18th January

Portland Bill: Common Scoter c30, Purple Sandpiper 11, Red-throated Diver 3, Firecrest 1.
Southwell: Blackcap 3, Chiffchaff 1.
Portland Harbour: Black-necked Grebe 6, Great Northern Diver 5, Eider 3, Black-throated Diver 1.
Ferrybridge: Dunlin 80.

With only one other sighting this month at the site it looks like today's little arrival of three Blackcaps at Sweethill represented a movement from further afield than just adjacent gardens © Debby Saunders:



It was a lovely bright day to get amongst a few of the regulars; Chiffchaff at Sweethill © Debby Saunders...


...Common Buzzard at Sweethill and Black-necked Grebes in Portland Harbour © Pete Saunders...



...Purple Sandpiper at the Bill © JR Norris...


...and Short-eared Owls at the Bill © Martin Cade: