Sightings - Sunday 20th January 2013

Whooper Swan - 1 Holmebridge
Pink-footed Goose - 1 Holmebridge
Barnacle Goose - 4 Abbotsbury Swannery
Egyptain Goose - 2 Avon Causeway, 1 Bestwell
Scaup - 10 Abbotsbury swannery
Long-tailed Duck - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery
Grey Partridge - 5 Wyke Down
Red-throated Diver - 3 West Bexington, 1 Hengistbury Hd, 1 Durlston Cp, 1 Abbotsbury (on sea)
Slavonian Grebe - 3 Portland Harbour
Bittern - 3 Lodmoor, 1 Radipole
Spoonbill - 15 Holes Bay (NE), 1 Brand's Bay
Marsh Harrier - 3 Swineham Pt, 1 Lodmoor
Hen Harrier - 1m Swineham Pt, 1m Wyke Down, 1fem Fitzworth/Ower, 1m Lytchett Bay
Merlin - 1 Swineham Pt, 1 Wyke Down
Golden Plover - 2000 Abbotsbury/Rodden, 800 West Bexington, 346 Christchurch Hbr.
Lapwing - 1060 Christchurch Hbr.
Ruff - 2 Upton CP field north of by-pass
Woodcock - 1 Portland Bill, 1 pos 2 Lodmoor
Jack Snipe - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Portland Bill
Common Sandpiper - 1 Holes Bay
Green Sandpiper - 3 Tincleton Cressbeds, 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Sandwich Tern - 2 Lytchett Bay
Little Owl Avon Causeway
Short-eared Owl - 1 Wyke Down
Woodlark - 3 Arne, 2 Holes Bay, 10 Durlston Cp, 2 Lorton, 2 Lodmoor, 1 Portland Bill
Water Pipit - 1 Tincleton Cressbeds, 1 Swineham Pt.
Waxwing - 3 Sandford
Black Redstart - single at Upton Cp, Durlston CP, Weston & Portland Bill
Fieldfare - 3900 Durlston Cp, 4000 Christchurch Hbr, 2000 Abbotsbury, 1000+ over Green Island, 1500 over South Haven
Redwing - 1600 Christchurch Hbr, 1000 Abottsbury, 300 Merley, 250 Durlston CP.
Blackcap - 1 male Private garden Upton
Firecrest - 1 Upton CP, 1 Private garden Upton, 1 Upton Cp, 1 West Bexington, 1 Abbotsbury.
Great Grey Shrike - 1 Wyke Down
Brambling - 5 Wareham, 2 West Holme, 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Durlston Cp, 1 Iwerne Minster
Snow Bunting - 1 West Bexington

Common Snipe - Todbar © John Howell

Greenshank - Holes Bay © Simon Johnson

Black Redstart - Upton CP © Bob Moore