Sightings - Saturday 30th April 2016

Black-throated Diver - 1 past Portland Bill
Osprey - 1 Middlebere
Hobby - 1 Longham Lakes
Whimbrel - 9 Hengistbury Hd, 5 Portland Bill, 1 Ferrybridge, 1 Durlston CP.
Common Sandpiper - 2 Hengistbury Hd, 2 Lodmoor, 1 Langham Lakes
Kittiwake - 1 Radipole Lake
Roseate Tern - 1 off Medford Quay
Swift - 30 Longham Lakes, 17 Durston CP.
Bee-eater - 1 Eight Kings Quarry then over Portland Obs and then out to sea.
Yellow Wagtails - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Ferrybridge
Black Redstart - 2 Portland Bill
Redstart - 3 Reap Lane Portland, 2 Portland Castle, 2 Durlston CP, 1 Ferrybridge
Whinchat - 2 Hengistbury Hd, 1 Ferrybridge, 1 Hartland Moor
Wheatear - 19 Ferrybridge, 2 Hengistbury Hd.
Ring Ouzel - 1 still Stanpit north scrubs.
Sedge Warbler - 1 Southwell, 1 Reap Lane Portland
Lesser Whitethroat - 15 Durlston CP.
Whitethroat - 35 Durlston CP, 2 Portland Bill, 1 Reap Lane
Spotted Flycatcher - 2 Durlston CP, 1 Reap Lane

Kittiwake - Radipole Lake © Brett Spencer

Sightings - Friday 29th April 2016

Black-throated Diver - 1 Castle Cove
Manx Shearwater - 20 past Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 1 past Chesil Cove
Whimbrel - 61 Lytchett Bay
Common Sandpiper - 4 Stanpit Marsh
Pomarine Skua - 1 past Portland Bill
Little Tern - 4 Stanpit Marsh
Whinchat - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Redstart - 2 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Durlston CP, 1Avalanche Rd, 1 The Hump Portland.
Wheatear - 15 Durlston CP.
Ring Ouzel - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 PC World Poole, 1 Durlston CP, 1 Avalanche Rd, 1 The Hump Portland
Wood Warbler - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Grey Partridge - Martinstown © Nigel Tooth

Sightings - Thursday 28th April 2016

Eider - 1 Hengistbury Head
Black-throated Diver -1 Portland Harbour
Great Northern Diver - 4 Portland Harbour
Manx Shearwater - 100's past Portland Bill, 130+ Weymouth Bay
Marsh Harrier - 1 Hengistbury Head
Osprey - 1 Middlebere
Sanderling - 3 Chesil
Whimbrel - 14 Chesil, 10 over Lodmoor, 9 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Lytchett Fields
Cuckoo - 1 The Nothe Weymouth, 1 Suckthumb Quarry Portland, 1 near Portesham
Wryneck - 1 Portesham
Redstart - 4 Hengistbury Head, 1 Portland Castle, 1 Durlston CP
Whinchat - 2 Stanpit, 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Coombe Valley
Ring Ouzel - 1 Stanpit
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Stanpit
Pallas's Warbler - 1 still present at Portesham
Wood Warbler - 1 Verne Common Portland
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Verne Common Portland
Pied Flycatcher  - 2 Avalanche Road Hump Portland

Yesterday: a Cuckoo was at Corfe Mullen in the evening
 
Linnet at Hengistbury Head © Geoff Norquoy
 
 

Sightings - Wednesday 27th April 2016

Mandarin Duck - 8 Merley Park
Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury
Black-throated Diver -1 Portland Harbour
Great Northern Diver -1 Portland Harbour
Spoonbill - 1 Abbotsbury, 1 Brownsea Island
Hen Harrier - 1 male at Swineham
Osprey - 1 over Brand's Bay
Sanderling - 2 Ferrybridge
Bar-tailed Godwit - 6 Christchurch Harbour
Whimbrel - 50 Christchurch Harbour, 17 Portland Bill
Arctic Skua - 1 Portland Bill
Cuckoo - 1 Southwell
Short-eared Owl - 1 in-off Portland Bill
Yellow Wagtail - 6 Portland West Cliffs, 2 Christchurch Harbour
Black Redstart - 1 Portland Bill
Redstart - 4 Portland Bill,  2 Hengistbury Head
Whinchat - 1 Portland Bill
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Portland Bill
Pallas's Warbler - 1 still at Portesham
Firecrest - 1 Portland Bill
Pied Flycatcher 2  Hengistbury Head
 
Nightingale on Purbeck © Jol Mitchell
 
 
Dunlin at Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale
 
Blackcap at Stour Valley © Geoff Norquoy
 

 
Mandarin Duck at Merley Park © John Hammick
 

Sightings - Tuesday 26th April 2016

Hen Harrier - 1 Hartland Moor
Hobby - 1 Hartland Moor, 1 Ferrybridge
Sanderling - 2 Ferrybridge
Whimbrel -  45 West Bexington, 30+ Portland Bill, 6 Ferrybridge, 4 Stanpit
Arctic Skua - 1 Portland Bill
Great Skua - 5 Chesil Cove, 3 Portland Bill
Caspian Gull -  a potential at Mudeford Quay
Yellow Wagtail - 1 West Bexington, 1 Stanpit, 1 Lytchett Fields
Redstart - 5 Portland Bill
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Portland Bill
Wood Warbler - 1 Portland Bill
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 probable trapped at Portland Bird Obs
Firecrest - 1 Portland Bill
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Weymouth (Old Castle Road)
 
Garden Warbler at Lodmoor © Daragh Croxson
 

Sightings - Monday 25th April 2016

Scaup - 1 female Abbotsbury
Great Northern Diver - 2 Portland Bill
Glossy Ibis - 1 Charmouth
Spoonbill - 1 Abbotsbury
Osprey - 1 West Cliffs Portland & Portland Harbour
Spotted Redshank - 3 Lytchett Fields
Arctic Skua - 2 Portland Bill
Great Skua - 11 Portland Bill
Arctic Tern - 1 Portland Harbour
Swift - 90 Longham Lakes, 2 Swineham
Nightingale - 1 Challow Hill (nr Corfe Castle)
Ring Ouzel - 2 Eggardon Hill
Redstart - 1 Cogden Beach
 
Cetti's Warbler at Swineham © Clive Hargrave

Sightings - Sunday 24th April 2016

Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Great Northern Diver - 2 Portland Harbour, 1 off Sandbanks
Hobby - 3 Powerstock Common
Red Kite -1 Lytchett Bay, 2 Buckland Newton
Osprey - 1 Pisden Pen
Iceland Gull - 1 over Southwell, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Short-eared Owl - 1 Portland
Wryneck - 1 Radipole Lake
Pied Flycatcher - 2 Hengistbury Head, 1 Portland
Nightingale Cheselbourne © Vaughan Ashby
















Sparrowhawk Iwerne Minster © Stuart Jones

Sightings - Saturday 23rd April 2016


Red Kite - 1 West Bexington
Merlin - 1 Rodden Hive
Hen Harrier - 1 Hartland Moor
Whimbrel - 38 West Bexington
Spotted Redshank - 5 Lytchett Bay
Purple Sandpiper - 8 Lyme Regis
Meditteranean Gull - 105 past Hengistbury Head
Black Tern - 8 past Portland Bill
Spoonbill - 1 Rodden Hive
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Portland Obs

Common Whitethroat Hengistbury Head © Geoff Norquoy




Spotted Flycatcher Portsesham © Jayson Grove

Lesser Black-backed Gulls Bournemouth © David Wareham


Sightings - Friday 22nd April 2016

Common Sandpiper - 2 Longham Lakes
Yellow Wagtail - 12 Longham Lakes
Water Pipit - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Swift - 4 Longham Lakes
Grasshopper Warbler - Crouch Hill Christchurch Harbour, 1 Portland Obs
Garden Warbler - 1 Portland Obs
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Southwell Portland
Spotted Redshank Brownsea Island © Clinton Whale

Sightings - Thursday 21st April 2016

Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Red Kite - singles over Lytchett Bay, Rodden, Beaminster, Foxholes (Poole)
Hobby - 1 Cogden
Manx Shearwater - 133 past Chesil Cove
Whimbrel - 154 past Chesil in the am, 56 in the evening
Bar-tailed Godwit - 219 past Chesil Cove
Arctic Skua - 1 past Chesil Cove
Pomarine Skua  - 1 past Chesil Cove
Great Skua - 1 past Chesil Cove
Wood Warbler - 1 Portland
Red Kite over Foxholes - Marcus Lawson

Sightings - Wednesday 20th April 2016

Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury
Spoonbill - 1 Abbotsbury
Great Northern Diver - 1 past Ferrybridge
Hobby - 1 Morden Bog
Bar-tailed Godwit - 7 Christchurch Harbour
Cuckoo - 1 Portland Bill
Swift - 1 Portland Bill
Nightingale - 2 Ringstead
Whinchat - 1 Hengistbury Head
Ring Ouzel - 1 West Cliffs Portland, 1 Stanpit
Melodious Warbler - a possible near Verne Common Portland
 
Skylark at Hengistbury Head yesterday © Clive Hargrave
 
Whearear at Hengistbury Head yesterday © Clive Hargrave
 
Whinchat at Hengistbury Head yesterday © Clive Hargrave
 

Sightings - Tuesday 19th April 2016

Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury
Spoonbill - 1 Abbotsbury, 1 Brownsea Island
Marsh Harrier - 1 Longham Lakes
Buzzard - 43+ near Winterbourne Abbas
Hobby - 1 Durlston CP
Bar-tailed Godwit - 4 Lodmoor, 1 Brownsea Island
Whimbrel - 14 over Christchurch Harbour, 12 Stanpit, 7 Lodmoor, 1 Ferrybridge
Common Sandpiper - 6 Stanpit, 5 Lodmoor, several at Longham Lakes, 1 Holes Bay
Spotted Redshank - 7 Brownsea Island
Iceland Gull - 1 between Portland Bill & Chesil Cove
Cuckoo - 1 heard at Canford Heath, 1 Morden Bog, 1 Lodmoor, 1 The Verne Portland
Yellow Wagtail - 2 Hedbury, 1 St Aldhelm's Head
Nightingale - 1 Hengistbury Head
Whinchat - 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Stanpit, 1 The Verne Portland
Wheatear - 23 Stoborough Heath
Grasshopper Warbler - 4 Hengistbury Head, 3 Lodmoor, 2 The Verne Portland, 1 Radipole, 1 Hedbury, 1 Winspit, 1 Durlston CP, 1 Portland Bill
Pallas's Warbler - 1 Portesham
Pied Flycatcher - 6 The Verne Portland, 3+ Hengistbury Head, 2 Portland Bill, 2 St Aldhelm's Head, 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Winspit, 1 Durlston CP, 1 Portland Castle
 
Reed Bunting at Stanpit yesterday © Clinton Whale
 
White Wagtail at Portland Castle © Brett Spencer
Whitethroat at Portland Castle © Brett Spencer
Pied Flycatcher at Portland Castle © Brett Spencer
Redstart at Portland Castle © Brett Spencer
Stonechat at Hengistbury Head © David Wareham
 

 

Sightings - Monday 18th April 2016

Red Kite - 1 near Bincombe
Hen Harrier - 1 west Poole Harbour
Crane - 2 Witchampton (Somerset levels reintroductions)
Great Bustard - 1 Lytchett Bay (probable reintroduction bird from Salisbury)
Bar-tailed Godwit - 6 Lodmoor
Whimbrel - 32 Lodmoor, 23 Christchurch Harbour
Common Sandpiper - 3 Lodmoor, 1 Hatch Pond
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor
Cuckoo - 1 heard at Lodmoor
Yellow Wagtail - 9 Christchurch Harbour
Redstart - 5 Hengistbury Head, 1 Reap Lane
Ring Ouzel - 1 Stoborough Heath
Lesser Whitethroat - 3 Lodmoor, 1 Durlston CP
Pallas's Warbler - 1 Portesham
Pied Flycatcher - 2 Hengistbury Head, 1 Durlston CP

Late news:
Hoopoe - in a Litton Cheney garden on 15th & 16th
Hoopoe at Litton Cheney © Steve Kourik




Black-tailed Godwit at Hengistbury Head © Geoff Norquay

Sightings - Sunday 17th April 2016

Spoonbill - 1 Rodden Hive
Osprey - 1 Okeford Fitzpaine
Crane - 1 over Monkton Up Wimborne
Whimbrel - 39 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Lytchett Bay
Common Sandpiper - 1 Blandford
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay
Arctic Tern - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Turtle Dove - 1 Southwell
Cuckoo - 1 Monkton Up Wimborne, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Short-eared Owl - 3 Portland Bill
Swift - 1 Tout Quarry Portland
Hoopoe - 1 Portland Bill, 1 Suckthumb Quarry
Yellow Wagtail - 7 Portland Bill, 6 Christchurch Harbour
Bluethroat (White-spotted) - 1 Portland Bill
Black Redstart - 1 Durlston CP
Redstart - 3 Southwell, 3  Hengistbury Head, 3 Ashtree Meadow, 1 Suckthumb Quarry, 1 Lytchett Fields
Whinchat - 3 Suckthumb Quarry, 1 Reap Lane
Ring Ouzel - 1 Portland Bill
Grasshopper Warbler - 2 Portland Bill, 1 Hengistbury Head
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Hengistbury Head
Western Subalpine Warbler - 1 Portland Bill
Pallas's Warbler - 1 Portesham
Firecrest - 3 Portland Bill
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Reap Lane
 
Bluethroat at Portland Bill © Brett Spencer
Pied Flycatcher at Portland Heights © Brett Spencer
 
Wheatear at Bincombe © Daragh Croxson
 

Sightings - Saturday 16th April 2016

Great Northern Diver - 1 Weymouth Bay.   
Spoonbill - 1 Brownsea Island, 7 Poole Harbour.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Hen Harrier - 1 near Ackling Dyke.
Red Kite - 1 Puncknowle.
Osprey - 1 Poole Harbour.
Crane - 1 reported near Ackling Dyke.
Knot - 1 Brownsea Island.
Whimbrel - 1+ Arne Moors, 2 Christchurch Harbour.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Longham Lakes.
Greenshank - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Brownsea Island.
Short-Eared Owl - 2 Portland Bill.
Hoopoe - 1 Suckthumb Quarry, Portland.
Redstart - 2 Hengistbury Head, 4 Portland Bill, 1 Ringstead.
White-Spotted Bluethroat - 1 Portland Bill.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Barleycrates Lane (Portland).
Nightingale - 1 Ringstead.
Grasshopper Warbler - 3 Portland Bill, 1 Wick.
Subalpine Warbler - 1 Portland East Cliffs.
Yellow-Browed Warbler - 1 Okeford Fitzpaine.
Firecrest - 1 Portland Bill.
Hawfinch - 1 Portland Bill (later central Portland).

Late news:  Hoopoe in a private garden at Litton Cheney yesterday.

Hawfinch at Portland Bill © Roger Hewitt

Sightings - Friday 15th April 2016

Great Northern Diver - 1 past Hengistbury Head.
Red-Throated Diver - 1 past Hengistbury Head.
Red Kite - 1 Melplash.
Grey Plover - 10 past Hengistbury Head.
Little Ringed Plover - 2 Portland Bill.
Knot - 6 past Hengistbury Head.
Whimbrel - 15 past Hengistbury Head.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Hengistbury Head.
Arctic Skua - 1 past Portland Bill.
Little Gull - 1 past Hengistbury Head.
Little Tern - 2 off Mudeford Quay.
Short-Eared Owl - 1 Wyke Down.
Hoopoe
- 1 Suckthumb Quarry, Portland.
Cuckoo - 1 Canford Heath, 1 Shaftesbury.
Swift - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Yellow Wagtail - 1 Hengistbury Head, 4 Lytchett Bay.
Swallow - 300 Loud Mill sewage works.
Redstart - 1 Christchurch Harbour, 4 Portland Bill.
Whinchat - 1 Canford Heath,.1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Portland Bill.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Portland Bill.
Hawfinch - 1 Portland Bill.

Late news:  Red Kite over Lulworth Ranges on Wednesday 13th April.  Cuckoo at Holt Heath yesterday.

Short-Eared Owl at Wyke Down © Brian Bray

Hoopoe on Portland © Brett Spencer

Yellow Wagtails at Lytchett Fields © Paul Morton

Young Robin in Merley yesterday © Terry Elborn

DBC Walk - Winspit and St Aldhelm's Head - Sunday 17th April

Join us for a walk into the Winspit valley and along to St Aldhelm’s Head this Sunday 17th April.
We will search for spring migrants, who knows we may bump into a Hoopoe! More realistically we should encounter Wheatear, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat & Willow Warbler amongst other things and perhaps Redsart and Ring Ouzel. Scarce local breeders such as Corn Bunting and Yellowhammer should be seen too.

Meet in the car park in Worth Matravers at 09:30 (SY 974776 – charges apply) and we expect to be out for most of the day.

It's a Category C walk with some steep hills / stiles.

For more details contact richardcharman@tiscali.co.uk

Sightings - Thursday 14th April 2016

 
Great Northern Diver - 2 Portland Harbour.
Black-Throated Diver - 1 Portland Harbour.
Spoonbill - 1 Middlebere.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Hen Harrier - 1 Wareham Channel.
Osprey - 1 Lytchett Bay/Holton Lee departed up-valley.
Grey Plover - 1 Stanpit.
Whimbrel -1 Ferrybridge, 8 past Portland Bill.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Holes Bay, 1 Stanpit.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Arctic Skua - 1 Chesil Cove, 1 past Portland Bill.
Little Gull - 2 past Portland Bill.
Short-Eared Owl - 1 Portland Bill.
Hoopoe - 1 Suckthumb Quarry, Portland.
Swift - 1 Frampton.
Water Pipit - 2 Lytchett Bay.
Yellow Wagtail - 4+ Portland West Cliffs.
Redstart - 1 Portland Bill.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Pennsylvania Castle.
Ring Ouzel - 1 Portland West Cliffs.
Pallas's Warbler - 1 still at Portesham.
Grasshopper Warbler - 2 Christchurch Harbour.

Osprey at Lytchett Bay © Ian Ballam
Reed Bunting at Radipole © David Wareham
Tufted Duck at Lodmoor © David Wareham
Corn Bunting at Maiden Castle © Brendan Sheils



Hoopoe at Suckthumb Quarry © Brendan Sheils

Sightings - Wednesday 13th April 2016

Garganey - 2 Christchurch Harbour
Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Great Northern Diver - 1 E past Ferrybridge, 2 Portland Harbour
Osprey - 2 over Christchurch Harbour
Whimbrel - 2 Ferrybridge
Arctic Tern - 7 past Portland Bill
Cuckoo - 1 Rempstone Forest, 1 Wareham Forest
Short-eared Owl - 2 Portland Bill, 2 Sixpenny Handley
Swift - 1 Hengistbury Head
Hoopoe - 1 Suckthumb Quarry
Water Pipit - 2 Lytchett Bay
Yellow Wagtail - 1 Ferrybridge, 1 Hengistbury Head
Redstart - 1 Suckthumb Quarry, 1 Reap Lane, 7 Portland Bill
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Suckthumb Quarry, 4 Hengistbury Head, 2 Abbotsbury
Reed Warbler - 1 High Hall (River Allen)
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Verne Common
Western Subalpine Warbler - male trapped at Portland Bird Obs but                                               not seen after release.
Pallas's Warbler - 1 Portesham
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 South Haven
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Portland Bill

If you are lucky enough to see and photograph something good in the county please consider forwarding a copy to dorsetbirdclub@hotmail.com for inclusion on the blog - many thanks.

Mute Swan in the Stour Valley - Geoff Norquoy

Mandarin at Canford - Dave Hill



Sightings - Tuesday 12th April 2016

Garganey - 1 Coward's Marsh
Osprey - singles over Portland, Lodmoor & Canford Heath.
Hobby - 1 Portland
Purple Sandpiper - 13 Lyme Cobb
Spotted Redshank - 2 Brownsea Is.
Cuckoo - 1 Suckthumb Quarry, 1 Morden Bog
Hoopoe - 1 Suckthumb Quarry
Whinchat - 1 Portland Bill
Garden Warbler - 1 Stanpit
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Portland Castle
Pallas's Warbler - 1 still Portesham
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Portland Castle
Serin - 1 Portland Bill

Swallow - Wick © Geoff Norquoy













Mandarin Duck nest with 29 eggs Canford School © Roger Peart

Sightings - Monday 11th April 2016

Garganey - 1 Coward's Marsh
Scaup - 1 fem still at Abbotsbury
Common Scoter - 409 Chesil Cove, 2 Abbotsbury
Velvet Scoter - 2 past Burton Bradstock, 1 Chesil Cove
Great Northern Diver - 5 Portland Hbr. 1 sum/plum over Blacknor Portland
Red-throated Diver - 1 Chesil Cove
Manx Shearwater - 14 Chesil Cove
Osprey - 1 Abbotsbury, 1 Portland Bill
Knot - 3 Christchurch Hbr.
Whimbrel - 4 Christchurch Hbr, 3 Mudeford Quay, 1 Chesil Cove
Spotted Redshank - 1 Christchurch Hbr
Arctic Skua - 4 Chesil Cove, 1 Burton Bradstock
Iceland Gull - 1 1st/winter Upton CP.
Common Tern - 32 Chesil Cove, 26 Mudeford Quay
Arctic Tern - 1 Chesil Cove
Comic Terns - 51 past Chesil Cove
Little Tern - 2 Chesil Cove
Cuckoo - 1 Turnerpuddle
Hoopoe - 1 Verne Common RN Cemetery
Water Pipit - 1 sum/plum Lytchett Fields
Ring Ouzel - 2 Portland Bill, 1 Blacknor Portland, 1 Chickerell
Sedge Warbler - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Common Whitethroat - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Pallas's Warbler - 1 still Portesham by old railway line.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Verne Common RN cemetery

Willow Warbler - Portland Castle © Brett Spencer



Sightings - Sunday 10th April 2016

Scaup - 1 fem. Abbottsbury
Common Scoter - 406 past Chesil
Red-throated Diver - 1 past Chesil
Merlin - 1 east Chesil
Whimbrel - 2 past Chesil
Common Sandpiper - 1 Longham Lakes
Arctic Skua - 3 past Chesil, 1 past Medford Quay
Little Gull - 3 Chesil
Common Tern - 14 Chesil, 4 Medford Quay
Arctic Tern - 2 Chesil
Water Pipit - 1 sum/plum Lytchett Fields
Yellow Wagtail - 1 Upton CP.
Wheatear - 4 Ferrybridge, 1 Lytchett Fields

Redshank - Stanpit Marsh Geoff Norquay

Sightings - Saturday 9th April 2016

Manx Shearwater - c12 East Portland Bill
Marsh Harrier - 1 west Christchurch Her, 1over north Verwood a.m.
Great Bustard - 3 seen briefly Spetsbury flew off South west
Greenshank - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields
Great Skua - 1 Portland Bill
Mediterranean Gull - 162 Christchurch Hbr
Short-eared Owl - 2 Portland Bill
Swallow - 16+ Lodmoor, 8 Hengistbury Hd.
Redstart - 2 Durlston CP, 1 Cowgrove, 1 Lodmoor, 1 Sherborne, 1 Portland Castle
Wheatear - 3 Hengistbury Hd.
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Radipole in private garden.
Blackcap - 8 Hengistbury Hd.
Pallas's Warbler - 1 still Portesham
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 still Sherborne
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Serin - 1 over the West Cliff Portland

Common Redstart - Portland Castle © Brett Spencer

Sightings - Friday 8th April 2016

Garganey - 1 Coward's Marsh
Mediterranean Gull - 125 past Hengistbury Head
Sandwich Tern - 33 past Hengistbury Head, 26 Ferrybridge
Hoopoe - 1 Swanage
Short-eared Owl - 1 Top Fields Portland
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Durlston 
Pallas's Warbler - 1 Portesham
Firecrest - 2 Portland Bill 

Sightings - Thursday 7th April 2016

Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Garganey - 1 Coward's Marsh
Osprey - 1 Middlebere
Hoopoe - 1 Swanage
Pallas's Warbler - 1 Portesham

Sightings - Wednesday 6th April 2016

Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Osprey - 1 Middlebere
Red Kite - 1 over Lytchett Matravers
Little Ringed Plover - 2 Christchurch Harbour
Arctic Skua - 1 past Chesil Cove
Short-eared Owl - 1 Southwell

Sightings - Tuesday 5th April 2016

Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury
Osprey - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Middlebere
Red Kite - 1 St Aldhelms Head
Knot - 2 Holes Bay
Purple Sandpiper - 3 Lyme Regis Cobb
Short-eared Owl - 1 Hengistbuy Head
Redstart - 4 Portland Bill, 5 Christchurch Harbour
Hooded Crow - 1 Portland Bill
Ring Ouzel - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Reed Warbler - Lodmoor 
Sedge Warbler - Lodmoor
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Lodmoor
Willow Warbler - 150 Christchurch Harbour, 200 Willowchiffs Portland Bill, 30 Portland Harbour
Chiffchaff - 40 Christchurch Harbour 
Pallas's Warbler - 1 Portesham

Stonechat Christchurch Harbour © Joe Murphy

Northern Wheatear Christchurch Harbour © Clinton Whale