A quieter day today, perhaps everyone out Christmas shopping?! There was a report of 4 Slavonian Grebe off Jerry’s Point this morning where there were also 3 Great Northern Diver, 2 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Goldeneye and c20 Red-breasted Merganser. There was just 1 Purple Sandpiper on the groynes at Shore Road, Sandbanks today, but 3 different White-tailed Eagles were in the Wareham Channel/Middlebere area this afternoon. The wintering Ruff was at Lytchett Fields again.