February
2010
Monday
8th February.
Pale-bellied
Brent Goose - 2 Butterstreet Cove
Black Barant - 1 Butterstreet Cove
Common Scoter - 8 Portland Bill, 2 Hengistbury Head
Red-throated Diver - 1 past Hengistbury
Head
Merlin - 1 Butterstreet Cove
Avocet - 5 Stanit
Spotted Redshank - Stanpit
Black Redstart - 1 Cobham Drive, Weymouth, 1 WDDC offices, Dorchester
Firecrest - 1 Durlston
Avocets at Stanpit ©
Lorne Bissell
JDH
Sunday
7th February.
Barnacle Geese - 49 Rodden Hive.
Goosander - 4-5 River Stour between Spetisbury and Shapwick
Red-throated Diver - 21 past Portland Bill, 3 past Hengistbury Head
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Christchurch Hbr.
Green Sandpiper - Bere Regis cress beds
Spotted Redshank - 1 Holes Bay
Wood Lark - 2 Wareham Forest
Water Pipit - 2 Bere Regis cress beds
Dipper - 1 Maiden Newton
Firecrest - 1 Upton Country Park, 1 poss. 2 Oakers Wood.
Crossbill - 30 Lawsons Clump
JDH
Saturday
6th February
Pale-bellied Brent - 2 Chickerell Hive pt.
Black Brant - 1 Chickerell Hive Pt.
Barnacle Geese - 36 Rodden Hive.
Goosander - 1pr Avon Causeway
Bittern - 1 Radipole north hide, 1 in flight over Arne Moors
Red-throated Diver - 2 off Hengistbury Hd, Chesil & Portland
Bill also 2 Portland
Hbr, 1 Weymouth Hbr.
Black-throated Diver - Singles Hengistbury Hd, Bincleaves and Portland
Hbr.
Great Northern Diver - 2 Weymouth Bay, 1 Portland Hbr.
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Christchurch Hbr.
Slavonian Grebe - 2 Portland Hbr, 1 Chesil, 1 Bramble bush Bay.
Black-necked Grebe - 10 Bramble Bush Bay, 8 Portland Hbr.
Marsh Harrier - 2 Lodmoor, 1 Radipole, 1 Middlebere, 1 Swineham
Pt.
Hen Harrier - 1 Radipole lake, 1 Middlebere, 1 Swineham Pt.
Merlin - 1 Radipole Lake.
Purple Sandpiper - 6 Portland Bill
NJH
Friday 5th February
Red-throated
Diver - 4 past Portland Bill
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Bittern - 4 Hatch Pond
Firecrest - 1 Pennsylvania Castle Portland
Sparrowhawk at
Hatch Pond © Mike Coleman
JRM
Thursday
4th February
Pale-bellied
Brent Goose - 1 Ferrybridge
Red-crested Pochard - 2 River Stour just west of Canford Bridge
on the B3073
Goosander - 2 Coward's Marsh
Red-throated Diver - 1 past Portland Bill, 3 past Durlston
Great Northern Diver - 1 past Durlston
Red-necked Grebe - 1 north of Holloway's Dock Christchurch Harbour
Bittern - 3 Hatch Pond, 2 Radipole Lake
Marsh Harrier - 1 Radipole Lake
Black Redstart - 2 Blacknor Portland
Firecrest - 1 Durlston
JRM
Wednesday
3rd February
Scaup
- 1 West Bexington
Red-throated Diver - 5 past Portland Bill
Black-throated Diver - 1 past Portland Bill
Great Northern Diver - 1 Portland Harbour
Bittern - 2 Swineham/Arne Moors
Marsh
Harrier - 4 Wareham Channel
Purple Sandpiper - 5 Portland Bill
Black Redstart - 2 Weston Portland
One of the Hatch
Pond Bitterns (Saturday) © Pete Coe
JRM
Tuesday
2nd February
Little
news today.
Red-throated
Diver - 1 past Portland Bill
Red-necked Grebe - 1 past Portland Bill
Bittern - 1 Hatch Pond
Purple Sandpipers - 6 Portland Bill
Black Redstart - 2 Blacknor Portland
JRM
Monday
1st February
Pale-bellied
Brent Goose - 2 Ferrybridge
Red-crested Pochard - 1 Lodmoor
Scaup - 2 Swineham
Red-throated Diver - 3 past Portland Bill
Bittern - 1 Hatch Pond, 1 Lodmoor, 1 Swineham, 1 Radipole Lake
Marsh Harrier - 2 Swineham
Mediterranean Gull - 50 off Portland Bill, 100 Ferrybridge
Black Redstart - 1 Portland Bill
Firecrest - 1 Durlston, 1 East Lulworth opposite Butterfly Conservation
offices
A typical view
of a Bittern - this one at Radipole Lake © John Wareham
JRM
