Sunday 2nd January 2022

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 1 Ferrybridge
Tundra Bean Goose - 2 Brands Bay then flew south East
Russian White-fronted Goose - 11 at Charminster Water Meadows by the the B3147
Whooper Swan - 1 Hampreston Fields
Egyptian Goose - 8 Sunnyside Farm high count of this site, 4 Hampreston fields
Goosander - 3 redheads at Silverlake
Scaup - 4 Poole Harbour Redhorn Quay 1 imm Male & 3 females
Slavonian Grebe - 2 Poole Harbour Redhorn Quay
Little Gull - 1 Maiden Castle by first layby on the approach road
Iceland Gull - 2nd winter at Lodmoor RSPB
Red-throated Diver - 3 Hengisbury Head seen from beach huts
Great Northern Diver - 3 Brands Bay
Great White Egret - 3 Hampreston Fields 
Hen Harrier - 1 Ringtail Lytchett fields RSPB, 1 Ringtail Brands Bay
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Poole Harbour / Arne RSPB G461 Isle of Wight Reintroduction Project 
Merlin - 1 Brands Bay
Firecrest - 2 Hengisbury Head woodland


White-fronted Goose - Charminster Water Meadows ©Derek Fowler



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Saturday 1st January 2022

Barnacle Goose 1 Charminster Water Meadows
Tundra Bean Goose - 3 near main car park at Upton CP
Russian White-fronted Goose - 11 at Charminster Water Meadows, 9 Hampreston Fields
Whooper Swan - 1 Hampreston Fields
Goosander - 3 Wareham Meadows, 1 Silverlake
Black-necked Grebe - 5 Studland Bay
Purple Sandpiper - 12 Lyme Regis on the Cobb, 7 Portland Bill
Spotted Redshank - 3 Middlebere, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Little Gull - 1 Maiden Castle in the Sheep Field, 1 Lyme Regis
Iceland Gull - 2nd winter at Lodmoor RSPB
Black-throated Diver - 1 Portland Harbour
Spoonbill - 27 Arne RSPB Shipstal pt, 1 Brownsea Island Lagoon
Cattle Egret - 3 Radipole RSPB by visitor centre, 1 Worget Manor Fields seen from Bog Land Greenspace
Great White Egret - 2 Hampreston Fields 
Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail Hartland Moor
Red Kite - 21 Swirling above Sutton Waldron
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Poole Harbour G461 Isle of Wight Reintroduction Project 
Merlin - 2 male Holt Heath
Siberian Chiffchaff  - 2 Shell Bay boardwalk
Cirl Bunting - female West Bexington

White-fronted Goose - Hampreston Fields



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Friday 31st December 2021

Happy New Year to all readers and a big thank you for all your reports and photos during 2021  

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 1 Ferrybridge
Tundra Bean Goose - 3 near main car park at Upton CP
Russian White-fronted Goose - 11 at Charminster Water Meadows
Scaup - 3 Brand's Bay
Slavonian Grebe - 2 Brand's Bay, 2 Portland Harbour
Black-necked Grebe - 8 Studland Bay, 7 Portland Harbour
Iceland Gull - 2nd winter at Lodmoor RSPB
Great Northern Diver - 6 Studland Bay, 3 Brand's Bay
Red-throated Diver - 1 past Hengistbury
Spoonbill - 30 Middlebere
Firedrest - 1 Hengistbury Head
Hawfinch - 1 South Perrott

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Thursday 30th December 2021

Tundra Bean Goose - 3 still in field adjacent to Longmeadow Lane north of A350 at Upton roundabout, then flew towards Holes Bay
Russian White-fronted Goose - 9 or 10 at Charminster Water Meadows
Scaup - 3 Brand's Bay
Goosander - 10 Silverlake (2 drakes & 6 redheads)
Red-necked Grebe - 2 off Portland Bill
Black-necked Grebe - 3 Holes Bay viewed from Upton CP, 2 Portland Harbour, 1 Brand's Bay
Golden Plover - c40 Maiden Castle
Purple Sandpiper - 2 Sandbanks, 1 Hengistbury Sandspit
Spotted Redshank - 3 Middlebere
Great Northern Diver - 2 Brand's Bay
Red-throated Diver - 4 past Hengistbury
Cattle Egret - 1 south of Worgret Manor
Spoonbill - 27 Middlebere, 1 Shipstal (Arne RSPB)
Merlin - 1 Brand's Bay

Tundra Bean Geese, Upton © Alick Simmons

 

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Wednesday 29th December 2021.

White-fronted Goose - 5 Dorchester (watermeadows south of Charminster).
Barnacle Goose - 1 Dorchester (watermeadows south of Charminster).
Pintail - 41 past Hengistbury.
Goldeneye - 1 Silverlake.
Goosander - 1 Lower Bockhampton, 8 Silverlake.
Purple Sandpiper - 1 Hengistbury sandspit.
Scandinavian Herring Gull - 1 Mudeford Quay.
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Mudeford Quay.
Red-throated Diver - 8 past Hengistbury.
Black-throated Diver - 1 east past Hengistbury.
Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit.
Marsh Harrier - 2 Christchurch Harbour.

Yesterday - Goshawk near Piddlehinton.
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Tuesday 28th December 2021.

White-fronted Goose - 5 Dorchester (watermeadows south of Charminster), 12+ Hampreston
   Fields (view from footpath), 4 Puddletown watermeadows.
Bean Goose - 3 Creekmoor, field north of A35.
Egyptian Goose - 6 Wareham Common.
Slavonian Grebe - 1 from Jerry's Point (Studland).
Purple Sandpiper - 14 Highcliffe beach groynes.
Great Northern Diver - 2 from Jerry's Point (Studland).
Merlin - 1 Wick watermeadows.

Purple Sandpiper, Highcliffe © Clinton Whale.

Peregrine, Bournemouth Lansdowne © David Wareham.

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Monday 27th December 2021

Tundra Bean Goose - 3 in field just North of A350, Upton
White-fronted Goose - 5 Charminster Water Meadows, nr. Dorchester
Sanderling - 1 Bramble Bush Bay
Cattle Egret - 2 Buckland Ripers
Red Kite - 2 over Cerne Abbas
Black Redstart - 1 Portland Bill, 1 still Southdown Road, Weymouth
Cirl Bunting - 1 still Stubble Field, West Bexington

Yesterday:

Red-throated Diver - 2 off Portland Bill, 1 off Canford Cliffs
Hen Harrier - 1 Middlebere
Merlin - 1 Portland Bill, 1 Middlebere
Firecrest - 1 West Morden

Goosander, redhead at Stanpit Marsh © Scott Usher


Firecrest, West Morden © Clare Slade


Cirl Bunting © Mike Morse

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Sunday 26th December 2021

Tundra Bean Goose - 3 in field by A350, Holes Bay
White-fronted Goose - 15 Hampreston Fields
Goldeneye - 1 Silverlake, on Middle lake
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Juv. Weymouth Bay
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Jerry's Point
Black-necked Grebe - 12 off Knoll Beach, Studland, 3 off Sandsfoot Castle
Avocet - 43 Lytchett Fields
Great Northern Diver - 3 Jerry's Point, 3 Shell Bay, 1 Parkstone Bay, Poole
Spoonbill - 1 Lytchett Bay
Marsh Harrier - 2 Lytchett Fields
Red Kite - 1 flying from Tarrant towards Crichel
Black Redstart - 1 Malthouse Meadow, Portesham
Corn Bunting - 5 Tarrant
Cirl Bunting - 2 West Bexington (1M, 1F)

Yesterday:

Tundra Bean Goose - 3 in field by A350, Holes Bay
White-fronted Goose - 15 Hampreston Fields
Slavonian Grebe - 2 Tidmoor
Black-necked Grebe - 2 Jerry's Point
Ruff - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, Western Scrapes
Iceland Gull - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, Western Scrapes
Red-throated Diver - 5 off Portland Bill
Great Northern Diver - 2 Jerry's Point
Spoonbill - 1 Lytchett Bay
Marsh Harrier - 3 Lytchett Fields
Black Redstart - 1 Old Quarry, Winspit, 1 Portesham, 1 Southdown Road, Weymouth

Black Redstart, Southdown Road, Weymouth © John Dadds

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Friday 24th December 2021

 Tundra Bean Goose - 3 in field by A350, Holes Bay
White-fronted Goose - 17 Hampreston, between church and Longham Bridge
Whooper Swan - 1 Hampreston Fields, Longham Lakes
Pintail - drake Lodmoor
Scaup - 1 Poole Harbour
Goosander - Redhead Stanpit Bight
Slavonian Grebe - 2 Poole Harbour
Black-necked Grebe - 6 Portland Harbour, 1 Poole Harbour
Grey Plover - 5 Stanpit Bight
Bar-tailed Godwit - 5 Stanpit Bight
Black-tailed Godwit - 41 Stanpit Bight
Spotted Redshank - 3 Middlebere
Great Northern Diver - 2 Poole Harbour, 1 Portland Harbour
Hen Harrier - Ringtail at Slepe Heath and Middlebere


A festive Robin,  © Nigel Tooth


......and a merry Christmas to one and all !!




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Thursday 23rd December 2021

 Tundra Bean Goose - 3 Holes Bay, in field by A350
White-fronted Goose - 17 Hampreston, between church and Longham bridge
Whooper Swan - 1 Holes Bay
Goosander - 2 Witchampton, 1 Lodmoor
Woodcock - 1 Witchampton
Spotted Redshank - 1 Middlebere
Iceland Gull - 2nd winter Lodmoor
Spoonbill - 3 Middlebere
Hen Harrier - Ringtail at Arne
Merlin - 1 Witchampton
Chiffchaff - 6 Witchampton


Goosander, Lodmoor  © Daragh Croxson


Cetti's Warbler, River Allen near Witchampton © Hamish Murray


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Wednesday 22nd December 2021

Barnacle Goose - 1 River Stour Blandford
Tundra Bean Goose - 3 in field by A350 Holes Bay, 1 Priory Marsh
White-fronted Goose - 15 Hampreston
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Weymouth Bay
Black-necked Grebe - 2 Upton CP
Spotted Redshank - 3 Middlebere
Common Guillemot - 1 Lytchett Bay (1st live site record)
Black-throated Diver - 1 past Portland Bill
Merlin - 1 West Compton, 1 Middlebere
Black Redstart - 1 Blacknor Portland


Barnacle Goose, River Stour Blandford  © Matt Cooper 


Bean Goose, Holes Bay ©Paul Boult


Common Gull Lodmoor © Clive Hargrave 


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Tuesday 21st December 2021

 Tundra Bean Goose - 3 Holes Bay in field by A350, 1 Stanpit Marsh (recreation ground)
White-fronted Goose - 10 Hampreston Fields
Whooper Swan - 1 Hampreston Fields
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Jerry's Point Poole Harbour
Avocet - c. 550 Middlebere
Black-tailed Godwit - c.250 Middlebere
Great Northern Diver - 2 Jerry's Point Poole Harbour
Spoonbill - 25 Arne RSPB
Great White Egret - 1 Middlebere
Black Redstart - 1 Sherborne


Bean Goose, Stanpit Marsh Recreation Ground  © Michael Gibbons


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Monday 20th December 2021

Whooper Swan - 1 Hampreston Meadows (Please remember Longham Lakes is closed due to avian flu)
Tundra Bean Goose - 3 believed to be this species with Canada Geese Upton CP. (In field next to A35).
White-fronted Geese - 10 reported at Hampreston Meadows (Please remember Longham Lakes is closed due to avian flu)
Pochard - 2 Lytchett Bay, 1 past Hengistbury Hd.
Red-throated Diver - 9 Hengistbury Hd.
Black-throated Diver - 1 Hengistbury Hd
Great Northern Diver - 1 Hengistbury Hd
White-tailed Eagle - 1 north over Two Mile Coppice Weymouth
Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail Middlebere, 1 male Hartland Moor
Merlin - 1 Middlebere 

Peregrine - SW Coastal Path © Adam Court




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Sunday 19th December 2021

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 2 Tidmoor Pt.
Black Brant - 1 Lynch Cove (Flew to Tidmoor)
Ruddy Shelduck - 2 Winkton
Common Scoter - 14 Studland Bay
Goosander - 8 River Frome east of Dorchester
Black-throated Diver - 1 south out through Poole Hbr. mouth, 1 Portland Hbr.
Great Northern Diver - 4 Studland Bay
Cattle Egret - c20 Bourton (Chaffeymoor Farm)
Slavonian Grebe - 2 off Tidmoor Point
Black-necked Grebe - 8 Studland Bay, 7 Portland Hbr.
Hen Harrier - 1 male Western Poole Her.
Purple Sandpiper - 5 Portland Bill
Merlin - 1 Portland Bill, 1 Barleycraytes
Black Redstart - 1 fem/type Wyke Bridging Camp, 1 Portland Bill, 1 Southwell, 1 Blacknor
Water Pipit - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Late News received from yesterday skien of White-fronted Geese north over Dancing Ledge

Stonechat - Hambledon Hill © John Bishop



White-fronted Geese Dancing Ledge © Adam Court


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Saturday 18th December 2021

White-fronted Goose - 3 flew inland Southborne
Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 17 Tidmoor, 4 Ferrybridge
Black Brant - 1 Ferrybridge, 1 Tidmoor
Scaup - 1 1st/w drake from Redhorn Quay
Common Scoter - 4 from Redhorn Quay
Red-throated Diver - 20 past Hengistbury Hd, 4 Charmouth
Black-throated Diver -1 off Portland Castle
Great Northern Diver - 1 Poole Hbr, 1 Portland Hbr, 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Spoonbill - 15 Arne RSPB
Slavonian Grebe - 2 Tidmoor, 1 Jerry's Point.
Black-necked Grebe - 2 from Redhorn Quay
White-tailed Eagle - 1 (from IOW) introduction seen heading west over Christchurch Hbr.
Golden Plover - 80 Lodmoor RSPB
Common Sandpiper - 1 Holes Bay (NE)
Iceland Gull - 1 2CY Lodmoor RSPB
Short-eared Owl - 1 Portland Bill
Merlin - 1 Middlebere, 1 Stoborough Causeway, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Black Redstart - 1male Portland Bill
Cirl Bunting - 1 female West Bexington

Jay - West Moors © Roy S Nicklin


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Friday 17th December 2021

Barnacle Goose - 1 Blandford Forum near Blue Bridge
Scaup - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery
Red-throated Diver - 2 West Bay, 2 Hengistbury Hd.
Black-throated Diver - 1 Portland Hbr.
Cattle Egret - c30 Abbotsbury Swannery
Spoonbill - 1 Middlebere
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Bowleaze Cove
Slavonian Grebe - 1 from Jerry's Point
Black-necked Grebe - 10 Portland Hbr, 2 Abbotsbury Swannery
Red Kite - 6 Staggs Folly A37, 2 Abbotsbury Castle
Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail Middlebere
Great Bustard - 1 introduced bird Abbotsbury between the swannery & Clayhanger Farm
Common Sandpiper - 1 Holes Bay
Sandwich Tern - 1 Ferrybridge went west up the Fleet
Iceland Gull - 1 2nd/w Lodmoor RSPB 
Black Redstart - 1 Tilly Whim Durlston CP, 1 male Portland Bill
Brambling - 6 with Chaffinch Rainbow Farm Martinstown
Cirl Bunting - 1 female West Bexington

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Thursday 16th December 2021

Barnacle Goose - 1 Blandford Town Centre, on the river
Mandarin Duck - 23 Sadborrow Thorncombe
Red-necked Grebe - 1 still Bramble Bush Bay, 1 juv Weymouth Bay, off Greenhill
Black-necked Grebe - 8 Portland Harbour, from West of Sandsfoot Sailing Club, 5 Middle Beach, StudlandRed-throated Diver - 2 at sea off Durlston CP
Black-throated Diver - 1 Portland Harbour
Great Northern Diver - 3 off Portland Castle, 2 Jerry's Point, 2 off Bincleaves, Weymouth
Spoonbill - 22 Shipstal Point, Arne RSPB
Woodlark - 1 Durlston CP
Black Redstart - 1 Anvil Point, Durlston CP, 1 Osprey Quay, Portland Harbour
Water Pipit - 2 Lytchett Fields
Brambling - 2 over Portland Bill, 2 Durlston CP
Cirl Bunting - 1 West Bexington

Barnacle Goose, Blandford Town Centre © Simon Baird

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Wednesday 15th December 2021

Scaup - 7 still Brands Bay
Velvet Scoter - 1 off Middle Beach, Studland
Red-necked Grebe - 1 between Jerry's Point and Brownsea island
Slavonian Grebe - 1 still off Jerry's Point
Black-necked Grebe - 1 off Redhorn Quay
Iceland Gull - 1 still Lodmoor RSPB, Postbox Pool
Red-throated Diver - 28 at sea off Hengistbury Head
Black-throated Diver - 2 at sea off Hengistbury Head
Great Northern Diver -2 Jerry's Point, 1 still Parkstone Bay
Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail Coombe Heath, Arne RSPB
Cirl Bunting - 1 in set aside field, West Bexington

Yesterday: Grey Partridge - 6 Sherborne, 1 mile west off Bradford Road

Avocet, Brownsea Lagoon © Hamish Murray




Common Gull, Lytchett Fields © Ian Ballam

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Tuesday 14th December 2021

Scaup - 7 Brands Bay
Velvet Scoter - 1 off Middle Beach, Studland
Red-necked Grebe - 1 still in Bramble Bush Bay
Slavonian Grebe - 1 off Jerry's Point
Black-necked Grebe - 8 Portland Harbour, off Sandsfoot, 5 off Middle Beach, Studland
Purple Sandppiper - 1 from Mudeford Quay
Iceland Gull - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, Postbox Pool
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 1cy Christchurch Harbour, from Fisherman's Bank
Black-throated Diver - 1 off Jerry's Point, 1 Portland Harbour, off Sandsfoot Castle
Great Northern Diver - 3 Shell Bay, 2 off Sandsfoot Castle, 1 off Durlston CP, 1 Parkstone
Spoonbill - 20 Arne RSPB
Cattle Egret - 18 Portesham, South of B3157
Black Redstart - 1 Durlston CP, Tilly Whim Caves


Green Woodpecker, Longham Lakes © Peter Corbin


Nuthatch, Lytchett Bay © Ian Ballam


Iceland Gull © Mark Wright

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Monday 13th December 2021

Goosander - 10 Silverlake, East Lake
Black-necked Grebe - 3 off Middle Beach, Studland
Ruff (White) -1 still at Lodmoor RSPB, West Scrapes
Iceland Gull - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, West Scrapes
Red-throated Diver - 1 off Middle Beach, Studland
Great Northern Diver - 4 Shell Bay, 1 off Jerry's Point
Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, West Scrapes
Magpie - 95 into roost, Hatch Pond
Swallow - 1 over Portland, Southwell & Obs Garden
Black Redstart - 1 Bridging Camp, The Fleet
Water Pipit - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, Beachdown Way
Cirl Bunting - 1 West Bexington

Ruff, Lodmoor RSPB © Mark Wright

Peregrine, Poole © Denise Williams

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Sunday 12th December 2021

Scaup - 6 Brand's Bay
Velvet Scoter - 1 Studland Bay
Goosander - 1 rehead on Swineham main pit
Red-necked Grebe - 1 off Redhorn Quay
Black-necked Grebe - 2 Studland Bay, 1 Brand's Bay
Sanderling -  22+ Shell Bay/Bramble Bush Bay area
Ruff - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Purple Sandpiper -1 Pilot's Point
Spotted Redshank - 1 Brownsea Island Lagoon
Great Northern Diver - up to 5 around Poole Harbour entrance/Shell Bay
Red-throated Diver - 10 Hengistbury
Black-throated Diver - 1 Hengistbury
Great White Egret - 1 Middlebere
Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Island Lagoon, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Hen Harrier - ringtail at Morden Bog
Merlin - 1 male at Forston
Firecrest - 3 Hengistbury, 1 Durlston CP
Hawfinch - 12 Wyke Farm (near Chedington)

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Saturday 11th December 2021.

Velvet Scoter - 1 Studland Bay.
Black-necked Grebe - 2 Brand's Bay, 8 Portland Harbour, 6 Studland Bay.
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour.
Red-necked Grebe - 1 off Brownsea Island south shore.
Grey Plover - 13 Brand's Bay, 11 Middlebere, 6 Stanpit.
Knot - 9 Brand's Bay.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields, 3 Middlebere.
Purple Sandpiper - 2 Poole Harbour mouth (North Haven).
Great Northern Diver - 3 Brand's Bay, 1 Portland Harbour, 1 Shell Bay, 2 Studland Bay.
Red-throated Diver - 3 Hengistbury Head, 2 south past Shell Bay, 1 Studland Bay.
Black-throated Diver - 1 Portland Harbour (Castletown).
Spoonbill - 1 Ferrybridge, 1 west past Hengistbury Head, 1 Middlebere.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Wick Hams.
Merlin - 1 Forston.
Black Redstart - 1 Durlston CP.
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Studland South Haven.
Firecrest - 2 Cranborne (Castle Hill), 2 Hengistbury Head.
Hawfinch - 1 Ashmore (Well Bottom).
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Friday 10th December 2021

Velvet Scoter - 1 Studland Bay
Ruddy Shelduck - 2 Avon Causeway
Goosander - 1 Portland Harbour
Black-necked Grebe - 8 Studland Bay, 6 Portland Harbour
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Studland Bay
Purple Sandpier - 2 Sandbanks by Haven Hotel
Iceland Gull - 2nd winter Lodmoor RSPB (also seen yesterday around Weymouth Harbour)
Great Northern Diver - 2 Studland Bay, 1 Portland Harbour, 1 on the Fleet at Pirates Cove
Red-throated Diver - 1 Studland Bay
Red Kite - 1 over Hambledon Hill, Child Okeford
Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail in Lytchett Bay seen from Turlin Point
Firecrest - 1 Holton Lea
Black Redstart - 1 Durlston CP at Anvil Point

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Thursday 9th December 2021

Scaup - 6 Brand's Bay
Velvet Scoter - 1 past Hengistbury
Goosander - 1 past Hengistbury
Red-necked Grebe -  2 Weymouth Bay, 1 from North Haven
Black-necked Grebe - 10 Portland Harbour, 4 Studland Bay, 2 Brand's Bay
Slavonian Grebe - 4 Portland Harbour
Golden Plover - c600 around Maiden Castle
Purple Sandpier -19 Lyme Regis,  2 North Haven, 2 Hengistbury Sandspit
Great Northern Diver - 3 from North Haven, 2 Weymouth Bay, 1 Portland Harbour, 1 Studland Bay, 1 Baiter, 1 Hengistbury
Red-throated Diver - 2 Hengistbury
Black-throated Diver - 1 Hengistbury
Cattle Egret - 4 Abbotsbury Swannery
Great White Egret - 2 Longham Lakes, 1 Swineham
Hen Harrier - 2 from Swineham Point
Short-eared Owl - 1 Ferrybridge
Merlin - 1 Child Okeford
Pallas's Warbler - 1 again in Two Mile Coppice, Weymouth
Firecrest - 1 Hengistbury Wood
Black Redstart - 1 Blacknor (Portland)
Water Pipit - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Purple Sandpiper, Hengistbury Sandspit © Mike Kirby

 

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Wednesday 8th December 2021.

Scaup - 6 off Brownsea Island.
Black-necked Grebe - 3 Studland (Bramble Bush Bay), 1 off Studland (Middle Beach).
Grey Plover - 1 Stanpit.
Purple Sandpiper - c30 Lyme Regis (the Cobb).
Great Northern Diver - 1 off Studland (Middle Beach).
Red-throated Diver - 2 past Durlston CP, 3 past Hengistbury Head.
Cattle Egret - 18 Portesham.
Spoonbill - 10+ Arne (Shipstal Point).
Marsh Harrier - 1 Stanpit, 3 Swineham.
Merlin - 1 Hartland Moor.
Black Redstart - 1 Durlston CP.
Firecrest - 1 Durlston CP.
Hawfinch - 1 South Perrott.
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Tuesday 7th December 2021.

Grey Partridge - 6 Wyke Down.
Velvet Scoter - 1+ past Branksome Chine.
Purple Sandpiper - 10 Mudeford Quay, 2 Poole Harbour mouth (Haven Hotel).
Common Sandpiper - 1 East Parley.
Common Gull - 4 past Hengistbury Head.
Red-throated Diver - 1+ past Branksome Chine, 2 past Hengistbury Head.
Hen Harrier - 1 Arne Moors.
Red Kite - 1 Wyke Down.
Starling - a flock estimated at 3000 passed northeast over St Ives.
Snow Bunting - 1 Hengistbury Head.

Curlew, Stanpit © Clinton Whale.


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Monday 6th December 2021.

Scaup - 6 Poole Harbour South Deep.
Goosander - 5 Silverlake, 1 Swineham GPs.
Black-necked Grebe - 3 Studland Bay.
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Studland Bay.
Grey Plover - c50 Brownsea Island, 2 Stanpit.
Greenshank - 4 Brownsea Island.
Common Gull - 17 past Hengistbury Head.
Great Northern Diver - 1 Shell Bay.
Red-throated Diver - 3 past Durlston Head, 21 past Hengistbury Head.
Great White Egret - 2 Swineham GPs.
Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Island.
Marsh Harrier - 2 over Swineham GPs, 1 Wick Hams.
Hawfinch - 1 South Perrott.
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Sunday 5th December 2021

Scaup - 6 Brand's Bay
Goosander - 1 off Mudeford Quay
Black-necked Grebe - 2 Studland Bay off Knoll Beach
Slavonian Grebe - 2 on the Fleet from Tidmoor Point
Sanderling - 16 at Knoll Beach, Studland
Purple Sandpiper - 3 on groyne h10 at Highcliffe, 2 below Sandbanks Hotel
Great Northern Diver - 1 Studland Bay off Knoll Beach
Great White Egret - 2 Swineham GPs
Black Redstart - 1 Durlston CP, 1 on Corfe Castle
Snow Bunting - 1 Hengistbury Head

Please note that Hampreston Fields, where a Whooper Swan has recently been seen, are private so no-one should tresspass on them. Only view from public footpaths bordering the fields.Thank you.

Purple Sandpiper, Highcliffe © Clinton Whale

Purple Sandpiper, Highcliffe © Clinton Whale

 

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Saturday 4th December 2021

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 10 on the Fleet at Butterstreet Cove
Long-tailed Duck - 1 on the Fleet at Butterstreet Cove
Velvet Scoter - 1 Studland Bay off Middle Beach
Goosander - 4 Silverlake, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Black-necked Grebe - 2 Studland Bay off Middle Beach
Ruff - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Knot - 3 Ferrybridge
Golden Plover - c50 at Ashmore
Iceland Gull - 1 Weymouth Bay
Red-throated Diver - 1 Hengistbury
Spoonbill - 5 Poole Harbour
Hen Harrier - 1 Hartland Moor
Merlin - 1 over Portland Harbour, 1 Poole Harbour
Black Redstart - 1 near Castle at Durlston CP
Hawfinch - 1 South Perrott
Snow Bunting - 1 Hengistbury Head

Dartford Warbler, Studland © Matt Cooper

Ruff, Lodmoor © Jez Rowe


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Friday 3rd December 2021

Pale-Bellied Brent Goose - 4 Ferrybridge
Pochard - 4 Silverlake
Scaup -  6 Poole Harbour off Redhorn Quay 
Velvet Scoter - 1 Studland Bay 
Goldeneye - 18 Poole Harbour off Redhorn Quay
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Weymouth off Greenhill
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Studland Bay off Middle beach
Black-necked Grebe - 23 Studland Bay
Purple Sandpiper - 7 Hengisbury Head Sandspit
Green Sandpiper 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Silverlake
Red-throated Diver - 9 past Hengisbury Head
Great Northern Diver -  2 Studland Bay
Hen Harrier - 2  Poole Harbour
Short-eared Owl - 1 Over West Bexington
Merlin - 1 Hartland Moor
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Shell Bay boardwalk
Snow Bunting - 1 Hengisbury Head

Snow Bunting - Hengisbury Head ©Mark Taylor


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Thursday 2nd December 2021

Black Brant - 1 Ferrybridge
Pale-Bellied Brent Goose - 5 Ferrybridge
Whooper Swan - 1 Longham Lakes  with Mute Swans on Hampreston Fields
Scaup -  5 Poole Harbour off Furzey Island 
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour
Black-necked Grebe - 8 Portland Harbour
Golden Plover - 600+ West of Monkey's Jump in Clandon Farm's field
Purple Sandpiper - 3 Portland Bill below the Obelisk
Great Northern Diver - 1Portland Harbour
Hen Harrier - 2  Poole Harbour
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 West Bexington, 1 Stour Valley LNR
Black restart - 1 Church Ope Portland

Yesterday:
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Christchurch Bay
Snow Bunting - 1 Hengisbury Head

Whooper Swan - Longham Lakes ©Roger Peart



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