Wednesday 3rd January 2024

Scaup - 3 1st winter still Abbotsbury
Common Scoter - 20 from Hengistbury Head, 4 Swanage Bay, 1off Tidmoor Point, The Fleet, 1 off Middle Beach
Long-tailed Duck - 1 still Brands Bay
Goldeneye - 2+ Jerry's Point
Goosander - 1 over Mudeford Sandspit, 1 Lowell Mill
Red-breasted Merganser - 2 close in Newton's Cove, 1 Holes Bay south, 1 off Middle Beach
Slavonian Grebe - 4 off Tidmoor Point, The Fleet, 2 still off Jerry's Point
Black-necked Grebe - 6 off Middle Beach, 1 still Brand's Bay
Sanderling - 23 Shell Bay
Purple Sandpiper - 1 Mudeford Sandspit
Kittiwake - 6 from Hengistbury Head, 2 south from Shell Bay
Little Gull - 1 adult off Hengistbury Head
Red-throated Diver - 10 off Hengistbury Head, 6 were settled
Black-throated Diver - 1 off Middle Beach
Great Northern Diver - 5 Jerry's Point, 3 Brand's Bay. 3 Shell Bay, 3 Osprey Quay, 2 Middle Beach
Gannet - 85 from Hengistbury Head, 4 off Peveril Point, 3 in Poole Bay, 2 off Newton's Cove
Spoonbill - 21 still Poole Harbour, 1 from Lytchett Bay towards Wareham
Great White Egret - 5 Large Island, Longham Lakes, 1 near Goathorn
Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail over Otter Island, Lytchett Bay
Short-eared Owl - 1 by road Abbotsbury, 1 still Wyke Down
Firecrest - 1 Bog Lane SANG
Black Redstart - 1 Osprey Quay, 1 on rocks SW Nothe Fort
Cirl Bunting - 2 still west of Bridging Camp, The Fleet


Great Northern Diver, Baiter, Poole © Mike Kirby


Ruff, Lodmoor RSPB © Mark Wright


Short-eared Owl, near Abbotsbury © Mark Eggleton