Five Common Scoter were off Middle Beach along with 2 Great Northern Diver and 13 Black-necked Grebe with 5 of the latter in Shell Bay. Just over the peninsula there was another Great Northern Diver with 2 Black-necked Grebe in Brand’s Bay where there was also 2 Common Scoter and 2 Sandwich Tern. In the Lytchett Bay area 4 Spoonbill were toing and froing whilst at least 1 Green Sandpiper was on the Fields. 2 Purple Sandpiper are still managing to feed unobtrusively on groynes at Sandbanks in addition to 29 Sanderling. A Hawfinch was seen again flying over Norden Sewage Works and a Firecrest was still foraging on the filter beds in the company of several Chiffchaff and Goldcrest.