gull - 1 Chesil Cove then Barleycrates Lane
Firecrest - 3 Arne, 2 Portland Bird Obs, 2 Hengistbury Head
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Sightings - Monday 25th January 2016

Red-throated Diver - 12 past Durlston
Hen Harrier - male Middlebere
Spotted Redshank - 1 Middlebere
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Middlebere
Great Skua - 1 past Durlton
Water Pipit - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Redshank Holes Bay David Wareham



















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Sightings - Sunday 24th January 2016

Long-tailed Duck - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery
Scaup - 5 Abbotsbury Swannery
Merlin - 1 Bere Heath, 1 Middlebere
GREAT WHITE EGRET - 1 Arne
Purple Sandpiper - 14 Christchurch Harbour
Snipe - 40 Warmwell Heath
Black Guillemot - 1 off Brownsea Island
Short-eared Owl - 1 Southwell
Black Redstart - 2 Portland Bill, 1 Dorchester Hospital
Firecrest - 2 The Grove Portland, 1 Hengistbury Head
Brambling - 18 Bere Heath

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Sightings - Saturday 23rd January 2016

Scaup - 5 Abbotsbury
Long-tailed Duck - 2 Abbotsbury
Great Northern Diver - 6+ Poole Harbour
Black-necked Grebe - 2 Poole Harbour
Bittern - 1 West Bexington
Great White Egret - 1 Shipstal Point
Spoonbill - 21 Arne, 1 Brownsea Island
Marsh Harrier - 1 Coward's Marsh
Hen Harrier - 1 male 2 ringtail Arne/Harland Moor
Purple Sandpiper - 4 Hengistbury Head
Jack Snipe - 9 Lower Avon Valley
Spotted Redshank - 1 Brownsea Island
Black Guillemot - 1 off Brownsea Island
Short-eared Owl - 2 Portland Bill
Woodlark - 1 Shipstal
Black Redstart - 2 Portland Bil1,  Blacknor Portland
Firecrest - 2 Portland Bill, 1 Bere Regis
Brambling - 20+ Bere Heath
 
Crossbill in Wareham Forest © Brett Spencer
 
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Sightings - Friday 22nd January 2016

Scaup - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery
Long-tailed Duck - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery
Bittern - 1 Swineham/Arne Moors
Hen Harrier -  1 male & 1 female Arne/Hartland Moors, 1 male Coombe Heath
Little Gull - 1 Chesil Cove
Short-eared Owl - 1 Hartland Moor
Black Redstart - 1 still in Cerne Abbas, 1 Portland Obs
Firecrest - 2 Portland Obs
 
Brambling at Briantspuddle © Roger Hewitt
Curlew, Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy
 
Black Redstart at Chesil Cove last Tuesday © Roger Hewitt
 
 
 
Short-eared Owl at Portland Bill last Tuesday © Roger Hewitt
 

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Sightings - Thursday 21st January 2016

Scaup - 4 Abbotsbury Swannery
Long-tailed Duck - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery
Great Northern Diver - 1 past Hengistbury Head, 1 Studland Bay
Black-throated Diver - 1 past Hengistbury Head
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Studland Bay
Bittern - 1 Swineham/Arne Moors
Little Egret - 48 Christchurch Harbour roost
Red Kite - 1 Wyke Down
Jack Snipe - 3 Stanpit Marsh
Black Guillemot - 1 off North Haven (Poole Harbour)
Short-eared Owl - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Black Redstart - 1 Camp Road Wyke Regis

Dunlin Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy












Spoonbills Holes Bay © David Wareham

Oystercatcher Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy

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Sightings - Wednesday 20th January 2016

Scaup - 4 Abbotsbury Swannery
Long-tailed Duck - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery
Smew - 1 redhead Holes Bay
Goosander - 1 female briefly at Lodmoor, 1 also (same?) at Radipole
Great Northern Diver - 3 Ferrybridge, 1 Portland Castle
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Studland Bay
Golden Plover - 170 Tarrant Rushton airfield
Jack Snipe - 1 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Reap/Barleycrates Lane
Spotted Redshank - 1 Holes Bay
Black Guillemot - 1 off North Haven (Poole Harbour)
Black Redstart - 1 Portland Castle, 1 Goose Hill Portesham
Wheatear - 1 Tarrant Rushton airfield
Firecrest - 1 Lodmoor
 
Redshank at Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy
Widgeon at Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy
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Sightings - Tuesday 19th January 2016

Scaup - 5 Abbotsbury Swannery
Long-tailed Duck - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery
Great Northern Diver - 2 Brands Bay, 1 Ferrybridge, 1 Studland Bay.
Red-Throated Diver - 9 past Portland Bill.
Black-Throated Diver -  1 Portland Harbour.
Black-Necked Grebe - 6 Brands Bay, 11 Studland Bay 
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour, 1 Studland Bay
Spoonbill - 1 Brands Bay, 10 Middlebere.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Christchurch Harbour, 2 Middlebere, 2 Swineham.
Hen Harrier - 2 Hartland area.
Red Kite - 4 together near Blandford.
Merlin - 1 Poole Harbour
Yellow-Legged Gull - 2 Middlebere.
Golden Plover - 1000+ Maiden Castle.
Grey Plover - 11 Stanpit.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Middlebere.
Greenshank - 1 Brands Bay.
Short-Eared Owl - 1 Hartland area, 3 Portland Bill, 1 Southwell. 
Black Redstart - 1 Cerne Abbas, 3 Chesil Cove, 1 Portland Bill.
Firecrest - 1 Durlston NR, 2 Portland Bill.

Late news: Siberian Chiffchaff at Radipole on Sunday.   

Peregrine in Bournemouth © David Wareham.

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Sightings - Monday 18th January 2016

Egyptian Goose - 2 Winterborne Heringston.
Scaup - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery
Long-tailed Duck - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery
Great Northern Diver - 1 calling at Portland Castle.
Woodcock - 1 Hengistbury Head is unusual for the time of year.
Puffin - 1 Portland Bill is unusual for the time of year.
Black Redstart - 1 Langton Herring.
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Sightings - Sunday 17th January 2016

Brent Goose - 744+ Wytch Channel.
Smew - 1 Holes Bay.
Great Northern Diver - 1 Brands Bay.
Black-Necked Grebe - 11 Portland Harbour.
Spoonbill - 1 Brands Bay, 4 Holes Bay, 3 Wytch Channel.
Marsh Harrier - 2 Arne, 1 Frome valley, 1 Weston (Portland), 2 Swineham
Hen Harrier - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Morden Bog.
Avocet - 1 with colour rings among 176 at Lytchett Bay.
Woodcock - 1 Arne.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Bere Regis cressbeds, 2 Lytchett Bay.
Greenshank - 1 Brownsea Island, 2 Lytchett Bay.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Brownsea Island, 1 Stanpit.
Short-Eared Owl - 3 Portland Bill.
Water Pipit - 2 Lytchett Bay.
"Scandinavian" Rock Pipit - 7 Lytchett Bay.
Black Redstart - 1 reported Wool.
Firecrest - 1 Wareham, 1 West Moors.
Great Grey Shrike - 1 Morden Bog.

Late news: Great White Egret at Holes Bay yesterday. 
 
Firecrest at West Moors © Roy Nicklin.

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Sightings - Saturday 16th January 2016

Barnacle Goose - 2 Rodden Hive.
Scaup - 1 Lodmoor.
Long-Tailed Duck - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery.
Smew - 1 Holes Bay.
Egyptian Goose - 8 over Lytchett Bay may be a Poole Harbour record.
Great Northern Diver - 4 Poole Harbour, 1 past Portland Bill, 4 Portland Harbour, 1 Wareham Channel, 4 Weymouth Bay.
Red-Throated Diver - 13 past Portland Bill.
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Cutcleaves Cove.
Black-Necked Grebe - 7 Poole Harbour, 6+ Portland Harbour, 1 Weymouth Bay.
Spoonbill - 9 N. Holes Bay, 17 Shipstal.
Marsh Harrier - 2 Lodmoor, 2 Radipole Lake, 3-4 Swineham.
Hen Harrier - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Middlebere, 1 west of Tollard Royal.
Grey Plover - 80 Brownsea Island, 12 Stanpit.
Jack Snipe - 1 Moonfleet.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Brownsea Island.
Greenshank - 6 Brownsea Island.
Spotted Redshank - 10 Brownsea Island, 2 N. Holes Bay, 1 Stanpit.
Grey Phalarope - 1 Cutcleaves Cove.
Short-Eared Owl - 2 Eye Meads (Wimborne), 1+ Portland Bill.
Little Owl - 1 Hengistbury Head.
Black Redstart - 1 Cerne Abbas, 1 Langton Herring.
Firecrest - 10+ Abbotsbury Gardens, 3-4 Brownsea Island, 2 Norden sewage works, 2 
Portland Bill, 1 Portland The Grove.
Brambling - 40+ Sugar Hill, Wareham Forest

 Other news:  The skull of a probable Great White Egret was found at Arne today.

Brambling at Sugar Hill © Brett Spencer


Brambling at Sugar Hill © Brett Spencer



Grey Phalarope at Cuttcleaves Cove © Brett Spencer

Smew at Holes Bay © Brett Spencer

Goldeneyes at Poole Park © Brett Spencer






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Sightings - Friday 15th January 2016

Scaup - 3 Cuttcleaves Cove (The Fleet)
Red-throated Diver - 2 Hengistbury Head
Black-throated Diver - 1 Hengistbury Head
Great Northern Diver - 1 Shipstal Point, 1 Hengistbury Head
Slavonian Grebe - 2 Shipstal Point
Black-necked Grebe - 2 Shipstal Point
Spoonbill - 29 Shipstal Point, 8 Wareham Channel, 2 over Christchurch Harbour, 1 Middlebere, 1 Holes Bay
Hen Harrier - 1 Arne, 1 near Giggers Island
Spotted Redshank - 1 Holes Bay, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Ruff - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Grey Phalarope - 1 Cuttcleaves Cove  (The Fleet)
Firecrest - 2 Portland Obs, 1 Pennsylvania Castle, 1 Hengistbury Head
 
Peregrine at West Bay © Maurice Budden
Tufted Duck at Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy
Rock Pipit at Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale
 
Chiffchaff at Stour Valley © Geoff Norquoy
 

 

Hooded Merganser at Radipole © David Wareham
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Sightings - Thursday 14th January 2016

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 1 Butterstreet Cove
Scaup - 3 Cuttcleaves Cove (The Fleet), 1 Abbotsbury, 1 Lodmoor
Long-tailed Duck - 2 Abbotsbury
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Tidmoor (The Fleet)
Great White Egret - 1 Middlebere
Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail Middlebere, 1 male old airfield near Badbury Rings
Black Redstart - 1 Cerne Abbas
Brambling - 1 Puddletown
 
Goldcrest at Iford © Joe Murphy
Goldeneye at Poole Park © David Wareham

 
Turnstone at Lyme Regis © Maurice Budden
 
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Sightings - Wednesday 13th January 2016

Smew - 1 redhead still at Holes Bay
Black-throated Diver - 1 Newton's Cove Weymouth
Great Northern Diver - 2 Poole Harbour, 1 Studland Bay
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Arne
Black-necked Grebe - 7 Studland Bay
Bittern - 1 Lodmoor
Spoonbill - 31 Shipstal Point, 1 Brownsea Island lagoon
Golden Plover - c.800 Maiden Castle
Purple Sandpiper - 13 on Lyme Regis Cobb
Spotted Redshank - 6 Brownsea Island lagoon
Sandwich Tern - 4 off Mudeford Quay
Black Guillemot - 1 near Brownsea Island
Short-eared Owl - 2 Portland Bill
Firecrest - 1 Norden sewage works
Brambling - 1 Rainbarrow Farm
 
Treecreeper at Hengistbury Head © Geoff Norquoy
 
Turnstone at Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy
 
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Sightings - Tuesday 12th January 2016

Black-throated Diver - 1 Shell Bay, 1 Portland Bill
Great Northern Diver - 1 Sandbanks, 1 Baiter, 1 Shell Bay, 1 Portland Castle
Slavonian Grebe - 3 Shell Bay
Hen Harrier - 1 male Stoborough Heath
Merlin - 2 Southwell
Spoonbill - 6 Brand's Bay
Lapwing - 180 Middlebere
Purple Sandpiper - 1 Portland Bill
Spotted Redshank - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Black Guillemot - 1 past Poole Harbour entrance
 
Chiffchaff at Stour Valley © Geoff Norquoy
 

 
Grey Wagtail at Stour Valley © Geoff Norquoy
 
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Sightings - Monday 11th January 2016.

Red-throated Diver - 1 Poole Harbour.
Great Northern Diver - 6+ Portland Harbour, 6 Poole Harbour, 1 Baiter, 1 Shell Bay.
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour.
Black-necked Grebe - 13 Portland Harbour.
Spoonbill - 33 Shipstal Beach.
Lapwing - 150 Avon Causeway.
Purple Sandpiper - 8 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Poole Harbour.
Bar-tailed Godwit - 5 Shipstal Beach.
Black-tailed Godwit - 450 Avon Causeway.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Stanpit Marsh.
Little Gull - 1 off Christchurch Harbour.
Sandwich Tern - 2 Stanpit Marsh.
Short-eared Owl - 2 Portland Bill, 1 Arne.
'Scandinavian' Rock Pipit - 2 Stanpit Marsh.
Great Grey Shrike - 1 Upton Heath.
Black Redstart - 3 Portland Bill, 1 Chesil Cove.
Firecrest - 1 Creekmoor Ponds, 1 Durlston, 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Kingston Lacy.
Lesser Redpoll - 10 Lewell Barn near West Knighton.


Firecrest – Kingston Lacy ©Trevor Wilkinson.

Gadwall – Lodmoor © David Wareham.   
 


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Sightings - Sunday 10th January 2016.

Smew - 1 Holes Bay.
Red-throated Diver - 1 Poole Harbour.
Great Northern Diver - 16 Poole Harbour, 1 Portland Harbour.
Black-necked Grebe - 3 Poole Harbour.
Spoonbill - 30 Poole Harbour.
Marsh Harrier - 6/7 Wareham Channel, 1 Stanpit, 1 Swineham.
Hen Harrier - 3 all Ring-tails Wareham Channel.
Grey Plover - 182 Brownsea.
Purple Sandpiper - 6 Christchurch Harbour.
Bar-tailed Godwit - 97 Brownsea.
Spotted Redshank - 2 Holes Bay.
Little Gull - 1 Holes Bay, 1 Portland Castle.
Black Guillemot - 1 Poole Harbour.
Short-eared Owl - 2 Eye Mead, 2 Southwell.
Chiffchaff - 15 Dorchester Sewage Works.
Firecrest - 2 Upton CP.
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Sightings - Saturday 9th January 2016.

Common Scoter - 4 Middle Beach.
Goldeneye - 2 Wareham Channel.
Smew - 1 Holes Bay.
Great Northern Diver - 3 Poole Harbour, 3 South Beach, 2 Shell Bay, 2 Wareham Channel, 1 Holes Bay, 1 Portland Castle.
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Shell Bay.
Merlin - 1 Brands Bay.
Sanderling - 23 Shell Bay.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Portesham.
Little Gull - 1 Chesil Cove, 1 Mudeford Quay, 1 Radipole.
Black Redstart - 3 Chesil Cove, 1 Blacknor.
Redwing - 100+ Upton CP.
Marsh Tit - 1 Corfe.
Firecrest - 3 Abbotsbury Gardens, 1 Norden.
Lesser Redpoll - 1 Shell Bay.

Late news from yesterday.
Woodcock - 4 Moreton.

Black Guillemot – off  Brownsea © Paul Morton.

Black Redstart – Chesil Cove © Brett Spencer.


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Guided Walk - Sunday 10th January

Come and join us for a fun, more sedate version of a bird race. We'll split up into small teams for a bit of friendly competition to try and see who can find the most species around the grounds and adjacent Holes Bay.

Meet in the small car park just inside the entrance to Upton Country Park (SY 991932) around 9:15 for a 09:30 start with an expected finish of around 15:00.

Category A (no steep hills etc) – but can be muddy in places.
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Sightings - Friday 8th January 2016.

Scaup - 1 Holes Bay.
Common Scoter - 3 Studland Bay.
Smew - 1 Holes Bay.
Red-throated Diver - 20 past Portland Bill, 2 Studland Bay, 1 Brands Bay.
Black-throated Diver - 1 Portland Harbour.
Great Northern Diver - 5 Studland Bay, 4 Portland Harbour, 2 Brands Bay.
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour.
Black-necked Grebe - c14 Studland Bay, 6 Portland Harbour.
Spoonbill - 30 Shipstal Beach, 5 Brownsea.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Priory Marsh.
Golden Plover - c800 Maiden Castle.
Sanderling - 16 Shell Bay.
Purple Sandpiper - 6 Hengistbury Head.
Greenshank - 2 Studland Bay.
Little Gull - 1 off Mudeford Quay.
Sandwich Tern - 1 Shell Bay.
Black Guillemot - 1 off Brownsea.
Water Pipit - 2 Priory Marsh.
'Scandinavian' Rock Pipit - 1 Stanpit Marsh.
Black Redstart - 1 Blacknor, 1 Reap Lane.
Firecrest - 2 Portland Observatory, 1 Stanpit Marsh.

Carrion Crow – Hengistbury Head ©Joe Murphy.

Lapwing – Lodmoor © David Wareham.    

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Sightings - Thursday 7th January 2016

Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Holes Bay
Smew - 1 redhead Holes Bay
Red-throated Diver - 5 Portland Bill
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Little Gull - 1 Chesil Cove
Firecrest 2 Portland Obs
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 (presumed) Stanpit Marsh
 
Kestrel at Portland Bill © Roger Green
 
 
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Sightings - Wednesday 6th January 2016

Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Smew - 1 redhead Holes Bay
Red-throated Diver - 3 past Hengistbury Head
Black-throated Diver - 1 Hengistbury Head
Great Northern Diver - 1 off Baiter/ Poole Quay, 1 Brand's Bay, 1 Holes Bay
Purple Sandpiper - 1 Mudeford Quay
Spotted Redshank - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Little Gull - 1 Ferrybridge
Short-eared Owl - 2 Southwell, 2 Eye Mead near Cowgrove
Firecrest 1 or 2 Norden Sewage Works, 1 Hengistbury Head
Great Grey Shrike - 1 Oak Hill, Wareham Forest  (grid ref SY884933)
 
Great Grey Shrike at Oak Hill © Roger Hewitt
 

Great Northern Diver at Baiter © Paul Morton
Great Northern Diver in Brand's Bay © P Brown

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Sightings - Tuesday 5th January 2016

Scaup - 1 female Holes Bay
Smew - 1 redhead Holes Bay
Red-throated Diver - 16 Portland Bill
Black-throated Diver - 1 Portland Bill
Great Northern Diver - 9 Portland Harbour, 3 Arne, 1 Holes Bay, 1 Studland Bay
Black-necked Grebe - 5 Arne, 5 Portland Harbour, 1 Studland Bay
Spoonbill - 22 Shipstal Point Arne, 1 Brand's Bay
Golden Plover - 50 Maiden Castle
Purple Sandpiper - 7 Portland Bill, 1 Mudeford Quay
Spotted Redshank - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Great Skua - 3 Portland Bill
Little Gull - 1 Mudeford Quay
Sandwich Tern - 2 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Studland Bay
Short-eared Owl - 4 Portland Bill
Black  Redstart - 2 Chesil Cove, 1 Portland Bill, 1 Reap Lane
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Portland Castle, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Firecrest - 2 Portland Bill, 1 Holes Bay, 1 Hengistbury Head
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Sightings - Monday 4th January 2016

Smew - 1 redhead Holes Bay
Spoonbill - 22 Arne, 2 over Christchurch Harbour
Purple Sandpiper - 3 Hengistbury Head
Little Gull - 11 Chesil Beach nr Ferrybridge, 3 West Bexington, 2  Bowleaze Cove, 1 Lodmoor, 1 Lytchett Bay
Sandwich Tern - 2 Stanpit Marsh
Short-eared Owl - 3 Portland Bill
Barn Owl - 1 Portland Bill
Siberian Chiffchaff - a probable at Stanpit Marsh
Firecrest - 1 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Hengistbury Head
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Sightings - Sunday 3rd January 2016

Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Smew - 1 redhead Holes Bay
Goosander - 1 drake Frampton on Frome
Red-throated Diver - 1 Portland Bill
Great Northern Diver - 9 Portland Hbr, 3 Brand's Bay, 2 Shell Bay, 1 Studland Bay, 1 Gold Point
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Brand's Bay
Slavonian Grebe - 2 Brand's Bay
Black-necked Grebe - 12 Brand's Bay, 1 Portland Hbr.
Spoonbill - 3 Lytchett Fields
Merlin - 1 Arne Moors
Purple Sandpiper - 3 South Haven by ferry.
Jack Snipe - 1 West Bexington
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Great Skua - 2 Portland Bill, 1 east Poole Bay
Little Gull - 2 Mudeford Quay, 1 Steamer Point, 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Bowleaze Cove
Sandwich Tern - 1 Sandbanks
Black Guillemot - 1 Shell Bay
Short-eared Owl - 2 Southwell, 1 Slepe Heath
Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Fields
Black  Redstart - 2 Chesil Cove, 1 Blacknor
Wheatear - 1 still Tarrant Rushton airfield.

Great Northern Diver - Portland Harbour © Jayson Grove


Little Gull - Bowleaze Cove © Brett Spencer


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Sightings - Saturday 2nd January 2016

Green-winged Teal - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Scaup - 1 drake  Lodmoor
Smew - 1 redhead Holes Bay NE.
Red-throated Diver - 11 Durlston CP.
Black-throated Diver - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Great Northern Diver - 13 Portland Hbr, 1 Durlston CP, 1 Abbotssbury, 1 Arne
Bittern - 1 Lodmoor
Spoonbill - 40+ Arne
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields
Great Skua - 5 Portland Bill, 3 Durlston CP.
Little Gull - 5 Portland Bill, 3 Ringstead Bay, 2 Bowleaze Cove, 1 Lodmoor, 1 Chesil Cove, 1 Christchurch Hbr, 1 Abbotsbury.
Sandwich Tern - 2 Christchurch Hbr.
Short-eared Owl - 1 Eye mead Wimborne, 1 Portland Bill
Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Fields
Black Redstart - 3 Blackener, 1 Chesil Cove
Firecrest - 1 Branksome Chine
Black Redstart - Chesil Cove © Brett Spencer

Red-breasted Merganser - Portland Marina © Brett Spencer


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