Firstly, we here at BoPH would like to wish you all (a slightly belated) very merry Christmas and a (not so belated) very happy new year. Your support and interest in our work and various projects is key to what we do and we can’t thank you for your support enough, so we look forward to meeting, speaking and working with you in the next 12 months and lets hope for another bird filled year in Poole Harbour. Bird-wise, the only highlights have included sightings from around the Studland area where 19 Black-necked Grebe and 11 Common Scoter were present off Middle Beach and the 3 Purple Sandpiper and 35 Sanderling were on the Sandbanks groynes.