Dorset Birds: November 2024

Wednesday 13th November

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 11 East Fleet
Barnacle Goose - 7 in field behind Rodden Hive
Whooper Swan - 1 Langton Hive, 1 off Rodden Hive
Egyptian Goose - 2 over St. Catherine's Hill, Abbotsbury
Pintail - 60+ off Rodden Hive
Scaup - 1 1cy The Fleet, Abbotsbury
Common Scoter - 1 still Ferrybridge
Slavonian Grebe - 1 East Fleet
Avocet - c800 Poole Harbour, 100+ Holes Bay
Black-tailed Godwit - 1113 Holes Bay
Knot - 4 Holes Bay
Spoonbill - 30 Poole Harbour
Hen Harrier - 1 male out to sea from West Bay
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel
Short-eared Owl - 1 Crown Estate Fields, Portland Bill
Hooded Crow - 1 probable over Southwell
Dartford Warbler - 1 East Fleet
Black Redstart - 1 Chesil Cove, 1 Upwey
Brambling - 16 over Ballard Down
Lesser Redpoll - 9 over Ballard Down
Crossbill - 19 over Ballard Down
Snow Bunting - 1 north over Ballard Down

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Red Kite - 4 over Hambledon Hill
White-tailed eagle - 2 over Hambledon Hill

Common Scoter, Ferrybridge © Phil Cheeseman

Snipe, Lodmoor RSPB © Andy Tew

Redwing, Pentridge Down © John Bishop

Tuesday 12th November 2024

Mandarin - 8 Holme Lane GP, 2 Poole Park
Red-crested Pochard - 2 The Fleet, Abbotsbury
Scaup - 1 1cy male - The Fleet, Abbotsbury
Velvet Scoter - 1 The Fleet, Abbotsbury
Common Scoter - 1 Ferrybridge
Slavonian Grebe - 1 off Middle Beach, Studland
Black-necked Grebe - 1 still South Lake, Longham Lakes
Avocet - 100+ Holes Bay
Knot - 4 Holes Bay
Spotted Redshamk - 1 Holes Bay
Cattle Egret - 1 nr. Car Park, Uptom CP
Marsh Harrier - c6 Stanpit Marsh & Sea, 5 off Swineham Point
White-tailed Eagle - 2 over Ballard Down, 1 over Cogden Beach
Kingfisher - 2 Hatch Pond
Firecrest - 3 Hengistbury Head
Brambling - 2 Hengistbury Head, 1 South Haven
Hawfinch - 1 north from Horselynch, Lodmoor RSPB
Lesser Redpoll - 6 South Haven, 3 Hengistbury Head

Black-necked Grebe, Longham Lakes © Jeremy McClements

Golden Plover, Portland Bill © Simon Craft

Kestrel, Poole Harbour © Peter John Corbin

Monday 11th November 2024

Black-necked Grebe - 1 Grimmery Bank, Christchurch Harbour
Golden Plover - 500+ nr. The Hump, Lodmoor RSPB
Ruff - 1 Western Scrapes, Lodmoor RSPB
Green Sandpiper, 1 Wych Moor
Caspian Gull - 1 1st winter, off South Marsh, Stanpit
Red-throated Diver - 2 off West bay
Spoonbill - 28 on Saltmarsh, from Ower Quay
Great White Egret - 3 over Wareham Channel, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Osprey - 1 Middlebere
Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail, Middlebere
Red Kite - 6 east of Cerne Abbas
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel
Kingfisher - 2 Stanpit Creek
Magpie - 110 Hatch Pond Roost
Swallow - 1 Littlesea, Studland
Woodlark - 4 West Bay on migration
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 St. Aldhem's Head
Black Redstart - 2 West Bay Esplanade, 1 St. Aldhem's Head
Water Pipit - 1 in Whimbrel Field, Lytchett Fields
Brambling - 6 West Bay on migration
Hawfinch - 1 Butterstreet, The Fleet, 1 over Recreation Ground, Lytchett Matravers
Lesser Redpoll - 36 over Hengistbury Head, 21 in Birches, Ferry Car park, Studland, 10 West Bay
Crossbill - 3 Culpepper's Dish
Serin - 1 possible, Butterstreet, The Fleet
Corn Bunting - 8 St. Aldhem's Head
Cirl Bunting - 2 St. Aldhem's Head

Crossbill, Culpeppers Dish © Phil Cheeseman

Little Egret, Stanpit Marsh © Mike Kirby

Shoveler, Holes Bay © Danni Dyson

Sunday 10th November 2024

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 2 on The Fleet
Pochard - 4 drakes Swineham GP
Velvet Scoter - 1 Juv still on South Lake, Longham Lakes
Goosander - 1 Holmebridge
Black-necked Grebe - 1 still on South Lake, Longham Lakes
Avocet - 4 Brands Bay
Golden Plover - 2 Brands Bay, 1 Portland Bill
Grey Plover - 4 Brands Bay
Ruff - 3 Stilt Pools, Swineham
Caspian Gull - 1 1st winter at South Marsh, Stanpit
Cattle Egret - 55 between Holmebridge & Wool
Red Kite - 21 over Gates Hill, on Dorchester to Sherborne Road, 2 Parkstone Area
White-tailed Eagle - 3 Poole Harbour
Kingfisher - 1 Brands Bay
Wryneck - 1 Kimmeridge
Bearded Tit - 2 Hatch Pond
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Littlesea Wood, The Fleet
Black Redstart - 3 South Side of Nothe Fort, 2 Swanage, 2 West Bay, 1 West Bexington
Hawfinch - 3 over Pentridge Down

Starling, Portland Bill © Graham Nash

Pallas's Warbler, The Hump, Portland © Phil Cheeseman


Goldfinch, Portland Bill @ Graham Nash

Saturday 9th November 2024

Brent Goose - 108 Whitley Lake

Velvet Scoter - juvenile still on South lake, Longham Lakes

Black-necked Grebe - 1 on South Lake, Longham Lakes

Woodcock - 1 through Chesil Cove

Spoonbill - 12 Holes Bay

Great White Egret - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Silverlake, 2 Frome Valley

Red Kite - 1 Silverlake

Wryneck - 1 Kimmeridge

Merlin - 1 St Aldhelm's Head, 1 Middlebere

Swallow - 1 over the Hump Portland

Pallas's Warbler - 1 still in garden by the Hump Avalanche Road Portland, 1 St Aldhelm's Head

Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 St Aldhelm's Head

Ring Ouzel - 2 Durlston CP

Black Redstart - 2 West Bay, 1 Ladymead Portland, 2 Durlston CP, 1 Swanage, 2 St Aldhelm's Head

Hawfinch - 2 over Lodmoor

Cirl Bunting - 3 east of Camp Road Wyke Regis

Purple Sandpiper, Lyme Regis © Roger Boswell

Water Rail, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Golden Plover, Crouch Hill, Stanpit © Scott Usher

Friday 8th November 2024

Holboell's Red-necked Grebe - apparent still Portland Harbour

Woodcock - 3 Moreton

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Silverlake

Merlin - 1 Bardolf Farm Puddletown

Red Kite - 1 Burlston, and probably same over Bardolf Farm Puddletown

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Stanpit Bight

Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Southwell school Portland

Pallas's Warbler - 1 In garden near Hump Avalanche Road Portland

Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 trapped and ringed Portland BO

Black Redstart - 1 West Bay, 1 Durlston CP, 1 Swanage

Hawfinch - 2 over Lytchett Bay, 1 over Portland Bird Observatory

Thursday 7th November 2024

Slavonian Grebe - 1 off Fitzworth Point, Ower Bay

Holoeill's Red-necked Grebe - apparent still Portland harbour

Black-necked Grebe - 5 Wareham channel

Avocet - c.50 Brownsea Island lagoon

Ruff - 2 Swineham

Greenshank - 12 Brownsea Island lagoon

Spoonbill - 39 Brownsea Island lagoon

Cattle Egret - 59 in field Holme bridge between Wareham and Wool

White-tailed Eagle - 4 Brands Bay

Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 trapped and ringed Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Abbotsbury sub-tropical gardens

1 Southwell Portland

Pallas's Warbler - 1 in garden at Southwell Portland

Black Redstart - 2 Tilly Whim, Durlston, 1 St Aldhelm's Head, 2 Portland, 1 Swanage

Black Redstart, Ocean Bay Swanage © Alan Bevis

Wednesday 6th November 2024

Velvet Scoter - juvenile still South Lake, Longham Lakes

Holboell's Red-necked Grebe - apparent still Portland Harbour

Spotted Redshank - 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Swineham GPs

Spoonbill - 41 Brownsea Island lagoon

Short-eared Owl - 1 Tidmoor Point, Wyke Regis

Merlin - female Maiden Castle

Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 The Hump Portland, 2 Southwell school Portland, 1 Hengistbury Head

Pallas's Warbler - 1 The Hump Portland, 1 Southwell school

Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 trapped and ringed Careys Garden Wareham, 1 Southwell school Portland

Ring Ouzel - 2 Portland Bill

Black Redstart - 1 Parkstone garden, 3/4 Pulpit rock Portland, 3 Blacknor Portland

Lapland Bunting - 1 over Portland Bird Observatory

Tuesday 5th November 2024

Goosander - 8 Woodsford.
Knot - 1 Holes Bay.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Silverlake.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Woodsford.
Black-tailed Godwit - 1000+ Holes Bay, c470 Brownsea Island.
Great White Egret - 1 Silverlake.
Spoonbill - c42 Brownsea Island.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Arne.
Ring-necked Parakeet - 2 Weymouth.
Black Redstart - 2 New Swanage, 1 Durlston CP, 1 Peveril Point.
Pallas's Warbler - 1 Portland Bill.
Firecrest - 1 Durlston CP.

Monday 4th November 2024

Common Scoter - 2 Studland Bay (South Haven).
Velvet Scoter - 1 still Longham Lakes.
Ruff - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Greenshank - 1 Stanpit.
Great Northern Diver - 1 E past Hengistbury Head.
Red-throated Diver - 2 E past Hengistbury Head.
Black-throated Diver - 1 E past Hengistbury Head.
Black-necked Grebe - 4 Wareham Channel, 1 Brands Bay, 1 Longham Lakes.
Great White Egret - 2 Middlebere, 1 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Longham Lakes, 1 Swineham.
Cattle Egret - 31 Christchurch Harbour.
Osprey - 1 Middlebere.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 SE Poole Harbour.
Swallow - 4 Middlebere, 1 Poole Harbour mouth.
Firecrest - 5+ Hengistbury Head.
Goldfinch - 680 Hengistbury Head, 442 Studland (South Haven).
Tree Sparrow - 1 over Hengistbury Head

Sunday 3rd November 2024

Barnacle Goose - 1 with Canada Geese, Bestwall.
Velvet Scoter - 1 still Longham Lakes.
Goldeneye - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Ruff - 3-4 Swineham.
Spotted Redshank - 5 Swineham.
Red-necked Grebe - the probable Holboell's Red-necked Grebe is still in Portland Harbour.
Great White Egret - 1 Bestwall.
White-tailed Eagle - 1-2 Christchurch Harbour.
Marsh Harrier - 4 Swineham.
Hen Harrier - 1 Maiden Castle.
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Portland Bill.
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Hengistbury Head.
Hawfinch - 1 Lytchett Matravers, 1 Portland Bill.

Saturday 2nd November 2024

Velvet Scoter - 1 still Longham Lakes.
Goosander - 8 Woodsford.
Golden Plover - 506 Lodmoor, 1 over Swineham (with Lapwing).
Ruff - 2 Swineham.
Common Sandpiper - 2 Lodmoor.
Green Sandpiper - 4 Woodsford.
Black-necked Grebe - 2 Poole Harbour mouth, 1 Longham Lakes.
Great White Egret - 2 Longham Lakes, 1 Lodmoor, 1 Stanpit, 1 Swineham.
Cattle Egret - 32 Christchurch Harbour, 35 Swineham, 16 Holmebridge.
Osprey - 1 nr Corfe Castle is very late in the year.
Marsh Harrier - 14 Poole Harbour roost, 1 Lodmoor.
Firecrest - 1 Durlston CP.

Friday 1st November 2024

Barnacle Goose - 1 Stilt Pool Swineham

Egyptian Goose - 181 Silverlake

Velvet Scoter - 1 Longham Lakes

Black necked Grebe - 5 Wareham Channel, 1 Longham Lakes

Ruff - 2 Stilt Pools Swineham

Common Sandpiper - 2 Woodsford River Frome, 1 Lytchett Bay Turlin shore

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Spoonbill - 38 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Cattle Egret - 40+ Keysworth Wareham Channel, 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Great White Egret - 3 Wareham Channel, 3 Longham Lake

Osprey - 1 Middlebere Scottish ringed 511

Wryneck - 1 Portland Bill

Merlin - 2 Hartland Moor

Peregrine - 2 Durlston CP, 1 Sturminster Marshall

Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Portland Obs trapped & ringed

Black Redstart - 1 Private garden Sturminster Marshall

Cirl Bunting - 1 West Bay