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Slavonian Grebe
Redhorn, Studland, Dorset
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December 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Drake and Redhead Smews (V. Distant)
Goathorn, Studland, Dorset
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December 31, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Tundra Bean Goose
A few recent ones from around the harbour
Poole Harbour, Dorset
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December 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Sparrowhawk chasing a Common Snipe
A few recent ones from around the harbour
Poole Harbour, Dorset
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December 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Marsh Harrier (juv)
A few recent ones from around the harbour
Poole Harbour, Dorset
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December 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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White-tailed Eagle
A few recent ones from around the harbour
Poole Harbour, Dorset
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December 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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White-fronts in same field as yesterday near Ridge
December 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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White-fronted Geese
Ridge, Wareham Dorset
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December 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Bean Goose
Middlebere Channel, Arne, Dorset
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December 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Marsh Harrier exercising the Teal
Poole Harbour, Dorset
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December 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Snipe
Lodmoor, Weymouth, Dorset
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December 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Gadwall
Lodmoor, Weymouth, Dorset
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December 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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White cage/basket fungus
A couple of weeks back
Purbeck Heaths NNR, Dorset
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December 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Kestrel
Poole Harbour, Dorset
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December 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Brent Geese
Studland, Dorset
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December 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Sanderlings (28 seen)
Shell Bay, Studland, Dorset
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December 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Great crested grebe
Ibsley Water, Blashford Lakes, Hampshire
December 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Green Sandpiper
Ibsley Water, Blashford Lakes, Hampshire
December 10, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Great Egret
Ibsley Water, Blashford Lakes, Hampshire
December 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Pintails
Ibsley Water, Blashford Lakes, Hampshire
December 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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White-tailed Eagle grabbing a fish (very distant)
Ibsley Water, Blashford Lakes, Hampshire
December 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Golden? Waxcap
Purbeck Heaths NNR, Dorset
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November 16, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Devil's fingers fungus
Really quite stinky
Purbeck Heaths NNR, Dorset
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November 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Hen Harrier Susie, whose chicks were stamped to death on a Yorkshire Dales grouse moor in 2022, has been found dead on a N Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries.

18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.

#RaptorResearch

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
Hen Harrier ‘Susie’, whose chicks were stamped to death in 2022, has been found dead on a North Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries
If ever there was an example demonstrating the high level of persecution faced by Hen Harriers on UK grouse moors, the lack of consequences for the offenders, and the lack of justice for the victim…
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November 14, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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White-tailed Eagle (G602, I think)
Recently
Poole Harbour, Dorset
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November 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM