17 Jan - an excellent day in Dorset/Hampshire. I started at Ferrybridge with excellent views of 20 or so Med Gulls on the high tide (top photo JM). Portland harbour was extremely productive, with Red-necked (middle), Slavonian and Black-necked Grebes, and Great Northern and Black-throated Diver. The debatable male Hooded Merganser was by the bridge at Radipole....
Langstone Harbour and Hayling Island held a good selection of waders on the rising tide - 20 Avocets, Greenshank and Spotted Redshank, 10 Grey Plovers and a few Ringed Plovers, as well as Black-tailed Godwits.
Finally, the Bittern at Ivy Lake put in an appearance (lower photo JM) and showed its amazing camouflage, as well as emerging briefly into the channel. The Bean Goose was on Ibsley water and 3 Bewick's Swans in fields alongside the A338.
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