Sightings - Wednesday 2nd January 2013

Scaup - 9  on the Fleet at Abbotsbury
Eider - 1 in Portland Harbour
Long-tailed Duck - 2 on the Fleet at Abbotsbury
Velvet Scoter - 2 in Portland Harbour
Goosander - 1 off Mudeford Quay
Red-throated Diver - 32 past Portland Bill, 2 off West Bexington, 1 past Durlston, 1 in Weymouth Bay
Black-throated Diver - 1 past Portland Bill, 2 in Weymouth Bay
Great Northern Diver - 8 in Portland Harbour, 7+ in Weymouth Bay, 1 past Portland Bill, 1 in Studland Bay, 1 past Hengistbury Head
Slavonian Grebe - 7 in Portland Harbour
Black-necked Grebe - 11 in Studland Bay,  9 in Portland Harbour
Bittern - 1 at Lodmoor
Spoonbill - 13 at Shipstal Point Arne
Marsh Harrier - 2 at Lodmoor, 1 at Abbotsbury
Purple Sandpiper - 9 at Hengistbury Head
Jack Snipe - 1 Stanpit
Spotted Redshank - 6 on lagoon at Brownsea Island, 1 Stanpit
Ring-billed Gull - a first winter reported at Lodmoor this afternoon
Water Pipit - 1 Lodmoor
Black Redstart - 1 at Portland Harbour (Small Mouth), 1 Hengistbury Head
Firecrest - 1 Castle Cove, 1 Cogden Beach, 1 Durlston, 1 Hengistbury Head
Snow Bunting - 1 still at Ferrybridge, 1 still at West Bexington

Yesterday ; 2 Red-crested Pochard drakes were at Sturminster Marshall GPs

Hen Harrier at Middlebere yesterday © Dominic Greves