Sightings - Wednesday 30th September 2015.

Osprey - 1 over Hazelbury Bryan.
Marsh Harrier - 6 Poole Harbour, 1 Radipole.
Red Kite - 2 over Sixpenny Handley.
Hobby - 1 Durlston.
Merlin - 1 Hartland Moor.
Long-eared Owl - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Swallow - 1400 Christchurch Harbour.
House Martin - 630 Christchurch Harbour.
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Firecrest - 1 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Ringstead, 1 Southwell.
Siskin - 870 Christchurch Harbour, 500 Poole Harbour.
Goldfinch - 950 Christchurch Harbour, 700 Poole Harbour.
Lapland Bunting - 1 over Barleycrates Lane Portland.
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Sightings - Tuesday 29th September 2015.

Red Kite - 1 north over Lodmoor.
Black-tailed Godwit - 1200 Middlebere.
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Juvenile Middlebere.
Swallow - 4000 over Durlston, 1200e over Winspit.
House Martin - 900e over Winspit, 400 over Durlston.
Ortolan Bunting - 1 Winspit.


Kestrel  Juvenile– Hengistbury Head ©Joe Murphy.

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Sightings - Monday 28th September 2015

Black-necked Grebe - 4 Studland Bay
Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury
Osprey - 1 Abbotsbury
Red Kite - 1 Sherford Bridge, 4 or 5 south of Shaftesbury on 27/5
Marsh Harrier - 6 Poole Harbour
Merlin - 1 Lodmoor, 1 Hartland Moor
Spoonbill - 37 Brownsea Island lagoon
Meadow Pipit - 1000 over/grounded Lodmoor, 500 Glebelands
Short-eared Owl - 1 Portland Bill, 1 Christchurch Harbour
Ring Ouzel - 1 Hengistbury Head
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 near Littlesea caravan park Wyke Regis
Firecrest - 2 Portland Bill
Lapland Bunting - 1 over l Lodmoor
Ortolan Bunting - 1 Portland Bill

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Sightings - Sunday 27th September 2015

Osprey - 1 Abbotsbury
Little Stint - 1 Lytchett Fields
Swallow - 5000 East Bexington
Wryneck - 1 Christchurch Harbour
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Sightings - Saturday 26th September 2015

Osprey - 1 Abbotsbury
CATTLE EGRET - 1Abbotsbury
Great White Egret - 1 Brownsea Island lagoon
Spoonbill - 20 Brownsea Island lagoon
Little Stint - 1 Lytchett Fields
Swallow - 2000 Christchurch Harbour
House Martin - 6000 Christchurch Harbour, 10000 East Bexington
Meadow Pipit - 1700 Christchurch Harbour
Wryneck - 1 Hengistbury Head
Firecrest - 7 Abbotsbury, 2 Middlebere
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Sightings - Friday 25th September 2015

Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury
Osprey -  1 Abbotsbury
Great White Egret - 1 Brownsea Island lagoon
Spoonbill - 20 Brownsea Island lagoon
Balearic Shearwater - 3 past Portland Bill
Little Stint -  1 Lytchett Fields
Firecrest - 1 Hampreston
Goldcrest - 70 Christchurch Harbour
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Portland Obs
Chiffchaff - 204 Christchurch Harbour
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Sightings - Thursday 24th September 2015

Balearic Shearwater - 4 Portland Bill.
Spoonbill - 31 Brownsea Island.
Spotted Redshank - 17 Brownsea Island, 1 Stanpit.
Sanderling - 7 Stanpit.
Great Skua - 1 Portland Bill.
Little Tern - 2 Mudeford Quay.
Arctic Tern - 1 Mudeford Quay, 1 Portland Bill.
Yellow Wagtail - 2 Hengistbury Head.
Wheatear - 5 Poole Twin Sails Bridge.
Whinchat - 1 Hengistbury Head.
Spotted Flycatcher - 3 Hengistbury Head.
Yellow-Browed Warbler - 1 briefly Ashtree Meadows (Christchurch Harbour).
Hawfinch - 1 Hengistbury Head.
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Sightings - Wednesday 23rd September 2015


Red-Throated Diver - 1 Hengistbury Head.
Bittern - 1 Radipole Lake.
Spoonbill - 5 Middlebere.
Knot - 1 Ferrybridge, 3 Stanpit.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Stanpit.
Little Tern - 2 Mudeford Quay.
Meadow Pipit - 400 East Bexington, 2300 Hengistbury Head.
Tree Pipit - 6 Hengistbury Head.
alba Wagtal - 112 East Bexington, 230 Hengistbury Head.
Yellow Wagtail - 7 Hengistbury Head.
Wheatear - 6 Hengistbury Head.
Whinchat - 1 East Bexington, 1 Hengistbury Head.
Swallow - 1200+  Hengistbury Head in two hours.
House Martin - 340+  Hengistbury Head in two hours.
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Hengistbury Head.
Firecrest - 1 Southwell (Portland).
Meadow Pipit - 400 East Bexington, 2300 Hengistbury Head
Siskin - 185 East Bexington, 550 Hengistbury Head.
Linnet - c400 East Bexington, 500 Hengistbury Head, 100+ Lodmoor.
Goldfinch - 450 Hengistbury Head.
Redpoll - 7 East Bexington, 71 over Hengistbury Head, 10 Wick.
Crossbill - 1 Lodmoor.
Reed Bunting - 75 Hengistbury Head.

Dunlin at Baiter © Clive Hargrave

Turnstone & Ringed Plover at Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy

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Sightings - Tuesday 22nd September 2015

Great White Egret - 1 Brownsea Island.
Spoonbill - 16 Brownsea Island.
Marsh Harrier - 5 .Wareham Channel.
Merlin - 1 Hartland Moor.
Hobby - 1 Brownsea Island.
Knot - 3 Stanpit.
Sanderling - 18 Mudeford Quay.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit.
Greenshank - 2 Stanpit.
Spotted Redshank - 15 Brownsea Island
Black Tern - 1 Mudeford Quay.
Little Tern - 1 Mudeford Quay.
Wheatear - 3 Brownsea Island, 4 Durlston NNR, 1 Hengistbury Head
Swallow - 350 East Bexington
Siskin - 169 East Bexington.
Crossbill - 12 East Bexington.

Wheatear at Hengistbury Head © Phyl England

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Sightings - Monday 21st September 2015

Balearic Shearwater - 9 Portland Bill.
Sooty Shearwater - 1 Portland Bill.
Great Shearwater - 1 reported Portland Bill.
Ringed Plover - 150 Ferrybridge.
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Barn Bight (Christchurch Harbour).
Grey Plover - 1 Ferrybridge.
Buff-Breasted Sandpiper - 1 still White Nothe
Arctic Skua - 7 Portland Bill.
Little Tern - 1 Brands Bay.
Whinchat - 1 Hengistbury Head.
Swallow - 1300 Hengistbury Head.
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Portland Bill.
Goldcrest - 70 Hengistbury Head.
Firecrest - 1 Portland Bill.
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Sightings - Sunday 20th September 2015

Scaup - 1 drake Abbotsbury
Great White Egret - 1 Brand's Bay prob same 1 Wytch Causeway.
Spoonbill - 23 Wytch Causeway
Osprey - 1 Abbotsbury
Hobby - 1 Greenlands Fm.
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER - 1 juv. White Nothe
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields
Wryneck - 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Yellow Wagtail - 10 Portland Bill, 2 White Not the
Whinchat - 6 Durdle Door, 2 Greenlands Fm.
Wheatear - 6 Portland Bill, 4 White Not the
Blackcap - 12 Portland Bill, 9 Hengistbury Hd.
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Whitethroat - 7 Hengistbury - 1 Portland Bill
Chiffchaff - 22 Hengistbury Hd, 6 Durlston CP.
Goldfinch - 50 Durlston CP.

Wryneck - Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy

Buff-breasted Sandpiper - White Nothe © Nick Hull

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Sightings - Saturday 19th September 2015

Osprey - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER - 1 again at White Nothe
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields
Arctic Tern - 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Wryneck - 1 Hengistbury Hd.
House Martin - 700 Hengistbury Hd.
Swallow - 600 Hengistbury Hd.
Tree Pipit - 12 Hengistbury Hd.
Meadow Pipit - 370 Hengistbury hd
Yellow Wagtail - 11 Hengistbury Hd.
Whinchat - 4 Hengistbury Hd, 1 nr, Tyneham

Stock Dove - Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy

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Sightings - Friday 18th September 2015

Spoonbill - 29 Poole Hbr. (17 Stipstal Pt, 12 Brownsea)
Hen Harrier - 1 male Godlingston Heath
Osprey - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER - 1 White Nothe (east of Sea Barn Farm)
Spotted Redshank - 3 Middlebere
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields
Grey Phalarope - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Black Tern - 1 Brand's Bay
Arctic Tern - 2 off Mudeford Quay
Wryneck - 1 Hengistbury Hd, 1 Middlebere, 1 Portland Top fields, 1 West Bexington
Whinchat - 2 Hengistbury Hd.
Ring Ouzel - 1 report from Arne a.m.

House Martin - Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy
Wryneck - West Bexington © Mike Morse
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Sightings - Thursday 17th September 2015

Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Eider - 1 past Durlston CP.
Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor, 1 Tidmoor Range Wyke Regis
Red Kite - 1 Milborne
Osprey - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Lytchett Bay
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER - 1 juv. White Nothe
Grey Phalarope - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Nightjar - 1 Barleycrates Lane Portland, 1 West Lulworth, 2 South Haven
Wryneck - 1 again in the quarry Portland, 1 Hamworthy, 2 Top Field Portland Bill, 1 Hengistbury Hd, 1 Middlebere.
Sand Martin - 200 Hengistbury Hd.
Swallow - 3000 Hengistbury Hd.
House Martin - 4500 Hengistbury Hd.
Richard's Pipit - 1 over Durlston CP
Tree Pipit - 9 Hengistbury Hd.
Meadow Pipit - 850 Hengistbury Hd.
Yellow Wagtail - 22 Stanpit Marsh, 8 Hengistbbury Hd.
Grey Wagtail - 12 Hengistbury Hd.
Whinchat - 40 Portland Bill, 7 Abbotsbury Swannery, 4 Hengistbury Hd, 4 Middlebere, 3 Stanpit Marsh
Blackcap - 200+ Hengistbury Hd.
Whitethroat - 50+ Hengistbbury Hd.
GREENISH WARBLER - 1 possible at Acton & Hedbury
Siskin - 530+ Hengistbury Hd.
Lesser Redpoll - 29 Hengistbury Hd.
Wheatear - Hengistbury Head © Geoff Norquoy
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Sightings - Wednesday 16th September 2015

Great White Egret - 1 Brand's Bay
Osprey - 1 Morden Park Lake, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Hen Harrier - 1 over Winspit
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields
Little Stint - 1 Lytchett Fields, 1 Stanpit
Knot - 22 Lytchett Bay
Wryneck - 4 Portland
Grey Wagtail - 15 over South Haven
Tree Pipit - 9 South Haven, 4 Winspit, 18 Brownsea, 20 Portland
Redstart - 8 Portland, 1 Winspit
Whinchat - 35 Portland
Grasshopper Warbler - 2 Winspit, 1 Brand's Bay, 4 Portland
Wood Warbler - 1 Portland
Spotted Flycatcher - 15 Portland
Siskin - 2423 over South Haven represents a UK day record count
Lesser Redpoll - 17 over South Haven
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Sightings - Tuesday 15th September 2015

Balearic Shearwater - 2 off Portland Bill
Storm Petrel - 1 Chesil Cove, 2+ off Portland Bill
Marsh Harrier - 4 at Wareham Channel roost
Osprey - 2 Wareham Channel
Grey Phalarope - 1 Chesil Cove
Woodlark - 7+ Stoborough Heath
Yellow Wagtail - 6+ Winspit
Firecrest - 1 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Winspit, 1 Penn Castle
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Sightings - Monday 14th September 2015

Manx Shearwater - 2 past Portland
Balearic Shearwater - 1 past Hengistbury Head, 12 past Portland
Spoonbill - 28 Brownsea Lagoon
Little Stint - 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Ruff - 1 Lytchett Fields
Green Sandpiper - 8 Lytchett Fields
Spotted Redshank - 7+ Brownsea Lagoon
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields
Whinchat - 4 Lytchett Fields
Firecrest - 1 Corfe Mullen

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Sightings - Sunday 13th September 2015

Red-necked Grebe - 8 off Lodmoor
Merlin - 1 Longham Lakes
Ruff - 3 Lytchett Fields
Wood Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Fields
Black Tern - 1 Lodmoor
Wryneck - 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Portland Bill
Firecrest - 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 ringed Durlston
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Sightings - Saturday 12th September 2015

Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury
Balearic Shearwater - 5 Portland Bill
Spoonbill - 28 Brownsea Island
Bittern - 1 Radipole (from North Hide)
Hobby - 1 Radipole
Honey Buzzard - 1 over Wick Fields (Christchurch Harbour)
Osprey - 1 Chesil Cove, 1 Brand's Bay, 1 Holes Bay, 1 Abbotsbury
Little Stint - 2 Ferrybridge, 2 Brownsea Island, 1 Abbotsbury
Purple Sandpiper - 3 Lyme Regis
Ruff - 3 Brownsea Island
Wood Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Fields
Caspian Gull - 1 juvenile from Radipole RSPB Visitor Centre
Firecrest - 3 Hengistbury Head

Avocet at Brownsea Island © Clinton Whale
Wheatear at Maiden Castle © Colin & Gale Davis

Stonechat at Hengistbury Head © David Wareham
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Sightings - Friday 11th September 2015

A heavy passage of hirundines, particularly Swallows, was noted from a number of coastal sites today. Sample counts include 4000 per hour at Durlston, 100+ a minute at Ferrybridge, 9400 Swallows over Christchurch Harbour.

Balearic Shearwater -  9 West Bexington, 7 Portland Bill
Great White Egret - 1 Brand's Bay
Spoonbill - 28 Brownsea Island, 1 Arne
Osprey - 1 Holes Bay
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields
Arctic Skua - 3 Portland Bill
Wryneck - 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 east of Osmington Mills
Red-backed Shrike - 1 briefly at Greenlands Farm
Siskin - 920 over Hengistbury, 120 over Portland Bill
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Guided Walk

Saturday 12th September 2015
Durlston Country Park 08:00 - 13:00
An early start for a ringing demonstration by the Stour Ringing Group (08:00-10:00) and then a leisurely walk down to the lighthouse to hopefully see more migrants. We will then walk back towards the Castle along the coast and have a quick seawatch before decamping into the Castle for tea and cake (optional!). Please could you email walks@dorsetbirds.org.uk if you are attending.

The forecast for Saturday looks both good and bad. It's good in the sense that the conditions look very promising for migrant birds to drop in with a South-easterly and rain overnight, bad in that if that rain continues through the morning then we may not be able to go ahead with the ringing demo.

The walk will go ahead regardless of whether we ring or not and I have high hopes that we may encounter migrant birds such as Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Spotted and Pied Flycatchers, Whinchat etc and offshore we may be lucky enough to witness Balearic Shearwater passing by.

Numbers for the walk are limited but there are still some spaces available so please email walks@dorsetbirds.org.uk if you wish to attend. Members and non-members of all birding abilities are most welcome so I hope to see you there.

We will meet at 8am in the area of the car park nearest the old information centre (i.e. the NW corner of the car park http://streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=403181&Y=77323&A=Y&Z=106 )
A car park charge will be applicable: £2.50 for 2 hours, £4 for 4 hours and £5 all day, the machines do not take 5p's or 10p's.
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Sightings - Thursday 10th September 2015

Great White Egret - 1 over Stoborough causeway
Spoonbill - 20 Brownsea Island
Osprey -  1 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Brand's Bay
Merlin - 1 Milborne St. Andrew, 1 Ferrybridge
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields
Ruff - 1 Ferrybridge
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - 1 Sandford Heath
Whinchat - 10 Portland Bill
Ortolan Bunting - 1 Portland Bill


Lesser Spotted Woodpecker at Sandford Heath © Clive Hargrave



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Sightings - Wednesday 9th September 2015

Great White Egret - 1 Arne, 1 Brand's Bay
Spoonbill - 25 Brownsea Island, 5 Shipstal Point, 1 over Christchurch Harbour
Osprey -  3 Arne, 1 Middlebere, 1 over Portland Bill, 1 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Greenlands Farm
Merlin - 1 over East Bexington
Little Ringed Plover - 2 Lodmoor
Little Stint - 2  Brownsea Island, 1 Christchurch Harbour
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Brownsea Island
Green Sandpiper - 4 Lytchett Fields, 1 Lodmoor
Spotted Redshank - 14 Brownsea Island
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields
Ruff - 3 Lytchett Fields
Hoopoe - 1 Blacknor (Portland)
Whinchat - 5 West Bexington, 4 Christchurch Harbour
Firecrest - 1 Durlston CP
Siskin - large movement noted from a number of sites including 888 South Haven, 178 East Bexington, 111+ Lodmoor
Little Bunting - 1 Portland Bill

Juvenile Great Black-backed Gull at Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy
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Sightings - Tuesday 8th September 2015

Great White Egret - 1 Poole Harbour.
Osprey - 3 Christchurch Harbour.
Hobby - 4 Poole Harbour.
Ringed Plover - 82 Stanpit.
Knot - 6 Stanpit, 3 Lytchett Fields.
Sanderling - 5 Stanpit.
Little Stint - 2 Ferrybridge, 1 Blackberry Point.
Dunlin - 58 Stanpit, 20+ Poole Harbour.
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields, 1 Poole Harbour.
Green Sandpiper - 16 Lyttchett Fields, 8 Poole Harbour.
Snipe - 35 Lytchett Fields.
Ruff - 3 Lytchett Fields, 3 Poole Harbour.
Yellow Wagtail - 40+ Hartland Moor, 15 Portland Observatory, 5 Ferrybridge, 3 Portland Bill, 2 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Studland.
Wheatear - 11 Hengistbury Head, 8 Portland Bill, 2 Winspit, 1 Brands Bay, 1 Ferrybridge.
Whinchat - 6 Christchurch Harbour, 3 Portland Bill, 2 Winspit, 1 Portland Observatory.
Garden Warbler - 1 Christchurch Harbour, 1 South Haven, 1 Studland.
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Studland.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Barleycrates Lane Portland.

Raven – Durlston © Joe Murphy.

Starlings – Hengistbury Head © David Wareham.

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Sightings - Monday 7th September 2015

Great White Egret - 1 Littlesea.
Osprey - 2 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Brands Bay, 1 Longham Lakes.
Ruff - 3 Lytchett Fields.
Snipe - 45 Lytchett Fields.
Green Sandpiper - 10 Lychett Fields.
Hoopoe - 1 Portland.
Wryneck - 1 Osmington Mills.
Yellow Wagtail - 45 Wick, 4 Greenlands Farm, 3 Barleycrates Lane.
Spotted Flycatcher - 6 Middlebere, 3 Osmington Mills, 2 Greenlands Farm, 2 Longham Lakes.
Siskin - 300+ over West Bexington, 200 over Portland Observatory, 75+ over Christchurch Harbour, 30 over Longham Lakes, 11 Osmington Mills.

Spoonbills  – Brownsea © Clinton Whale. 

Wryneck – Osmington Mills © Dave Chown.


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Sightings - Sunday 6th September 2015

Great White Egret - 1 Arne.
Spoonbill - 14 Brownsea.
Osprey - 3 Hengistbury Head, 2 Goathorn.
Sparrowhawk - 2 Brands Bay, 1 Hengistbury Head.
Hobby - 1 Brands Bay.
Peregrine Falcon - 2 over Barn Field.
Ringed Plover - 5 Brands Bay, 3 South Haven.
Knot - 1 seen from Coombe Heath Hide.
Sanderling - 2 South Haven.
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 seen from Coombe Heath Hide.
Greenshank - 1 Brands Bay.
Green Sandpiper - 1 seen from Coombe Heath Hide. 1 Wick.
Wryneck - 1 Portland Observatory.
Yellow Wagtail - 26 over and 35 more settled Wick water meadows, 3 Middlebere.
Tree Pipit - 2 Barn Field, 1 Middlebere.
Redstart - 6 Arne, 1 Middlebere, 1 South Haven.
Whinchat - 2 Long Field, 1 Portland Observatory, 1 Wick.
Wheatear - 4+ Portland Observatory, 4 Thorncombe Beacon, 1 Brands Bay, 1 South Haven.
Spotted Flycatcher - 20+ Arne, 1 Littlesea, 1 Long Field, 1 South Haven, 1 Wick.
Siskin - c90 over Hengistbury Head.

Kingfisher –Brownsea ©Clinton Whale. 

Oystercatchers – Hengistbury Head © Geoff Norquoy.

Sparrowhawk – Hengistbury Head ©Joe Murphy.




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Sightings - Saturday 5th September 2015

Osprey - 4 Christchurch Harbour, 2 Coombe Fields, 1 Wareham Channel.
Ringed Plover - 48 Christchurch Harbour.
Turtle Dove - 1 Stanpit Marsh.
Cuckoo - 1 Juvenile Slepe Heath.
Woodlark - 12 Slepe Heath.
Tree Pipit - 5 Hengistbury Head.
Yellow Wagtail - 14 over Hengistbury Head, 13 Stanpit, 4 Slepe Heath, 1 Winspit.
Redstart - 5+ Slepe Heath.
Whinchat - 5 Slepe Heath, 2 Hengistbury Head, 1 Winspit.
Wheatear - 5 Winspit, 3 Hengistbury Head, 2 Slepe Heath.
Garden Warbler - 1 Durlston CP.
Spotted Flycatcher - 5 Slepe Heath.
Linnet - c100 Winspit, a single flock.
Siskin - 131 over Hengistbury Head, 50+ over Slepe Heath.

Tufted Duck – Canford Bridge © Roger Peart.

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Sightings - Friday 4th September 2015

Osprey - 2 Wareham Channel and Brand's Bay area, 1 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Abbotsbury
Knot - 16 Upton CP
Little Stint - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Wryneck - 1 Portland Bill, 1 Coombefield Quarry, 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Charmouth
Swift - 2 Longham Lakes
Nightingale - 1 Portland Obs Quarry
Red-backed Shrike - 1 Durdle Door
Barred Warbler - 1 Culverwell Portland
Ortolan Bunting - 1 Portland Bill
Sanderling Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy 
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Guided Walks

Five Outdoor Field Visits have been confirmed and can be seen here:
http://www.dorsetbirds.org.uk/#/our-events/4545535406

The first of these is as below and spaces are limited so please email to register your interest.

Saturday 12th September
Durlston Country Park 08:00 - 13:00
An early start for a ringing demonstration by the Stour Ringing Group (08:00-10:00) and then a leisurely walk down to the lighthouse to hopefully see more migrants. We will then walk back towards the Castle along the coast and have a quick seawatch before decamping into the Castle for tea and cake (optional!). Please could you email walks@dorsetbirds.org.uk if you are attending.

If the weather is not good enough for the ringing demonstration on the 12th, but the 13th looks better, then we may switch to the latter date. A decision will be made a couple of days in advance of the event once the weather forecast has been checked. (A car park charge will be applicable: £2.50 for 2 hours, £4 for 4 hours and £5 all day, the machines do not take 5p's or 10p's).
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Sightings - Thursday 3rd September 2015

Cattle Egret - 2 Coward's Marsh
Great White Egret - 1 Brand's Bay
Osprey - 1 Brand's Bay, 3 Middlebere, 1 Christchurch Harbour, 1 over Blacknor Portland
Wood Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Fields
Wryneck - 1 Portland Bill
Swift - 1 Bridport
Barred Warbler - 1 Culverwell Portland

Great White Egret in Brand's Bay - Steve Smith
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Sightings - Wednesday 2nd September 2015

Cattle Egret - 2 Coward's Marsh, 5 flew past Longham Lakes
Osprey - 1 Brand's Bay, 1 Middlebere
Honey Buzzard - 1 over Wyke Portland
Knot - 15 Ferrybridge
Wryneck - 1 Portland Bill
Yellow Wagtail - 31 Christchurch Harbour
Northern Wheatear - 75 Christchurch Harbour
Pied Flycatcher - 6 Portland Bill
Spotted Flycatcher - 8 Greenlands Farm
Turnstone Hengistbury Head © Joe Murphy 
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Sightings - Tuesday 1st September 2015

Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury
Garganey - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor
Cattle Egret - 2 Stanpit Marsh
Spoonbill - 15 Brownsea Island lagoon
Osprey - 1 Brand's Bay, 1 Portland Harbour
Wood Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Bay, 1 Coward's Marsh
Kentish Plover - 1 Brownsea Island lagoon
Little Stint - 1 Brownsea Island lagoon
Spotted Redshank - 12 Brownsea Island lagoon
Greenshank - 8 Brownsea Island lagoon
Knot - 12 Upton CP, 4 Brownsea Island lagoon
Wryneck - 1 Durlston, 1 Portland Bill, 1 Acton
Yellow Wagtail - 22 Christchurch Harbour
Northern Wheatear - 50 Christchurch Harbour

Wryneck at Durlston - Ian Lewis
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