Has this been the greyest winter on record? It certainly feels like it, with another day featuring no sun at all. Thankfully it was flat calm all day, meaning an evening scan of Poole Bay allowed for a few good birds to be found off Cliff Drive including 6 Great Northern Diver, 1 Eider, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Common Scoter, 9 Great Crested Grebe and 2 Guillemot. The Snow Bunting was still at Hamworthy Beach, 5 Black-necked Grebe were off Middle Beach, Studland with 2 Great Northern Diver.
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