Another beautiful day with the harbour looking the calmest it’s looked all year. With mirror like conditions all open water species were found and accounted for by 9am and included all the recent finds, with the 3 Eider, 2 Slavonian Grebe, 2 Long-tailed Duck, c50 Red-breasted Merganser, c10 Common Scoter, 1 Black-necked Grebe and 1 Razorbill, all mostly between Brands Bay and Brownsea. At dawn a Short-eared Owl was near Middlebere and a Brambling flew over, a Spotted Redshank was at Lytchett Fields ands a Siberian Chiffchaff was ringed in Lytchett Bay.

Slavonian Grebe – Jerry’s Point – Mark Wright

Mirror calm waters from this AM’s Winter Safari – Joe Parker

Siberian Chiffchaff – Lytchett Bay – Shaun Robson