Tuesday 24th June 2025
Monday 23rd June 2025
Sunday 22nd June 2025
Cuckoo - 1 from Middlebere Hide
Curlew - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Redshank - 1 East Lake, Silverlake
Little Tern - 60 nests confirmed at Ferrybridge, 3 individuals at Stanpit Marsh
Balearic Shearwater - c100 past Portland Bill
Spoonbill - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Great White Egret - 1 Silverlake
Red Kite - 1 over Lower Bockhampton
Barn Owl - 1 Middlebere
Peregrine - 3 chicks at Corfe Castle, 2 adults Silverlake
Yesterday: -
Stone Curlew - 1 from Abbotsbury Swannery
Little Gull - 3 still Abbotsbury Swannery
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Avocets, Poole Harbour © Harry McBride |
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Magpie, Lesley Heath © Allan Hansford |
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Common Sandpiper, Lodmoor RSPB © Phil Cheeseman |
Saturday 21st June 2025
Mandarin - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Cuckoo - 1 calling nr. Coombe Heath viewpoint
Common Sandpiper - 1 from VS Lodmoor RSPB
Green Sandpiper - 3 Lytchett Fields
White Stork - 2 over Carey's Secret Garden
Spoonbill - 6 Brownsea Lagoon, 2 Middlebere
White-tailed Eagle - 1 from Coombe Heath viewpoint
Crossbill - 2 Chase Wood, Sixpenny Handley
Yesterday: -
Sooty Shearwater - 1 still off Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 15 off Portland Bill
Purple Heron - 1 Bennett's Water Gardens, Weymouth
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Mandarin, Lodmoor RSPB © Phil Cheeseman |
Friday 20th June 2025
Curlew - 4 Holes Bay
Green Sandpiper - 4 Lytchett Fields
Redshank - 9 Lytchett Fields
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields
Greenshank - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Spoonbill - 4 Christchurch Harbour
Osprey - 2nd successful nest announced by BOPH
Red Kite - 4 from Carey's Secret Garden
Firecrest - 3 Upton CP
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Hinton St. Mary
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Grey Wagtail, River Frome © Phil Cheeseman |
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Redshanks, Lodmoor RSPB © Mary Stevens |
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Meditteranean Gull, Hengistbury Head © David Wareham |
Thursday 19th June 2025
Greylag - 115 Longham Lakes
Common Scoter - 60 east past Kimmeridge Bay
Nightjar - 1 at Tadnoll NR
Cuckoo - 2 from Arne Road
Curlew - 6 Lytchett Fields, 4 from Coombe Heath, 2 Stanpit Marsh
Redshank - 11 Stanpit Marsh, 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Manx Shearwater - 250 east past Kimmeridge Bay
Balearic Shearwater - 21 past Portland Bill
Red Kite - 1 Longham Lakes
White-tailed Eagle - 2 from Coombe Heath
Kingfisher - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Hobby 1 Coombe Heath
Grey Wagtail - 1 River Stour, Blandford
Yesterday: -
Dipper - 1 Maiden Newton
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Greenfinch, Upton Heath © Peter John Corbin |
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Wren, River Stour, Blandford © Tracy Hart |
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Dipper, Maiden Newton © Phil Cheeseman |
Wednesday 18th June 2025
Little Gull - 1 West Bexington
Roseate Tern - 1 over Brownsea Lagoon
Arctic Skua - 2 Portland Bill
Great Northern Diver - 1 again off West Bexington
Sooty Shearwater - 1 still offshore at Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 21 Portland Bill
Red Kite - 2 over Pymore, 1 over Poundbury, 1 over Carey Estate
Tuesday 17th June 2025
Cattle Egret - 1 Wick Meadows
Honey-buzzard - 1 over Charminster
Red Kite - 2 over Bridport and Pymore
Firecrest - 1 Durlson CP
Monday 16th June 2025
Cuckoo - 1 Wick Fields this morning, 1 Middlebere, 1 Higher Hyde Heath DWT
Greenshank - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Whimbrel - 3 Portland Bill
Little Gull - 1 Coward's Marsh
Arctic Skua - 1 Portland Bill
Puffin - 1 Portland Bill
Great Northern Diver - 1 in full breeding plumage off West Bexington this morning
Balearic Shearwater - 8 Portland Bill
Spoonbill - 4 Brownsea Lagoon
Osprey - 1 over Stanpit Marsh this afternoon
Red Kite - 1 over Wareham Causeway
Nightjar, last night at Purbeck Heath NR © Garry Hayman |
Sunday 15th June 2025
Little Ringed Plover - 2 adults on Stilt Pools, Swineham
Green Sandpiper - 2 Middlebere this evening
Little Gull - 1 West Bexington
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 adult at Middlebere
Balearic Shearwater - 3 past Portland Bill
Red Kite - 1 over West Parley, 1 over Eggardon Hill
Saturday 14th June 2025
Friday 13th June 2025
Common Scoter - 31 W past Portland Bill.
White Stork - 2 King's Stag area.
Avocet - 6 Brownsea Island.
Little Tern - 1 Brownsea Island.
Sooty Shearwater - 1 Portland Bill.
Balearic Shearwater - 3 Portland Bill.
Spoonbill - 4 Brownsea Island.
Osprey - 1 Middlebere.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Brownsea Island.
Red Kite - 1 Houns-tout, Kingston.
Woodchat Shrike - 1 Eype (Downhouse Farm NT).
Stonechat, Morden Bog © Marcus Jones |
Thursday 12th June 2025
Cuckoo - 1 Middlebere Heath
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Lytchett Bay
Whimbrel - 2 Portland Bill
Little Gull - 2 or 3 West Bexington
Arctic Skua - 2 Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 15 Portland Bill
Hobby - 1 Bardolf Farm
Wednesday 11th June 2025
Sanderling - 2 Hengistbury sandspit.
Roseate Tern - 1 Brownsea Island.
Storm Petrel - 2 Portland Bill last night.
Great Northern Diver - 1 W past Portland Bill.
Sooty Shearwater - 1 Portland Bill.
Balearic Shearwater - 3 Portland Bill.
Great White Egret - 1 N along Portland West Cliffs, 1 Silverlake.
Tuesday 10th June 2025
Monday 9th June 2025
Spotted Flycatcher - Kilnwood NR DWT © Garry Hayman |
Sunday 8th June 2025
Little Tern - 6 over Mudeford Quay
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Manx Shearwater - Portland Bill © Steven Carey |
Puffin - Dancing Ledge © Garry Hayman |
Guillimot and Razorbill - Dancing Ledge © Garry Hayman |
Saturday 7th June 2025
Friday 6th June 2025
Thursday 5th June 2025
Wednesday 4th June 2025
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Pied Wagtail, Wareham Common © Trevor Warrick |
Tuesday 3rd June 2025
Immature Great Spotted Woodpecker, West Moors © Roy Nicklin |
Monday 2nd June 2025
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One of c.8 Crossbill on Brownsea Island yesterday © Chris Hayes |
Sunday 1st June 2025
Garganey - 3m Warmwell Cress beds
Turtle Dove - 1 in Southwell Garden, Portland
Avocet - 2 Stanpit Marsh
Litle Gull - 2 1st summer Coward's Marsh, 2 1st summer Abbotsbury Swannery
Puffin - 3 from Dancing Ledge
Spoonbill - 4 Middlebere Channel
Great White Egret - 1 Swineham
Osprey - 1 over Wareham Channel
Red Kite - 1 nr. Nether Cerne, 1 nr. Longburton
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Wareham Channel
Garden Warbler - 1 nr. Refuse Centre, Dorchester
Crossbill - 8 Brownsea Island
Sedge Warbler, Radipole RSPB © Mary Stevens |
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Great-spotted Woodpeckers, Upton Park © Danni Dyson |
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Canada Goose gosling © Alexa Pereira |
Saturday 31st May 2025
Garganey - 1m North Pool, Southdown Ave, Lodmoor RSPB
Cuckoo - 1 heard Carey's Secret Garden
Bonaparte's Gull - 1 possible Postbox Pool, Lodmoor RSPB
Little Gull - 3 1st summer still Abbotsbury Swannery
Roseate Tern - 1 still Abbotsbury Swannery
Balearic Shearwater - 6 past Portland Bill
Osprey - 2 Wareham Channel, 2 Carey's Secret Garden with Chicks
White-tailed Eagle - 1 north of Wareham
Hobby - 2 Morden Bog, 1 nr. Carey's Secret Garden
Lesser Whitethroat - 2 Radipole RSPB
Corn Bunting - 1 Maiden Castle
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Shelduck, Lodmoor RSPB © Allan Hansford |
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Garganey, Lodmoor RSPB © Phil Cheeseman |
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Mute Swan, Cygnets & Coot, Hamworthy © Tina Dawkins |
Friday 30th May 2025
Avocet - 3 from Coombe Heath, Arne RSPB
Whimbrel - 1 Brands Bay
Kittiwake - 20+ Portland Bill
Little Gull - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 1st summer Stanpit Marsh
Roseate Tern - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Great Northern Diver - 1 Brands Bay
Spoonbill - 4 Brownsea Lagoon
Red Kite - 1 over Cerne Abbas, 1 over Poole Quay
White-tailed Eagle - 1 over Arne RSPB
Bee-eater - 1 south from Osmington Mills
Firecrest - 2 The Wood, Christchurch Harbour
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Raven, Lodmoor RSPB © Phil Cheeseman |
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Chiffchaff, Lodmoor RSPB © Tina Dawkins |
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Corn Bunting, Abbotsbury © Sue Wingett |
Thursday 29th May 2025
Cuckoo - 1 Morden Bog
Little Gull - 2 1st summer Abbotsbury Swannery
Cattle Egret - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery
Great White Egret - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Red Kite - 1 over Puddletown Bypass
Hobby - 1 Morden Bog
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Roebury Lane, Christchurch, 1 Morden Bog
Tree pipit - 1 Morden Bog
Crossbill - 1 Morden Bog
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Sanderling, Hengistbury Head © Scott Usher |
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Canada Geese, Lodmoor RSPB © Paul McAuliffe |
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Cuckoo, Arne RSPB © Mick Church |