Monday 30th December 2024

Pintail - 558 Brand's Bay, 224 Holes Bay
Goldeneye - 1 female at Longham Lakes
Eider - 1 imm. male in Bramble Bush Bay
Velvet Scoter - 1 Hengistbury Head
Long-tailed Duck - 1 in through Poole Harbour Entrance and then off Jerry's Point
Slavonian Grebe - 1 off Jerry's Point
Black-necked Grebe - 11 off Castle Cove in Portland Harbour, 2 Studland Bay, 2 Jerry's Point
Knot - 38 Holes Bay NW
Purple Sandpiper - 1 Sandbanks (seen from South Haven)
Green Sandpiper - 3 at Empool Bottom near Warmwell
Spotted Redshank - 2 Middlebere
Common Gull - 892 Brand's Bay
Red-throated Diver - 18 Hengistbury Head
Black-throated Diver - 2 Portland Harbour, 1 in through Poole Harbour Entrance, 1 Studland Bay,                     1 Parkstone Bay, 1 Hengistbury Head
Great Northern Diver - 4 Portland Harbour, 4 Studland Bay, 2 Parkstone Bay, 1 Brand's Bay,                             1 Hengistbury Head
Spoonbill - 5 Middlebere, 2 Brand's Bay
Cattle Egret - 8 seen flying near Clifton Maybank
Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail over Morden Bog, 1 male over Scotland  Farm
White tailed Eagle - 2 over Rempstone Estate
Woodlark - 1 Middlebere
Firecrest - 1 Hatch Pond
Snow Bunting - 1 east end of Hamworthy Beach

Stonechat, Maiden Castle © Alan Membury

Skylark, Maiden Castle © Alan Membury


Blackbird, Maiden Castle © Alan Membury

Spoonbill, Middlebere © Garry Hayman

Spotted Redshank, Middlebere © Garry Hayman