Sightings - Friday 2nd January 2015

Greenland White-Fronted Goose - 1 Rodden Hive.
Goosander - 1 Cowards Marsh, 1 Wimborne.
Long-Tailed Duck - 1 Seacombe.
Black-Throated Diver - 1 Hengistbury Head.
Red-Throated Diver - 2 Burton Bradstock, 9 Hengistbury Head, 1 Portland Harbour.
Red-Necked Grebe - 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Portland Harbour, 2 Studland Bay.
Black-Necked Grebe - 15 Portland Harbour, 14 Shell Bay roost, 20 Studland Bay roost.
Slavonian Grebe - 4 Portland Harbour, 2 Studland Bay.
Bittern - 1 Lodmoor, 1 Radipole Lake.
Spoonbill - 1 Brands Bay.
Marsh Harrier - 2 Radipole Lake, 3 Swineham.
Hen Harrier - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Middlebere.
Merlin - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Grey Plover - 20+ Brands Bay, c 140 Brownsea Island, 12 Stanpit.
Knot - 1 Brands Bay.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Holes Bay.
Jack Snipe - 1 Cogden.
Little Gull - 1 Brands Bay.
Black Guillemot - 1 Poole Harbour mouth, 1 Portland Harbour.
Short-Eared Owl - 4 Wyke Down.
Water Pipit - 1 Stanpit.
Black Redstart - 1 Portland Castle, 1 Tilly Whim.
Firecrest - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Upton CP.



Buzzard at Canford Bridge © Roger Peart





















Short-Eared Owl at Wyke Down © Joe Murphy