Sunday April 6th 2025

Pink-footed Goose - 1 Swineham Point

Lesser Scaup - 1st winter drake still on South Lake, Longham Lakes

Little Ringed Plover - 2 Silverlake, 2 Lower Piddle Valley

Purple Sandpiper - 1 West Bay

Little Gull - 1 Swineham Point

Spoonbill - 3 Shipstal Point, Arne RSPB

Osprey - 1 Swineham Point, 1 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Moordown

 Red Kite - 4 Cogden, 1 Silverlake

Red-rumped Swallow - one straight through Crown estate fields, Portland

Ring Ouzel - 1 flew north from St Aldhelm's Head

Reed Warbler - 1 Arne Moors

Grasshopper Warbler - 1 singing Tidmoor Point, Wyke Regis

Whitethroat - 1 Verne Cemetery

Subalpine Warbler species - female north of police station west of Southill Portland

Pied Flycatcher - male in Hans Tout Woods Kingston, 1 Portland Crown Estate fields

Black Redstart - 1 West Cliff Portland, 1 Reap Lane Portland

Common Redstart - 1 Crown Estate fields Portland, 1 West Hill Road Wyke Regis, 5 Cogden, 

10 through Barleycrates Lane Portland, 1 Durlston CP, 1 South Lake Longham Lakes, 1 Chickerell

Water Pipit - 1 Arne RSPB

Kestrel, Priory Marsh  © Clinton Whale

White-tailed Eagles, Morden Bog  © Gary Hayman

Fly-through Red-rumped Swallow, Portland  © Joe Stockwell

Common Redstart, Cogden © Gavin Haig

Little Gull, Swineham meadows ©Gary Hayman

Saturday 5th April 2025

Pink-footed Goose - 1 Lower Piddle Valley

Mandarin Duck - 1 Wareham Common

Garganey - 1 Stanpit Marsh

LESSER SCAUP - 1 North end of South lake Longham Lakes

Little Ringed Plover - 7 Swineham

Ruff - 2 Lower Piddle Valley

Purple Sandpiper - 1 West Bay

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay from Rock Lea viewpoint

Little Tern - 2 Lodmoor RSPB

FORSTER'S TERN - 1 Brownsea Lagoon DWT and also from the BoPH bird boat in Wareham Channel

Spoonbill - 3 Shipstal hide Arne RSPB, 1 Curlew Pool Swineham

Osprey - 1 Longham Lakes , 1 Morden Bog

Red Kite - 4 Ashmore, 2 Compton Abbas, 1 Upwey, 1 West Bay, 1 Turbury Common, 1 Parkstone

White-tailed Eagle - 1 over Canford Poole, 1 Morden Bog

Chough - 1 Chesil Beach flew East

Willow Warbler - c80 West Bay, 1 Chickerell

Reed Warbler - 1 Longham Lakes

Black Redstart - 1 West Cliffs Portland 

Redstart - 3 Between Portland Bill and Weston,  2 Cogden Beach, 1 Burton Bradstock, 1 Arne RSPB Coombe Heath, 1 Little Sea Woods

Late News: 

BOOTED EAGLE - 1 reported at Martin Down on the Dorset border on Saturday 29th March

White tailed Eagle - Morden Bog © Alan Membury

Leucistic Wood Pigeon - Priests Way Herston 
© Bob Hammonds

Friday 4th April 2025

Pink footed Goose - 1 Swineham Point

Garganey - 1 female off Hengisbury Head

Great Bustard - 1 Nr Dorchester on private land

Cuckoo - 1 singing male Turners Puddle Heath

Little Ringed Plover - 3 Lower piddle Valley, 1 Stilt Pool Swineham

Whimbrel - 1 over Durlston CP

Ruff - 1 Lower Piddle Valley

Purple Sandpiper - 4 Hengisbury Head, 1 The Cobb Lyme Regis

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lower Piddle Valley

Little Gull - 1 Frist winter Swineham GP

Common Tern - 2 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

FORSTER'S TERN - Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Spoonbill - 3 through Christchurch Harbour

Cattle Egret - 35 Wareham Common

Osprey - 2 Middlebere Channel, 1 St Aldhelms in off the sea, 1 Durlston CP in off the sea

Hen Harrier - 1 Middlebere Channel

Pallid / Montagu's Harrier - 1 male in off the sea Durlston CP

Red Kite - 1 Dorchester, 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Broadwey

Reed Warbler -1 Radipole RSPB

Black Redstart - 1 Watton Hill Bridport

Redstart - 1 Avalanche Rd Hump Portland

Tree Pipit - 1 Little Sea Wyke Regis

Yesterday 

Tree Pipit - 2 Cranborne Common

Little Ringed Polver - Lower Piddle Valley
© Garry Hayman

Purple Sandpiper - The Cobb Lyme Regis
©  Janet Panter

Thursday 3rd April 2025

Pink- footed Goose - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB and later at Swineham Point

LESSER SCAUP - 1 Longham Lakes north end of South Lake

Black - necked Grebe - 1 Hengistbury Head

Little Ringed Plover - 1 Holes Bay 1st record since 2016

Ruff  - 2 Lower Piddle valley and 1 later at Swineham point

Common Tern - 12 Hengistbury Head, 1 Longham Lakes

FORSTER'S TERN - 1 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Cattle Egret - 1 Dewlish Water Meadows

Osprey - 2 Morden Bog, 1 Swineham Point

Red Kite - 4 Morden Bog, 1 Corfe Castle, 1 Charmouth, 1 Warmwell

Chiff Chaff (Siberian) - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Whitethroat - 1 Bradbury Rings

Redstart - 1 Hegistbury Head

Wheatear - 8 Hengistbury Head - 2 Peveril Point

Tree Pipit - 1 Morden Bog

Yesterday

White Stork - 1 possible over Rye Hill Bere Regis

Hoopoe - 2 Brady Lane nr Burton Bradstock

Pink - footed Goose - Swineham Point © James Leaver

Wednesday 2nd April 2025

Mandarin Duck - 2 Black Bridge Blandford Forum

Garganey - 2 Hengistbury Head

Lesser Scaup - 1 Longham Lakes

Eider - 3 Chesil Beach

Velvet Scoter - 3 Hengistbury Head, 1 Chesil Beach

Common Scoter - 285 Chesil Beach, 42 Hengistbury Head

Little Ringed Plover - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Silverlake

Whimbrel - 1 Longham Lakes, 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Holes Bay, 1 Kimmeridge

Knot - 1 Shipstal Point Arne RSPB

Purple Sandpiper - 5 Hengistbury Head

Spotted Redshank - 3 Turlin Point Lytchet Bay

Greenshank - 7 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Mediterranean Gull 200+ Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Arctic Tern - 1 Chesil Beach 

FORSTER'S TERN - 1 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Spoonbill - 7 Shipstal Hide Arne RSPB

Great White Egret - 1 Hengistbury Head

Osprey - 3 Poole Harbour

Red Kite - 5 Arne RSPB, 5 Creech Heath, 2 Longham Lakes, 2 Worbret, 1 Portemsham, 1 Bridport, 1 Swanage, 1 Sliverlake, 1 Wareham Golf Course, 1 Sadborow, 1 Ferndown

White tailed Eagle - 1 Silverlake

Swallow - 2 Longham Lakes

House Martin - 2 East Stoke

Ring Ouzel - 1 Hengistbury Head

Wheatear - 4 Hengistbury Head, 1 Eggardon Hill

Dipper - 1 Kingcombe DWT

Yellow Wagtail - 1 Chesil Beach

Chiff Chaff - Stanpit  Marsh © Clinton Whale.

Tuesday 1st April 2025.

Brent Goose - 18 Christchurch Harbour.
Lesser Scaup - 1 still at Longham Lakes.
Garganey - 2 past Portland Bill.
Common Scoter - 590 past Portland Bill, 5 past Hengistbury Head.
Grey Plover - 5 Brownsea Island.
Sanderling - 4 Brownsea Island, 2 past Hengistbury Head.
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery.
Forster's Tern - 1 Brownsea Island.
Sandwich Tern - 50 past Portland Bill, 18 past Hengistbury Head.
Little Gull - 1 Swineham.
Arctic Tern - 1 past Portland Bill.
Arctic Skua - 1 past Portland Bill.
Black-throated Diver - 1 past Hengistbury Head.
Great White Egret - 1 past Hengistbury Head.
Osprey - 3+ Poole Harbour, 1 Bridport, 1 Lodmoor, 1 Morden Bog.
Red Kite - 1 Parkstone, 1 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Rockley Park, 1 Swineham, 1 Tolpuddle.
Meadow Pipit - 990 along Portland West Cliffs, 77 arrived Christchurch Harbour.