Yesterdays storms didn’t produce the rafts of newly arrived sea duck we were hoping for, but it was always a long shot. Instead we had to make do with 2 Little Gull, an adult just off Evening Hill, and a 1st winter in the harbour mouth. There were a good number of Great Northern Diver off Evening Hill with no less than 10 spread between Salterns Marina, Brownsea and Whitley Lake. Off Jerry’s Point there was a single Slavonian Grebe, 9 Black-necked Grebe and 3 Great Northern Diver, and off Middle beach, Studland another 3 Black-necked Grebe and 2 Great Northern Diver. On Wareham Common today a Merlin, 2 Red Kite and 22 Cattle Egret were logged. The 2 Siberian Chiffchaff were still in the PCW Drain with 20+ Common Chiffchaff, 2 Firecrest and 1 Kingfisher.

Merlin – Wareham Common – Trevor Warwick

Red-breasted Mergansers – Whitley Lake