Little
Bittern Ixobrychus minutus
2008 Lodmoor
17th - 20th May
1993 Radipole Lake, adult male, 7th May.
1990 Hinton Parva,
adult female, 18th May .
1988 Portland, adult female, 16th April.
1981
Radipole Lake, juvenile, 25th August to 4th September.
1977 Radipole Lake,
adult male, 18th to 20th May.
1975 Lodmoor, adult male, 18th May.
1972
Radipole Lake, adult female, 1st to about 16th July.
1972 Radipole Lake, adult
male, 23rd to 25th April.
1970 Lodmoor, adult male, 13th to 15th May.
1891 Winfrith, spring.
1886 Coombe Farm, Langton Matravers, shot, 25th March.
1886 River Frome, Wareham, three, shot, spring.
1878 Near Christchurch, Hampshire,
obtained, 22nd April.
1875 Warmwell, adult, shot, no date, now at County Museum,
Dorchester.
1870 Christchurch, Hampshire, male, shot, 22nd April, now at Red
House Museum.
1869 Christchurch area, shot, 8th September.
1869 Claypool,
Christchurch Harbour, Hampshire, one pair bred, May, female and three nestlings
now at Red House Museum.
1862 Heron Court, Christchurch, Hampshire, shot,
26th April.
1849 Preston, near Weymouth, male, killed, no date.
1773 Near
Christchurch, Hampshire, shot, no date.