Thursday 25h April 2024

Cuckoo - 1 Morden Bog

Black-necked Grebe - 2 Swineham GP in summer plumage

Little Ringed Plover - 2 Woodsford Quarry

Whimbrel - 1 Middlebere Channel

Ruff - 2 Lower Piddle Flood fields

Common Sandpiper - 2 Stanpit Marsh, 2 Silverlake, 1 Rock Lea VP Lytchett Bay, 1 Holes Bay

Spotted Redshank 3 Lower Piddle flood fields

Little Gull - Lower Piddle flood fields

FORSTER'S TERN - 1 Upton Park Holes Bay

White tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel, 1 Stanpit Marsh

Short eared Owl - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Hobby - 1 Morden Bog, 1 in off the sea Durlston CP

Wood Warbler - 1 woodland Southern end of Hartland Moor

Yellow Wagtail - 4 Ballard Down

Tree Pipit - 3 Ballard Down, 1 Morden Bog

Spotted Redshank - Lower Piddle Valley © Garry Hayman

Black necked Grebe - Swineham GP © Brian Edge

Wednesday 24th April 2024

 Common Scoter - 25 off Hegisbury Head

Whimbrel - 14 Hengisbury Head, 4 Kimmeridge Bay

Bar tailed Godwit - 14 Ferrybridge

Purple Sandpiper - 4 Portland Bill obelisk

Sanderling - 10 Pilots Point Shell Bay

Common Sandpiper - 2 Kimmeridge Bay, 1 Hengisbury Head, 1 Bramble bush Bay Studland

Great Skua - 1 Off Portland Bill

Guillemot - c680 Durlston CP

Great Northern Diver - 2 Shell Bay

Great White Egret - 2 Wareham Common, 1 Wareham Channel

Osprey - 2 Carey Wareham CJ7 laid her 4th egg

Short eared Owl - 1 Southwell Portland

Grasshopper Warbler - 2 Durlston CP

Lesser Whitehroat - 3 Durlston CP

Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Broadcroft Quarry Portland

Tuesday 23rd April 2024

Swift - 20+ Lodmoor RSPB
Cuckoo- 1 calling River Piddle, Hyde
Whimbrel - 5 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 NE Holes Bay
Purple Sandpiper - 4 still Portland Bill
BONAPARTE'S GULL - 1 probable still Wareham Common
Greenshank - 2 West Scrapes, Lodmoor RSPB
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 offshore nr. Hamworthy
Red-throated Diver - 19 on sea off  West Bexington
Red Kite - 1 over Ocean Bay, Swanage, 1 over Willd Woodbury
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel
Skylark - 46 Wild Woodbury
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 by Lane End Road, nr. Wild Woodbury
Firecrest - 1 in woods at Wild Woodbury
Whinchat - 1 Portland
Wheatear - 2 Ferrybridge
Tree Pipit - 10 Wild Woodbury
Yellowhammer - 10 Wild Woodbury

Yesterday; -

Eider - 2
Whimbrel - 34
Knot - 6
Kittiwake - 199
Arctic Skua - 5
Great Northern Diver - 3 

All off Portland Bill 22/04/24

Forster's Tern, Poole Harbour © Karl Sargent

Grey Heron, Charmouth © Richard Taylor

Whinchat, Portland © Simon Craft

 

Monday 22nd April 2024

Goosander - 1 redhead over Wareham Common
Red-breasted Merganser - 1 Brands Bay
Swift - 3 over Wareham, 2 north of Old harry Rocks, 1 over Wool
Cuckoo - 1 Rushcombe NR
Avocet - 3 Brands Bay
Whimbrel - 3 Brands Bay, 2 Ballard Down, 2 West Scrapes Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Lytchett Fields
Wood Sandpiper - 1 still West Scrapes, Lodmoor RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 1 north of Swineham GP
Greenshank - 3 Lodmoor RSPB, 2 north of floods, Swineham
BONAPARTE'S GULL - 1 still Wareham Common
Great White Egret - 1 Holme Bridge
Red Kite - 1 Shell Bay, Studland
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Dewlish
Wheatear - 10 Greenlands Farm, 7 in field near Old Harry Rocks

Yesterday: -

Black Kite - 1 near Ringstead Bay

Little Ringed Plover, Lodmoor RSPB © Phil Cheeseman

Great Crested Grebe, Longham Lakes © Martin Wood

Avocet, Lodmoor RSPB © Phil Cheeseman

Sunday 21st April 2024

Swift - 50 over Longham Lakes, 10 over Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Eype Down
Cuckoo - 1 Puddletown / Thorncombe Woods, 1 south of Durlston CP
Grey Plover - 4 Brands Bay
Whimbrel - 7 Brands Bay, 3 Littlesea, The Fleet, 2 West Scrapes, Lodmoor RSPB
Common Sandpiper - 2 East Lake, Silverlake, 1 Swineham
Wood Sandpiper - 1 still West Scrapes, Lodmoor RSPB
BONAPARTE'S GULL - 1 still Wareham Common
Little Gull - 1 top of  Wareham Channel
Arctic Skua - 1 Wareham Channel
Black-throated Diver - 1 past Portland Bill
Great Northern Diver - 1 Littlesea, The Fleet
Manx Shearwater - 1 close in, Eastern Cliffs, Portland Bill
Osprey - 1 Middlebere, 1 north towards Wareham Forest
Red Kite - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Brands Bay
White-tailed Eagle - 1 north towards Wareham Forest
Short-eared Owl - 1 Bridging Camp, The Fleet
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Rodden Hive, The Fleet
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Culverwell, Portland
Lesser Whitethroat - 1South Holes Bay
Ring Ouzel - 1 Wallsend, Portland
Pied Flycatcher - 1m Culverwell, 1 Durlston CP
Redstart - 1 Portland
Whinchat - 2 Portland, 1 Bridging Camp, The Fleet
Wheatear - 10 Bridging Camp, The Fleet, 6 in fields, Oborne area, 1 East Lake, Silverlake
Yellow Wagtail - 1 Rodden Hive, The Fleet, 1 Portland
Tree Pipit - 1 over Oborne area

Grey Wagtail, River Piddle © Mick Brooks

Fulmar & Jackdaw, Portland Bill © Derek Righini

Wheatear, Durlston CP © Mike Kirby

Saturday 20th April 2024

Nightjar- 1 in off the sea Ballard Down
Swift - 1 in off sea Portland Bill, 1 Upper Parkstone
Cuckoo -1 Hartland Moor
Little Ringed Plover - 1 The Hump, Lodmoor RSPB
Sanderling - 1 Preston Beach, Weymouth, 1 from Viewing Shelter, Lodmoor RSPB
Common Sandpiper - 1 The Hump, Lodmoor RSPB
Wood Sandpiper - 1 still West Scrapes, Lodmoor RSPB
BONAPARTE'S GULL - 1 still Wareham Common
Osprey - 1 by Round Island, Poole Harbour
Red Kite - 1 over Lodmoor RSPB, 1 or 2 Morden Bog
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel
Short-eared Owl - 1 south over Heights Hotel, Portland
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Wick
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Portland Bill
Whinchat - 2 Wick
Tree Pipit - 1 Ballard Down

Firecrest, Moors Valley CP © Michael Graham

Reed Bunting, Longham Lakes © Roy Wilson

Stonechat, Morden Bog © Mike Kirby

 

Friday 19th April 2024

Brent Goose - 1 still off Lynch Cove, THe Fleet
Barnacle Goose - 1 Holme Lane GP
Egyptian Goose - 2 with 5y Holme Lane GP
Common Scoter - 12 on sea off Hengistbury Head, 1 The Fleet
Red-breasted Merganser - 1 still Poole Harbour
Swift - 1 over Mudeford Quay
Cuckoo - 1 heard Portland Bill
Whimbrel - 20 Lynch Cove, The Fleet, 10 Christchurch Harbour, 4 Lodmoor RSPB
Common Sandpiper - 3 Mudeford Sandspit, 2 Poole Marina, 1 Tidmoor, The Fleet
Wood Sandpiper - 1 still Lodmoor RSPB
BONAPARTE'S GULL - 1 Wareham Common
Little Tern - 3 Ferrybridge
Common Tern - 7 Brownsea Lagoon
Red-throated Diver - 1 east past Hengistbury Head
Great Northern Diver - 2 Poole Harbour, 1 Littlesea, The Fleet
Great White Egret - 1 South Marsh, Christchurch, 1 Wareham Common
Osprey - 1 over Stanpit Marsh, 1 returning to Poole Harbour
Red Kite - 2 over Coombe Heath, Arne RSPB, 2 over Ham Common
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Brands Bay
Grasshopper Warbler - 3 reeling Christchurch Harbour, 1 ringed Portland Obs
Redstart - 1 ringed Portland Obs
Wheatear - 10 Ferrybridge

Great Spotted Woodpeckers, Lodmoor CP © Phil Cheeseman

Black-tailed Godwits, Poole Harbour © Tina Dawkins

Bonaparte's Gull, Wareham Common © Peter Moore

Thursday 18th April 2024

Cuckoo - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Whimbrel - 5 on beach west of West Bexington, 2 SW Holes Bay, 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Common Sandpiper -  2 Wareham Common, 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Wood Sandpiper - 1 still at Lodmoor RSPB on west scrape
Greenshank - 1 Stanpit Bight
BONAPARTE'S GULL - 1st-winter at Wareham Common, best viewed from slope behind the Doctor's Surgery (first seen yesterday evening)
Common Tern - 1 Radipole Lake RSPB
FORSTER'S TERN - 2nd-winter again seen at Shipstal Point
Great Northern Diver - 2 Poole Harbour
Spoonbill - 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Osprey - male 374 back in Poole Harbour
White-tailed Eagle - 2 over Black Heath (nr Thorncombe Wood), 2 Poole Harbour
Firecrest - 1 Newton Heath
Bearded Tit - 1 Wick
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Wick
Tree Pipit - 1 Newton Heath

Greenfinch, Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale

Cetti's Warbler, Lodmoor RSPB © Joe Kaplonek

Whimbrel, West Bexington © Richard Cook

Wednesday 17th April 2024

Goosander - 1 female in Lytchett Bay from Rock Lea Viewpoint
Cuckoo - 1 Durlston CP
Turtle Dove - 1 Kingston Lacy
Whimbrel - 9 Stanpit Marsh, 6 Brand's Bay, 1 SW Holes Bay
Bar-tailed Godwit - 1 Brand's Bay
Common Sandpiper -  1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 SE Holes Bay, 1 Mudeford Quay
Wood Sandpiper - 1 still at Lodmoor RSPB
Greenshank - 1 Brand's Bay
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay from Rock Lea Viewpoint
Little Gull - 1 Wareham Channel
FORSTER'S TERN - 2nd-winter seen at Shipstal Point, Holes Bay and Lytchett Bay today
Great Northern Diver - 2 Poole Harbour
Red Kite -  1 Wareham Channel, 1 Bournemouth (West Howe), 1 Brand's Bay
Hobby - 1 over Swineham
Woodchat Shrike - 1 Abbotsbury around the beach car park
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 South Haven CP
WESTERN SUBALPINE WARBLER - male still at Portland Bill near Wallsend
Yellow Wagtail -  2 Stanpit Marsh, 1 South Haven

Yellow Wagtail, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

 

Egyptian Geese, Longham Lakes © Ron Poulter

Western Subalpine Warbler, Portland Bill  © Mike Kirby

Red Kite, Brand's Bay © Brian Edge

 

Tuesday 16th April 2024

Whimbrel - 1 Holes Bay
Purple Sandpiper - 9 on the Cobb at Lyme Regis
Wood Sandpiper - 1 still at Lodmoor RSPB on West Scrape
Spotted Redshank - 3 Lytchett Bay from Rock Lea Viewpoint
Common Sandpiper -  1 Longham Lakes
Little Gull - 1 Bestwell RSPB
FORSTER'S TERN - 2nd-winter still moving between Arne RSPB and Brownsea Lagoon
Black-throated Diver - 1 off Portland Bill
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Child Okeford (female G486)
Red Kite -  1 Holes Bay
Swift - 1 Longham Lakes
WESTERN SUBALPINE WARBLER - male still at Portland Bill near West Cliffs

Monday 15th April 2024

Goosander - 3 males flew up river at Stour Valley NR
Whimbrel - 27 Lodmoor RSPB west scrape this evening, 2 Brand's Bay
Purple Sandpiper - 31 from Mudeford Quay
Little Gull - 1 Lytchett Bay
Manx Shearwater - 1 Durlston CP
Osprey - first egg laid by Poole Harbour pair
Golden Oriole - 1 male at Tidmoor Firing Range
WESTERN SUBALPINE WARBLER - 1 male still present at Wallsend on Portland Bill
Yellow Wagtail - 1 Durlston CP
Tree Pipit - 1 over Lytchett Bay

Yesterday :
Hoopoe -1 Charminster in Little Court area
Bee-eater - 1 found dead in a Swanage garden (earliest county record)
Yellow-Browed Warbler - 1 on private land in Purbeck
Firecrest - 2 Garston Wood RSPB

Western Subalpine Warbler, Portland Bill © Chris Snook

Western Subalpine Warbler, Portland Bill © Chris Snook

Chaffinch, Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale

 

 

 

Sunday 14th April 2024

Long-tailed Duck - 1 Tidmoor Point
Cuckoo - 1 Bridport, at Hyde Hill near Bothenhampton
Whimbrel - 3 past St Aldhelm's Head, 1 Stanpit, 1 Tidmoor Point
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor RSPB on West Scrape
Common Sandpiper -  2 Longham Lakes, 1 Stanpit, 1 Wareham Channel
FORSTER'S TERN - 2nd-winter still commuting between Brownsea Lagoon and Shipstal Point
Great Northern Diver - 4 Poole Harbour, 1 past St Aldhelm's Head
Red-throated Diver - 2 past St Aldhelm's Head
Red Kite -  4 St Aldhelm's Head
Hobby - 1 Tarrant Rushton Airfield
Swift - 1 Longham Lakes
Hoopoe - 1 in off the sea at Portland then flew north
WESTERN SUBALPINE WARBLER - 1 male at Portland Bill near West Cliffs
Lesser Whitethroat - 2 Durlston CP, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Whitethroat -  4 St Aldhelm's Head, 1 Ballard Down, 1 Friar Waddon
Ring Ouzel - 2 Durlston CP
Black Redstart - 1 St Aldhelm's Head
Redstart - 1 Portland
Whinchat - 3 Hengistbury Head, 1 Portland Bill
Cirl Bunting - 1 Studland, east of Glebeland

Western Subalpine Warbler, Portland Bill © Steven Carey

Wimbrel, Tidmoor Point © Freddy Alway

Song Thrush, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Saturday 13th April 2024

Garganey - 1 past Portland Bill

Red-throated Diver - 16  past Hengistbury Hd.

Black-throated Diver - 1 past Hengistbury Hd.

Great Northern Diver - 2 Brand's Bay

Purple Heron - 1 SW over Ringstead car park

Spoonbill - 3 Brownsea Lagoon

Honey Buzzard - 1 over Swineham 

Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail Wyke Down

Osprey - 1 Christchurch Hbr, 1 Poole Hbr.

Hobby - 1 over Lytchett Bay (RLVP)

Purple Sandpiper - 25 Hengistnury Hd.

Whimbrel - 3 Hengistbury Hd, 2 Brand's Bay

Common Sandpiper - 2 Longham Lakes

Green Sandpiper - 1 Silverlake

Spotted Redshank - 5 Lytchett Bay, 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Middlebere

Great Skua - 1 past Hengistbury Hd.

Little Gull - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Hengistbury Hd.

Little Tern - 1 past Hengistbury Hd.

Forster's Tern - 1 2nd/winter Brownsea Is.

Cuckoo - 1 Church Knowle

Redstart - 1 fem Lytchett  Bay Sewage Works, 1 Portland Bill

Whinchat - 2 hambledon Hill, 1 male Portland Bill

Ring Ouzel - 1 East Cliff Portland Bill

Sedge Warbler - 1 Longham Lakes

Reed Warbler - 3 Longham Lakes

Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Hooded Crow - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Wheatear - Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Friday 12th April 2024

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - Flock of 48+ west past Portland Bill later past West Bexington

Scaup - 1 1st/winter female Abbotsbury Swannery

Long-tailed Duck - 1 Littlesea The Fleet

Common Scoter - 1 male Common Scoter Longham Lakes

Black-throated Diver - 1 Portland Bill

Great Northern Diver - 1 Littlesea The Fleet, 1 Shell Bay.

Purple Heron - 1 NE over Little Sea Studland circled and then headed south.

Spoonbill - 3 Brownsea Lagoon

White-tailed Eagle - 2 over Arne RSPB

Osprey - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Christchurch Hbr.

Common Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Longham Lakes

Green Sandpiper - 1 Middlebere

Little Gull - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Forster's Tern - 1 Brownsea Lagoon

Yellow Wagtail - 1 Littlesea The Fleet

Redstart - 1 Suckthumb Quarry, 1 Hengistbury Hd.

Whinchat - 1 Greenland's Fm, 1 Stanpit Marsh

Wheatear - 3 South Haven, 2 Sunnyside Fm

Ring Ouzel - 1 South Haven Studland

Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Portland Bill

Reed Warbler - 3 Longham Lakes

Whitethroat - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1, Portland Bill,1 West Bay

Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Louds Mill Dorchester

Pied Flycatcher - 1 male Ladymead garden Portland

Corn Bunting - 1 Riversmeet Meadow Christchurch

Wheatear - Christchurch Harbour © Dave Hill

Thursday 11th April 2024

Spoonbill - 4 Brownsea Lagoon

Osprey - 1 Arne RSPB/Middlebere

Common Sandpiper - 2 Longham Lakes

Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Brownsea Lagoon, 1 Lytchett Bay

Forster's Tern - 1 2nd/winter Brownsea Lagoon

Hoopoe - 1 on NE of Little Sea Studland (Knoll Beach side of halfway Path)

Tree Pipit - 1 Arne RSPB

Wheatear - 3 Portland Bill

Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Louds Mill Dorchester

Sandwich Tern - Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale 

Jay - Tucson garden © Dave Hill

Wednesday 10th April 2024

Red-breasted Goose - 2 over Lytchett Bay a.m.

Great Northern Diver - 5 Ferrybridge, 4 Balls Lake Poole Hbr.

Cattle Egret - 1 Lodmoor

Spoonbill - 3 Brownsea Lagoon

White-tailed Eagle - 2 Longham Lakes, 1 Wareham Channel

Osprey - 1 Wareham Channel, 1 Middlebere

Whimbrel - 2 Lytchett Bay

Common Sandpiper - 2 Holes Bay

Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Bay, 1 Arne Moors

Little Gull - 1ad Swineham Floods

Common Tern - 1 Brownsea Lagoon

Forster's Tern - 1 2nd/W Brownsea Lagoon

Cuckoo - 1 Briantspuddle

Hoopoe - 1 early a.m. Little Sea Studland

Swallow - 2 Ballard Down

White Wagtail - 1 Ballard Down

Tree Pipit - 2 Ballard Down

Nightingale - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Redstart - 1 male Rushcombe Bottom

Sedge Warbler - 1 Swineham Pt.

Reed Warbler - 3 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Swineham Pt.

Oystercatcher - Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Tuesday April 9th 2024

 Barnacle Goose - 1 Holme Lane Gravel Pit

Common Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Bay

Little Gull - 1 Lodmoor, 1 Swineham

Sandwich Tern - 1 Lytchett Bay, 6 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Lodmoor

Forster's Tern - 2nd winter again at Shipstal Point Arne

Cattle Egret - 1 Lytchett Bay

Puffin, Dancing Ledge  © Peter Moore

Song Thrush, Bridport © David Asquith

Monday April 8th 2024

 Common Sandpiper - 2 Longham Lakes

Green Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Bay

Spotted Redshank - 1 Middlebere

Little Gull - 2 Lodmoor

Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Lodmoor

Forster's Tern - 2nd winter again at Shipstal Point

Osprey - 1 unringed Middlebere Channel

Red Kite - 1 over Longham Lakes, 1 Winterbourne Zelston

Reed Warbler - 2 Longham Lakes

Ring Ouzel - male at Wick, Christchurch Harbour

Pied Flycatcher - 1 East Were Portland

Yesterday:

White-tailed Eagle - 1 over Knowlton

Ring Ouzel, Hengistbury Head © Michael Gibbons

Woodchat Shrike, Cogden Beach (April 6th )  © Peter Coe

Woodlark, Morden Bog   © Robert Fielding

Redshank, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Chiffchaff, Duncliffe Wood © John Bishop

Long-tailed Tit Tucton garden © Dave Hill

Sunday April 7th 2024

Little Gull - 2 Lodmoor, 1 Poole Harbour

Sandwich Tern - 13 Rodden Hive

Little Tern - 1 past Hengistbury Head

Arctic Tern - 1 past Hengistbury Head

 Forster's Tern - 2nd winter on Brownsea Island lagoon mid afternoon, previously at Shipstal Point

Arctic Skua - 1 dark phase from Branksome, 1 past Portland Bill

Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Island lagoon

Osprey - 2 Poole Harbour

Marsh Harrier - 1 Rodden Hive, 3 Poole Harbour

Hen Harrier - male Chickerell flying east

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Swineham, 2 Shapwick

Whinchat - 1 Morden Bog, 1 Sunnyside Farm Wareham

Dark-eyed Junco - still showing well in private garden in Coronation Road, Gillingham - possibly viewable when perched in trees

Dark-eyed Junco, Gillingham © John Bishop

Little Gull, Lodmoor © John Pritchard

Wheatear Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Saturday April 6th 2024

 Little Gull - 1st winter Lodmoor

Common Tern - 1 Brownsea Island Lagoon

Forster's Tern - 2nd winter Holes Bay

Black Tern - 1 through Chesil Cove

Cattle Egret - 3 Longham Lakes

Red Kite - 1 Forde Abbey

Hoopoe - 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Portland United playing fields off Grove Road Portland

Great Grey Shrike - 1 still Morden Bog

Woodchat Shrike - 1 100 metre east of Burton Mere

Ring Ouzel - 1 Southwell garden Portland

Reed Warbler - at least 2 Lodmoor, 1 Radipole Lake RSPB

Cirl Bunting - male Durlston CP

Dark-eyed Junco - 1 Gillingham (in a private garden  Coronation road viewable from 13:00 - 18:00 tomorrow)

Dark-eyed Junco, Gillingham  © John Howell

Linnet, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Cirl Bunting, Durlston CP © Rob Johnson

Great Grey Shrike Morden Bog  © David Camp

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