Wednesday 12th January 2022

Russian White-fronted Goose - 4 still Charminster water meadows
Scaup - 4 from Jerry's Point, 2 Abbotsbury Swannery (as per Lesser Scaup)
LESSER SCAUP - 1 1stW Fem. Abbotsbury Swannery (closed, view distantly from New Barn Rd)
White-tailed Eagle - 1 re-introduction North of Sixpenny Handley
Great Bustard - 1 release bird West over Abbotsbury Swannery
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Brands bay
Black-necked Grebe - 19 from Middle Beach, 8 Portland Harbour
Golden Plover - 400+ Maiden Castle
Ruff (White) - 1 still Western Scrapes, Lodmoor RSPB
Purple Sandpiper - 4 below QinetiQ Compound, Newton's Cove, Weymouth
Little Gull - 1 still Maiden Castle
Black-throated Diver - 2 Portland Harbour, from Lidl car park
Great Northern Diver - 2 from Houseboats, Poole Harbour, 1 off Shell Bay, 1 Middle Beach, 1 Portland Harbour from Sandsfoot, 1 from Billy Winters
Glossy Ibis - 1 Western Scrapes, Lodmoor RSPB, 1 East from Lytchett Fields, 1 NW over Puddletown water meadows
Spoonbill - 22 Shipstal Point
Cattle Egret - 1 Stoborough
Marsh Harrier - 1 over Nine Barrow Down
Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail again Middlebere
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 from boardwalk, Shell Bay
Firecrest - 1 Decoy House, Morden Bog, 1 Sherford Bridge, riverside field
Black Redstart - 1 still Chesil Cove car park, 1 Tilly Whim gully
Water Pipit - 2 over Western Scrapes, Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Holes bay
Corn Bunting - Several singing near car park, Maiden Castle

Black Redstart © Mike Hetherington