Sightings - Saturday 14th January 2017

Black Brant - 1 Middlebere.
Pintail - 13 Longham Lakes is an unusual record for the site.
Green-winged Teal - 1 still Lytchett Fields RSPB

Smew - 1 Holes Bay.
Great Northern Diver - 2 Poole Harbour mouth, 2 inside Poole Harbour.
Black-necked Grebe - 2 Shell Bay, c.7 Poole Harbour.
Great White Egret - 3 Longham Lakes.

Cattle Egret - 4 Nottington, 2 Litton Cheney along Cox's Lane near Rowden Farm.
Hen Harrier - 1 Wick.
Marsh Harrier - 3 Poole Harbour.
Merlin - 1 Frome valley.
Jack Snipe - 1 Shell Bay.
Lesser Yellowlegs1 still Lytchett Fields RSPB
Green Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Little Auk - 1 reported at Poole Harbour mouth remains unconfirmed.
Starling - many in a murmuration at Studland.
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Louds Mill (Dorchester), 1 Gillingham.
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Louds Mill (Dorchester).
Firecrest - 1+ Brownsea Island, 1 Gillingham, 2 Hengistbury Head.

Rose-coloured Starling - 1 still 26 Marie Road, Dorchester.


Firecrest at Gillingham © John Howell


Jay at Hengistbury Head © Chris Minvalla