Sunday 22nd January 2023

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 2 East Fleet

Green-winged Teal - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Scaup - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery

Velvet Scoter - 1 Jerry's Point

Goosander - 2 River Frome Woodsford, 1 Ringstead Bay

Slavonian Grebe - 1 Jerry's Point, 2 East Fleet

Black-necked Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour, 5 Jerry's Point

Avocet - 1 Longham Lakes

Golden Plover - 190 East Fleet

Cattle Egret - 15 Abbotsbury Swannery, 6 Milborne St Andrew, 2 Spetisbury, 1 Hampreston

Great White Egret - 3 Hampreston fields

Hen Harrier - 2 ring tailed Milborne St Andrew

White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel

Merlin - female Milborne St Andrew

Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 private garden Chickerell

Black Redstart - 1 Sandbanks

Corn Bunting - 337 Milborne St Andrew

Cattle Egret , Milborne St Andrew  © Michael Coleman

Hen Harrier, Milborne St Andrew © Michael Coleman

Razorbill, Durlston © Hamish Murray

Teal, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Fieldfare, Woodville © John Bishop

Saturday 21st January 2023

Goosander - 3 probable flew over Dorchester Water Meadows

Water Rail - 1 Longham Lakes

 Red-necked Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour

Slavonian Grebe - 1 Jerry's Point, 1 East Fleet

Black-necked Grebe - 6 Jerry's Point, 6 Portland Harbour

Avocet - 1 Longham Lakes

Golden Plover - c.300 Maiden Castle, c.200 East Fleet

Grey Plover - 4 East Fleet

Purple Sandpiper - Lyme Regis

Black-throated Diver - 1 Portland Harbour

Great Northern Diver - 1 from Hamworthy Beach, 1 East Fleet

White-tailed Eagle - 4 Poole Harbour

Chiffchaff - 6 PC World Drain Poole sewage works, 8 (1 possible Siberian ) Norden Sewage works

Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Kinson Sewage works Stour Valley LNR

Firecrest - 2 Norden Sewage works, 1 PC World Drain

Black Redstart - 1 Portland Bill, 1 by Marine Theatre Lyme Regis

Water Pipit - 1 Holes Bay

Cirl Bunting - male still at Reap Lane Portland

Cirl Bunting, Reap Lane Portland  © Peter Coe

Firecrest, Norden Sewage Works © OTBT birder

Avocet, Medford Lagoon © John Bishop

Curlew, Stanpit Marsh © John Bishop

Mediterranean Gull, Ferrybridge © Will Bown

Oyster Catcher, Ferrybridge  © Will Bown

Starling, Hengistbury Head © John Bishop

Friday 20th January 2023

 Brent Goose - 18 Holes Bay

Scaup - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery

Eider - 4 Portland Harbour

Slavonian Grebe - 1 Jerry's Point, Poole Harbour

Black-necked Grebe - 3 Jerry's Point

Avocet - 258 - Holes Bay

Black-tailed Godwit - 1340 Holes Bay

Dunlin - 306 Holes Bay

Woodcock - 4 Moreton

Purple Sandpiper - 10 Portland Bill, 15 Lyme Regis

Spotted Redshank - 1 Holes Bay, 1 Middlebere

Little Gull - 1 Reap Lane Portland

Black-throated Diver - 1 Jerry's Point

Spoonbill - 2 Arne RSPB

Goshawk - 1 Wareham Channel

Hen Harrier - 1 Wild Woodbury Bere Regis

White-tailed Eagle - 3 Poole Harbour

Black Redstart - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Lyme Regis

Cirl Bunting - 1 Reap Lane Portland

Fieldfare, Middlebere Cottages orchard  © Fiona Keeling

Bearded Tit, Radipole Lake © Janice Grove

Blackcap Lyme Regis garden © Roger Boswell

Grey Heron, Canford Bridge  © Roger Peart

Little Gull, Reap Lane Portland © Janice Grove

Thursday 19th January 2023

Scaup - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery
Black-necked Grebe - 8 Portland Harbour, 9 Jerry's Point
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour, 1 Jerry's Point
Sanderling - 28 at Jerry's Point this afternoon
Golden Plover - c450 Maiden Castle, 50 Milborne St Andrew,  27 St Aldhelm's Head
Purple Sandpiper - 8 Lyme Regis
Little Gull - 1 still at Reap Lane (Portland)
Black-throated Diver - 1 Portland Harbour, 1 Poole Harbour (off East Dorset Sailing Club)
Great Northern Diver - 8+ Portland Harbour, 5 Poole Harbour (inc 3 off Jerry's Point)
Spoonbill - 15 Poole Harbour
Bittern - 1 over Fontwell Magna heading northwest
Hen Harrier - 1 Middlebere, 1 jovenile male at Milborne St Andrew
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Wareham Channel
Red Kite - 2 East Morden, 1 Toller Porcorum
Hooded Crow - 1 (or hybrid) at Barleycrates Lane on Portland
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Louds Mill STW at entrance to re-cycling centre (Dorchester)
Black Redstart - 1 Southwell, 1 by Marine Theatre at Lyme Regis
Water Pipit - 1 Upton CP
Cirl Bunting -1 again at Reap Lane (Portland)

Black Redstart, Lyme Regis © Roger Boswell

Turnstone, Lyme Regis © Roger Boswell

Purple Sandpiper, Lyme Regis © Roger Boswell

 

Kingfisher, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Wednesday 18th January 2023.

Wigeon - 1000+ Holes Bay.
Goosander - 1 over Longham Lakes, 1 Moors River.
Eider - 3 Poole Harbour, 3 Portland Harbour.
Velvet Scoter - 1 Poole Harbour, 1 Portland Harbour.
Golden Plover - c300 Maiden Castle.
Black-tailed Godwit - 1000+ Holes Bay.
Little Gull - 1 Portland (Reap Lane).
Great Northern Diver - 2 Bramble Bush Bay, 3 Portland Harbour.
Red-throated Diver - 20 east past Portland Bill.
Black-throated Diver - 1 Portland Harbour.
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Poole Harbour mouth, 5 Portland Harbour.
Spoonbill - 3 Lytchett Bay, 4 reported Portland Harbour, 3 Shipstal Point.
Marsh Harrier - 3 Lytchett Bay, 5+ Wareham Channel, 1 Wytch Channel.
Hen Harrier - 1 Arne Moors, 1 male and 1 ringtail Wytch Channel.
Red Kite - 1 West Moors.
White-tailed Eagle (IoW reintroduction scheme) - 2 Wareham Channel (G801 and G812).
Merlin - 1 Wytch Channel.
Black Redstart - 1 Portland Harbour (Sandsfoot).
Firecrest - 3 Portland Harbour (Sandsfoot).

Tuesday 17th January 2023.

Goldeneye - 1 Baiter.
Eider - 1 Portland Harbour.
Velvet Scoter - 1 Portland Harbour (Sandsfoot Castle).
Golden Plover - 2 Encombe, 25+ north of Morden, 2 Morden Bog, 9 Wild Woodbury.
Woodcock - 14 Milborne St Andrew.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Great Northern Diver - 1 Portland Harbour, 1 Studland Bay.
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Brands Bay (Jerry's Point), 5 Portland Harbour, 10 Studland Bay.
Spoonbill - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Cattle Egret - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Marsh Harrier - 7+ Christchurch Harbour, 4 Swineham.
Hen Harrier - 1 Wild Woodbury.
Red Kite - 1 Toller Porcorum, 1 Wild Woodbury.
White-tailed Eagle (IoW reintroduction scheme) - 1 Wareham Channel (G801).

Merlin - 1 Thorncombe Woods.
Black Redstart - 1 Portland (Easton).
Brambling - 1 Wild Woodbury.

Song Thrush, Lyme Regis © Roger Boswell.

Blackcap with pollen, Lyme Regis © Roger Boswell.

Blackcap with pollen, Lyme Regis © Roger Boswell.

Monday 16th January 2023.

Egyptian Goose - 4 west over Studland.
Eider - 4 Portland Harbour.
Woodcock - 12 Milborne St Andrew.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Middlebere.
Grey Phalarope - 1 Ferrybridge.
Great Northern Diver - 6 Poole Harbour mouth at dawn, 2 off Pilot's Point, 4 Portland Harbour.
Black-throated Diver - 1 Poole Harbour mouth at dawn.
Crane - 2 over Middlebere, then north over Wareham.
Red-necked Grebe - 2 Portland Harbour.
Black-necked Grebe - 9 Portland Harbour.
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour.
Spoonbill - 6 Lytchett Bay.
Great White Egret - 1 Hampreston fields, 1 Longham Lakes.
Marsh Harrier - 6+ Christchurch Harbour, 2 Middlebere.
Red Kite - 1 Lytchett Bay (Rock Lea).
White-tailed Eagle (IoW reintroduction scheme) - 1 Middlebere (G801).
Water Pipit - 1 Longham Lakes.
Firecrest - 1 Longham Lakes.
Common Rosefinch - 1 Weymouth (Littlesea).
Corn Bunting - 275 Milborne St Andrew.

Blackcap, Winterborne Stickland © Will Bown.

Golden Plover & Lapwing, Lodmoor © Nick Priddle.

Sunday 15th January 2023.

Eider - 3 Portland Harbour.
Grey Plover - 1 Holes Bay, 12 Stanpit.
Purple Sandpiper - 7 Portland Bill.
Black-tailed Godwit - 1000+ Holes Bay.
Avocet - 2 Hengistbury Head.
Common Gull - 2 past Hengistbury Head.
Great Northern Diver - 3 Portland Harbour, 2 Studland Bay.
Red-throated Diver - 2 past Portland Bill.
Black-necked Grebe - 2 Studland Bay.
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Studland Bay.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Lytchett Bay (Rock Lea).
Hen Harrier - 5 left Poole Harbour roosts.  1 Middlebere, 1 Lytchett Bay (Rock Lea). 
White-tailed Eagle (IoW reintroduction scheme) - 1 Wareham Channel (G801).
Black Redstart - 1 Holes Bay, 1 Lyme Regis, 1 Portland (Blacknor), 1 Portland (Easton), 1 Portland Bill.

Grey Plover, Stanpit © Clinton Whale.

Saturday 14th January 2023

Scaup - 1 female on the Fleet at Abbotsbury Swannery and off Tidmoor Point
Eider - 4 Poole Harbour
Goosander - 1 Portland Harbour
Velvet Scoter - 1 Poole Harbour
Black-necked Grebe - 4 Portland Harbour, 3 Studland Bay, 1 Poole Harbour
Slavonian Grebe - 2 Tidmoor Point
Purple Sandpiper - 15 Hengisbury Sandspit, 1 Sandbanks
Grey Phalarope - 1 Tidmoor Point
Little Auk - 1 found moribund on Chesil Beach, Ferrybridge
Red-throated Diver - 1 past Mudeford Quay
Black-throated Diver - 1 Portland Harbour
Great Northern Diver - 7+ Portland Harbour, 5 Poole Harbour, 4 Shell Bay
Spoonbill - 14 Middlebere and Shipstal Point
Goshawk - 1 Wareham Channel
Hen Harrier - 4 in Poole Harbour area
White-tailed Eagle - 1 (G801) still around Poole Harbour
Red Kite - 6 Stubhampton, 1 Maiden Newton
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Chickerell in Lilly Lane allotments
Firecrest - 2 Castle Cove (Portland Harbour)
Black Redstart - 1 Lyme Regis near Marine Theatre, 1 Easton

Grey Phalarope, Tidmoor Point © Freddy Alway

Corn Buntings, Milborne St Andrew ©  Michael Coleman

Scaup, Abbotsbury Swannery © Steve Groves

 

Friday 13th January 2023

Eider - 5 in Poole Harbour
Mandarin Duck - 8 flew down Piddle Valley
Velvet Scoter - 1 off Jerry's Point
Crane - 2 over Witchampton
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Poole Harbour
Slavonian Grebe - 2 Littlesea (The Fleet)
Spotted Redshank - 1 Middlebere
Grey Phalarope - 1 past Bridging Camp (The Fleet)
Red-throated Diver - 1 past Hengistbury
Great Northern Diver - 4 Poole Harbour
Spoonbill - 17 Middlebere, 5 Shipstal Point, 2 Lytchett Bay
Hen Harrier - 3 flew down Wareham Channel, 2 near Badbury Rings, 1 ringtail again at Lytchett Bay
White-tailed Eagle - 1 (G801) over Poole Harbour, 1 over Broadwindsor
Red Kite - 2 over St Catherine's Hill, Christchurch
Firecrest - 2 Upton CP, 1 PCW Drain
Black Redstart - 1 West Bay, 1 Chesil Cove, 1 Lyme Regis near Marine Theatre

Stonechat, Lyme Regis © Roger Boswell

 

Nuthatch, Holes Bay © Will Bown

Pintail, Holes Bay © Will Bown

 

Thursday 12th January 2023

Eider - 1 Portland Harbour
Black-necked Grebe - 3 Portland Harbour from Billy Winters
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Shell Bay
Purple Sandpiper - 2 Hengisbury Sandspit
Great Northern Diver - 4 Shell Bay, 2 Portland Harbour from Billy Winters
Spoonbill - 5 Arne RSPB, 1 Lytchett Bay
Cattle Egret - 1 Steeple
Firecrest - 1 Durlston CP

Wednesday 11th January 2023

Eider - 1fem from Sandsfoot Castle
Goldeneye - 1 Radipole RSPB
Avocet - 120+ Holes Bay
Golden Plover - 100+ Lodmoor RSPB
Purple Sandpiper - 14 on groyne, Highcliffe
Spotted Redshank - 1 Holes Bay SW
Red-throated Diver - 1 off Hengistbury Head
Spoonbill - 22 Shipstal Point, Arne RSPB
Great White Egret - 3 Longham Lakes, 1 Hampreston Fields
Hen Harrier - 5 Wareham Channel, mobbing WTE, 1 ringtail Decoy Pond, Wareham Forest
White-tailed Eagle - 1 immature released bird Wareham Channel
Woodlark - 1 Woolsbarrow Fort, Wareham Forest, 1 Holme Lane, nr. Wareham
Firecrest - 2 Green Lane, nr. Longham Lakes
Black Redstart - 2 Church Cliff, Lyme Regis, 2 nr. Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis
Crossbill - 5 Woolsbarrow Fort, Wareham Forest

Yesterday: -

Woodcock - 2 nr. Badbury Rings
 

Black Redstart, Lyme Regis © Roger Boswell

Purple Sandpiper, Highcliffe © Clinton Whale

Tuesday 10th January 2023

Purple Sandpiper - 15 on The Cobb, Lyme Regis
Grey Phalarope - 1 in flight Chesil Cove
White-tailed Eagle - 1 over Brownsea Villa
Great White Egret - 2 Longham Lakes
Black Redstart - 1f  behind Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis 

Goosander, River Brit, Bridport © Richard Cook

Golden Plovers, Lodmoor RSPB © Viv Keene

Monday 9th January 2023

Scaup - 1f  Radipole RSPB, opposite Tennis Courts
Goosander - 1f  River Brit, Bridport
Red-necked Grebe - 1 still off Sandsfoot Castle
Slavonian Grebe - 1 off Middle Beach, Studland
Black-necked Grebe - 6 off Middle Beach, Studland
Golden Plover - 160 Lodmoor RSPB
Ringed Plover - 35 Hengistbury Head, Mudeford
Grey Phalarope - 1 still off Chesil Cove
Green Sandpiper - 1 Warmwell Cressbeds
Little Gull - 1 West Bexington
Black-throated Diver - 1 still off Sandsfoot Castle, 1 still off Mudeford, 1 Shell Bay
Great Northern Diver - 2 Shell Bay, Studland
Bittern - 1 from North Screen, Radipole RSPB
Cattle Egret - 5 Wey Valley, nr. Upwey
Great White Egret - 2 Hampreston Fields
Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail Middlebere
White-tailed Eagle - 1 over Lytchett Bay
Merlin - 1 Milborne St. Andrew
Woodlark - 10 over Warmwell Cressbeds
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Corfe Castle Sewage Works
Brambling - 1 in arable field, Lytchett Fields

Grey Phalarope, Chesil Cove © Rob Johnson

Sparrowhawk, Dorchester © Gillian Membury

Grey Wagtail, The Fleet © Ian Gardner

 

Sunday 8th January 2023

Eider - 3 off Sandsfoot Castle, Portland Harbour
Red-necked Grebe - 1 off Sandsfoot Castle
Slavonian Grebe - 1 off Tidmoor Point, The Fleet
Black-necked Grebe - 2 off Sandsfoot Castle
Purple Sandpiper - 20 Mudeford Sandspit
Grey Phalarope - 1 Chesil Cove

Spotted Redshank - 2 Pools Field, Lytchett Fields, 1 from Rock Lea Viewpoint, Lytchett Bay

Little Gull - 1 1st wntr Chesil Cove, 1 off West Bay
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 2cy near Mudeford Quay, Christchurch Harbour

Red-throated Diver - 1 off Alum Chine

Black-throated Diver - 1 Bincleaves, Portland Harbour, 1 off Mudeford

Great Northern Diver - 9 Poole Harbour, 3 off Sandsfoot Castle
Cattle Egret - 13 from road between Portesham and Abbotsbury
Black Redstart - 1 Chesil Cove
Corn Bunting - c240 Milborne St. Andrew feeding sites

 

Curlew, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Kingfisher, River Stour © Sharon Towning

Saturday 7th January 2023

Scaup - 6 Tidmoor Point The Fleet

Eider - 3 Poole Harbour, 2 Portland Harbour off Sandsfoot Castle

Ruff - Pool field Lytchett Fields RSPB

Purple Sandpiper - 3 Mudeford Quay

Spotted Redshank - 2 Rock Lea viewpoint Lytchett Bay

Little Gull - 1 Lynch Cove The Fleet, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Red throated Diver - 1 Poole Harbour Entrance

Black throated Diver - 1 Mudeford Quay

Great Northern Diver - 3 off Sandbanks

Hen Harrier - 1 grey male Poole Harbour Boat Cruise, 2 Middlebere

White Tailed Eagle - 1 Morden Bog (IOW introduction)

Firecrest - 2 Lytchett Bay, 1 Middlebere hide

Teal - Middlebere Channel ©Garry Hayman

Friday 6th January 2023

Pale bellied Brent Goose - 1 Abbotsbury Beach nr Coastguard Cottages with DB Brents

Scaup - 6 off  Tidmoor Point The Fleet

Eider - 3 off Sandsfoot Castle Portland Harbour

Red - necked Grebe - 1 off Sandsfoot Castle Portland Harbour

Slavonian Grebe - 1 off Jerry's Point Poole Harbour, 1 Tidmoor Point The Fleet

Black - necked Grebe - 6 Off Jerry's Point Poole Harbour, 3 Sandsfoot Castle Portland Harbour, 7 off Middle Beach Studland 

Purple Sandpiper - 6 Portland Bill Pulpit Rock, 1 Sandbanks groynes

Sanderling - 30 Bramble Bush Bay houseboats Poole Harbour

Great Northern Diver - 3 off Baiters Park Poole, 3 Off Jerry's Point Poole Harbour, 1 Portland Harbour

Cattle Egret - 35 West Elworth Fields Portesham

Hen Harrier - 4 Milborne St Andrew area, 2 Middlebere 

Red Kite - 2 nr Wimbourne

Black Redstart - 1 Northe Fort Weymouth

Corn Bunting - 240 Milborne St Andrew

Yellowhammer - 460 Milborne St Andrew

Hen Harrier - Milborne St Andrew ©Michael Coleman

Thursday 5th January 2023

Eider - 3 Portland Harbour

Velvet Scoter - 1 Off Jerry's Point Poole Harbour

Goosander - 2 Spetisbury

Red-necked Grebe - 2 Portland Harbour off Sandsfoot castle

Black-necked Grebe - 3 off Middle Beach  studland, 2 Portland Harbour, 3 Shell Bay Studland

Avocet - 1112 - Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Black-tailed Godwit - 3150 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Middlebere Channel

Little Gull - 1 1st winter in Chesil Cove

Red-throated Diver -  36 off Hengisbury Head beach huts flying West, 11 Studland Bay, 1 Poole Harbour South of Brownsea Island

Black-throated Diver - off Hengisbury Head beach huts going West

Great Northern Diver - 2 Bramble Bush Bay Studland, 1 Shell Bay Studland, 1 Portland Harbour

White Tailed Eagle -1 seen from the Middlebere Lookout Arne RSPB

Merlin - 1 male at Middlebere Channel

Black Redstart 1 private garden at Chiswell Portland, 1 West Bay

Cirl Bunting - 1 Reap Lane Portland

Goldfinch - Highcliffe   ©Clinton Whale

Wednesday 4th January 2023

Velvet Scoter - 1 Studland Bay
Red necked Grebe - 2 Portland Harbour off Sandsfoot Castle 

Black necked Grebe 4 Studland Bay

Kittiwake - 1 Lytchett Bay

Little Gull - 2 Chesil Cove

Great Northern Diver - 4 off Jerrys Point, 1 Arne RSPB, 1 Studland Bay

Storm Petrel - 1 Portland Harbour

Spoonbill - 22 Arne RSPB, 1 Lytchett Bay

Great White Egret - 3 Longham Lakes meadows

Black Redstart - 1 Rodwell in private Garden

Corn Bunting - 237 Milborne St Andrew private land

Yellowhammer - 460+ Milborne St Andrew private land

Redshank - Stanpit Marsh ©Clinton Whale

Tuesday 3rd January 2023

Mandarin - 27 Sadbarrow Thorncombe

Red-throated Diver - 18 passed Hengistbury Hd.

Black-throated Diver - 1 passed Hengistbury Hd.

Great Northern Diver - 1 Portland Hbr.(off Billy Winters)

Leach's Storm Petrel - 1 E West Bay

Cattle Egret - 1 Sadbarrow Thorncombe

Woodcock - 1 Hengistbury Hd. (in the Nursery)

Grey Phalarope - 1 Chesil Cove

Little Gull - 1W Hengistbury Hd

Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Mudeford Quay

Black Redstart - 1 male nr, Poole Quay (yesterday)

Monday 2nd January 2023

Velvet Scoter - Jerry's Pt.

Goosander - 9 Silverlake, 1 Frome floodplain W of Dorchester (B3147 Dorchester-Charminster)

Great Northern Diver - 3 Portland Hbr, 2 off Knoll Beach Studland

Red-necked Grebe - 1 Bincleaves Portland Hbr.

Slavonian Grebe - 1 from Jerry's Pt, 1 off Middle Beach

Black-necked Grebe - 13 off Knoll Beach Studland, 2 Portland Hbr, 2 Middle Beach

Cattle Egret - 1 Wareham Common

Great White Egret - 2+ Longham Lakes

Spoonbill - 16 Arne RSPB, 1 Lytchett Bay

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Goathorn 

Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail Middlebere, 1 ringtail Lytchett Bay

Purple Sandpiper - 5 Portland Bill

Sandwich Tern - 2 off Jerry's Pt.

Black Redstart - 2 Chesil Cove, 2 West Bay

Water Pipit - 1 Radipole Lake RSPB

Cirl Bunting - 1 male Reap Lane Portland

male Blackcap - private garden © Will Bown

Song Thrush - Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Sunday 1st January 2023

Dorset Bird Club would like to wish you all a very successful and healthy birding 2023. 

Scaup - 6 Tidmoor Pt.

Eider - 2 Portland Hbr.

Velvet Scoter - 1 male off Jerry's Pt. Poole Hbr, 1 flew south Chesil Cove

Goldeneye - 1 male Poole Park lake

Grey Partridge - 29 Wyke Down

Red-throated Diver - 2 south from Shell Bay, 2 on sea off Hengistbury Hd.

Great Northern Diver - 6 Poole her Entrance, 4 Portland Hbr, 1 Middle Beach, 1 Christchurch Hbr.

Red-necked Grebe - 1 Portland Hbr.

Slavonian Grebe - 2 off Jerry's Pt, 2 Littlesea Fleet, 1 Tidmoor Pt.

Black-necked Grebe - 7 from Jerry's Pt, 5 Portland Hbr, 4 Middle Beach, 1 Lynch Cove

Manx Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill

Storm Petrel - 1 past Chesil Cove, 1 Portland Hbr.

Leach's Storm Petrel - 1 past Portland Bill

Cattle Egret - 30+ Portesham from old Railway Line, 1 NE of Wareham Common

Great White Egret - 1 Longham Lakes

Spoonbill - 5 Ham Common, 1 Middlebere

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Tidmoor (heading toward Weymouth Town Centre)

Goshawk - 1 between Hartland Moor/Wytch Causeway

Merlin - 1 fem. Wyke Down

Purple Sandpiper - 5 Portland Bill

Spotted Redshank - 1 Middlebere

Little Gull - 2 ad Chesil Cove, 1 Portland Bill

Yellowhammer - 400 Milborne St. Andrew, 33 Wyke Down

Cirl Bunting - 1 male Reap Lane Portland

Corn Bunting - c220 Milborne St. Andrew, 134 Wyke Down

Black-tailed Godwit - Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Saturday 31st December 2022

Velvet Scoter - 1 flew into Poole Hbr.

Goosander - 1 on the river Allen nr Didlington

Red-throated Diver - 1 flew into Poole Hbr.

Great Northern Diver - 4 flew into Poole Hbr. 2 Shell Bay.

Slavonian Grebe - 2 East Fleet off Timor Point.

Shag - 95 Poole Hbr. Mouth 

Hen Harrier - 1 male Middlebere

Grey Plover - c60 Shell Bay

Little Gull - 1 Christchurch Hbr.

 Male Hen Harrier - Middlebere © Aspen Stobart

Friday 30th December 2022

Shoveler - 8 Dorchester water meadows

Gadwall - 16 Dorchester water meadows

Red-necked Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour

Black-necked Grebe - 4 Portland Harbour

Lapwing - 299 Dorchester water meadows

Sandwich Tern - 1 Mudeford Quay

Great Skua - 1 Durlston seawatch

Red-throated Diver - 1 Durlston seawatch

Great Northern Diver - 3 Portland Harbour

Manx Shearwater - 1 Durlston seawatch

Hen Harrier - 1 Middlebere, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

 Red Kite - 1 north of Blandford

Cirl Bunting - male still at Reap Lane Portland