Friday 21st April 2023

Blue-winged Teal - 1 probable at Abbotsbury Swannery
Cuckoo - 1 Holt Heath, 1 Brownsea Island
Little Ringed Plover - 4 Swineham, 2 Silverlake, 1 Ferrybridge
Whimbrel - 7 past Hengistbury Head, 3 Ferrybridge
Ruff - 1 Swineham (Stilt Pool)
Common Sandpiper - 1 Silverlake
Purple Sandpiper - 4 Hengistbury
Little Gull - 6 in Lyme Bay 3 miles south of Portland Bill
Arctic Tern - 3 past Hengistbury Head
Manx Shearwater - 1 in Lyme Bay 3 miles south of Portland Bill
Spoonbill - 1 Christchurch Harbour

Black-crowned Night Heron - 1 still at Iford on bank of River Stour
Osprey - 1 over PBO, Poole Harbour - first egg laid by CJ7 this evening

Red Kite - 1 over Blacknor (Portland)
Merlin - 1 over Hengistbury
Hobby - 1 over Hengistbury
Short-eared Owl - 1 Hengistbury
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Christchurch Harbour (HHC)

Pied Flycatcher - 1 PBO, 1 Rushcombe LNR, 1 Studland
Common Redstart - 5 Christchurch Harbour, 2+ Portland Bill
Whinchat - 5 Barleycrates Lane (Portland), 2+ Portland Bill, 1 Wyke Regis, 1 Wick
White Wagtail - 1 Barleycrates Lane (Portland)
Yellow Wagtail - 3 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Swineham

Black-crowned Night Heron, Iford © Mike Foote

 

 

 

Cetti's Warbler at Longham Lakes this morning.@DorsetBirdClub #birdphotography #BirdsOfTwitter #birdwatching pic.twitter.com/pwRn1NlKYG

— Sam Staines (@SamStaines7) April 21, 2023

A female Pied Flycatcher in the trees above South Beach, Studland late this afternoon. She was a bit flighty, so just the one pic with an annoying twig across! 🙄@harbourbirds @DorsetBirdClub pic.twitter.com/p5eXS4MM2W

— Martine Fenn (@MartineFenn) April 21, 2023

Probable Blue-winged Teal in Swannery grounds this evening. Currently lost to view. Being looked for. Swannery opens 10am. If still present tomorrow news will be put out. @CWPhoto11 @kbutler1978 @Joe_stockwell @DorsetBirdClub pic.twitter.com/3NqXpTNkmS

— Steve Groves (@SwannerySteve) April 21, 2023