Sightings - Sunday 11th December 2011

Blue-winged Teal - 1 still at Longham Lakes
Goosander - 1 at Stanpit
Great Northern Diver - 2 in Poole Harbour, 1 at Portland Bill
Spoonbill - 15 on Brownsea Lagoon
Purple Sandpiper - 17 on the Hengistbury sandspit (viewed from Mudeford Quay)
Spotted Redshank - 3 on Brownsea Lagoon, singles at Stanpit Marsh and Holes Bay
Common Sandpiper - 1 at Holes Bay
Little Gull - 1 off Portland Bill

1st winter drake Red-breasted Merganser off Brownsea © Tim Balmer

Spoonbills on Brownsea Lagoon © Tim Balmer