Everything was truly frozen in the harbour today with all fresh water pools and lakes iced over for most of the day including, Little Sea, Swineham Gravel Pit, the Brownsea Lagoon and Hatch Pond. This left limited space for wildfowl and waders meaning most were sheltering in Holes Bay with impressive numbers including, 326 Pintail, 200+ Shoveler, 600+ Dunlin, close to 1000 Teal, 250+ Avocet, 5 Knot and 1 Spotted Redshank. Biggest numbers this winter of Goldeneye arrived in the harbour today although still pretty low totals compared to historic levels, with a flock of 19 off Round Island, 6 off Jerry’s Point, 3 in central Harbour and 1 in the Wareham Channel. 1 Black-throated Diver flew in through the harbour entrance first thing and 4 Great Northern Diver were spread across the harbour and 1 was in Shell Bay. 3 Black-necked Grebe were in central harbour and 3 off Jerry’s Point along with 2 Slavonian Grebe. A nice urban find of a Yellow-browed Warbler at Hatch Pond half way along the path between Sandyhurst Close and Stinsford Road. 2 drake Goosander flew over Swineham before heading towards Wareham mid-morning. 1 Spotted Redshank was on a frozen Middlebere Channel. The Russian White-fronted Geese were not seen at Ridge/Arne Moors today but a flock of 10 was seen just south of Binegar where the Bean Geese were.