Sunday 22nd June 2025

Cuckoo - 1 from Middlebere Hide
Curlew - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Redshank - 1 East Lake, Silverlake
Little Tern - 60 nests confirmed at Ferrybridge, 3 individuals at Stanpit Marsh
Balearic Shearwater - c100 past Portland Bill
Spoonbill - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Great White Egret - 1 Silverlake
Red Kite - 1 over Lower Bockhampton
Barn Owl - 1 Middlebere
Peregrine - 3 chicks at Corfe Castle, 2 adults Silverlake

Yesterday: - 

Stone Curlew - 1 from Abbotsbury Swannery
Little Gull - 3 still Abbotsbury Swannery

Avocets, Poole Harbour © Harry McBride


Magpie, Lesley Heath © Allan Hansford


Common Sandpiper, Lodmoor RSPB © Phil Cheeseman

 

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Saturday 21st June 2025

Mandarin - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Cuckoo - 1 calling nr. Coombe Heath viewpoint
Common Sandpiper - 1 from VS Lodmoor RSPB
Green Sandpiper - 3 Lytchett Fields
White Stork - 2 over Carey's Secret Garden
Spoonbill - 6 Brownsea Lagoon, 2 Middlebere
White-tailed Eagle - 1 from Coombe Heath viewpoint
Crossbill - 2 Chase Wood, Sixpenny Handley

Yesterday: - 

Sooty Shearwater - 1 still off Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 15 off Portland Bill
Purple Heron - 1 Bennett's Water Gardens, Weymouth

Mandarin, Lodmoor RSPB © Phil Cheeseman

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Friday 20th June 2025

Curlew - 4 Holes Bay
Green Sandpiper - 4 Lytchett Fields
Redshank - 9 Lytchett Fields
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields
Greenshank - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Spoonbill - 4 Christchurch Harbour
Osprey - 2nd successful nest announced by BOPH
Red Kite - 4 from Carey's Secret Garden
Firecrest - 3 Upton CP
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Hinton St. Mary 

Grey Wagtail, River Frome © Phil Cheeseman


Redshanks, Lodmoor RSPB © Mary Stevens


Meditteranean Gull, Hengistbury Head © David Wareham

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Thursday 19th June 2025

Greylag - 115 Longham Lakes
Common Scoter - 60 east past Kimmeridge Bay
Nightjar - 1 at Tadnoll NR
Cuckoo - 2 from Arne Road
Curlew - 6 Lytchett Fields, 4 from Coombe Heath, 2 Stanpit Marsh
Redshank - 11 Stanpit Marsh, 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Manx Shearwater - 250 east past Kimmeridge Bay
Balearic Shearwater - 21 past Portland Bill
Red Kite - 1 Longham Lakes
White-tailed Eagle - 2 from Coombe Heath
Kingfisher - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Hobby 1 Coombe Heath
Grey Wagtail - 1 River Stour, Blandford

Yesterday: -

Dipper - 1 Maiden Newton

Greenfinch, Upton Heath © Peter John Corbin


Wren, River Stour, Blandford © Tracy Hart


Dipper, Maiden Newton © Phil Cheeseman

 

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Wednesday 18th June 2025

Whimbrel - 1 Portland Bill
Little Gull - 1 West Bexington
Roseate Tern - 1 over Brownsea Lagoon
Arctic Skua - 2 Portland Bill
Great Northern Diver - 1 again off West Bexington
Sooty Shearwater - 1 still offshore at Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 21 Portland Bill
Red Kite - 2 over Pymore, 1 over Poundbury, 1 over Carey Estate

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Tuesday 17th June 2025

Spoonbill - 3 Brownsea Lagoon
Cattle Egret - 1 Wick Meadows
Honey-buzzard - 1 over Charminster
Red Kite - 2 over Bridport and Pymore
Hobby - 1 Morden Bog
Firecrest - 1 Durlson CP
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Monday 16th June 2025

Nightjar - 6+ Purbeck Heath NR last night, 1 heard on Coombe Heath today
Cuckoo - 1 Wick Fields this morning, 1 Middlebere, 1 Higher Hyde Heath DWT
Greenshank - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Whimbrel - 3 Portland Bill
Little Gull - 1 Coward's Marsh
Arctic Skua - 1 Portland Bill
Puffin - 1 Portland Bill
Great Northern Diver - 1 in full breeding plumage off West Bexington this morning
Balearic Shearwater - 8 Portland Bill
Spoonbill - 4 Brownsea Lagoon
Osprey - 1 over Stanpit Marsh this afternoon
Red Kite - 1 over Wareham Causeway
Hobby - 1 Higher Hyde Heath DWT
 
Nightjar, last night at Purbeck Heath NR © Garry Hayman


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Sunday 15th June 2025

Quail - 1 singing at Tarrant Rushton Airfield
Little Ringed Plover - 2 adults on Stilt Pools, Swineham
Green Sandpiper - 2 Middlebere this evening
Little Gull - 1 West Bexington
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 adult at Middlebere
Balearic Shearwater - 3 past Portland Bill
Red Kite - 1 over West Parley, 1 over Eggardon Hill
Hobby - 1 Brand's Bay
 
Balearic Shearwater, Portland Bill © Steven Carey

 
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Saturday 14th June 2025

Little Ringed Plover - 2 Silverlake.
Osprey - 1 Lodmoor and S over Portland.
Crossbill - 1 Durlston CP.

Grey Heron, Stanpit © Clinton Whale

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Friday 13th June 2025

Barnacle Goose - 2 Silverlake.
Common Scoter - 31 W past Portland Bill.
Cuckoo - 2 calling Morden Bog.
White Stork - 2 King's Stag area.
Avocet - 6 Brownsea Island.
Little Tern - 1 Brownsea Island.
Sooty Shearwater - 1 Portland Bill.
Balearic Shearwater - 3 Portland Bill.
Spoonbill - 4 Brownsea Island.
Osprey - 1 Middlebere.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Brownsea Island.
Red Kite - 1 Houns-tout, Kingston.
Hobby - 2 Wareham Forest.
Woodchat Shrike - 1 Eype (Downhouse Farm NT).

Yellowhammer, Morden Bog © Marcus Jones




















Stonechat, Morden Bog © Marcus Jones


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Thursday 12th June 2025

Nightjar - 1 flushed on Hengistbury Head
Cuckoo - 1 Middlebere Heath
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Lytchett Bay
Whimbrel - 2 Portland Bill
Little Gull - 2 or 3 West Bexington
Arctic Skua - 2 Portland Bill
Sooty Shearwater - 1 Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 15 Portland Bill
Hobby - 1 Bardolf Farm

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Wednesday 11th June 2025

Avocet - 4 Brownsea Island.
Sanderling - 2 Hengistbury sandspit.
Roseate Tern - 1 Brownsea Island.
Storm Petrel - 2 Portland Bill last night.
Great Northern Diver - 1 W past Portland Bill.
Sooty Shearwater - 1 Portland Bill.
Balearic Shearwater - 3 Portland Bill.
Great White Egret - 1 N along Portland West Cliffs, 1 Silverlake.
Spoonbill - 1 Brownsea Island.
Hobby - 1 Morden Bog, 1 Silverlake.

Little Egret, Tuckton © Dave Hill

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Tuesday 10th June 2025

Avocet - 5 Brownsea Island.
Sanderling - 5 Hengistbury sandspit.
Puffin - 1 Durlston CP.
Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor.
Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Island.
Red Kite - 1 Henbury.

Grey Heron, Lodmoor © Mary Stevens













Great White Egret, Lodmoor © Mary Stevens

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Monday 9th June 2025

Cuckoo - 1 Slepe Moor Middlebere
Balearic Shearwater - 6 Past Portland Bill this morning
Sooty Shearwater - 1 Still off Portland Bill
White Stork - 2 Over Carey Secret Gardens this morning
Spoonbill - 4 4 on Brownsea Lagoon DWT
Great White Egret - 1 flew East over Wareham Common
Red Kite - 1 over Rempstone Forest
White-tailed Eagle - 1 over Rempstone Forest

Spotted Flycatcher - Kilnwood NR DWT ©  Garry Hayman


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Sunday 8th June 2025

Common Scoter - 4 Past Portland Bill
Little Tern - 6 over Mudeford Quay
Arctic Skua - 1 Past Portland Bill
Puffin - 2 Dancing Ledge
Sooty Shearwater - 1 off Portland Bill still
Manx Shearwater - c200 off Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 23 Past Portland Bill
White Stork - 2 Over Organford, 1 over Langton Matravers pm flew west
Hobby - 1 flew over Portland Obs
Bee-eater -1 Culverwell Portland Bill am and seen later flying North over Portland Heights
Black Redstart - 1 at Five Cross Spinney 

Manx Shearwater - Portland Bill © Steven Carey




Puffin - Dancing Ledge © Garry Hayman




Guillimot and Razorbill - Dancing Ledge © Garry Hayman


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Saturday 7th June 2025

Common Scoter - 5 past Hengisbury Head
Roseate Tern - 1 West past Portland Bill, 1 on Brownsea Island Lagoon DWT
Sooty Shearwater - 1 Past Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 3 Past Portland Bill am, 3 Chesil Cove pm 
White tailed Eagle -  G466 Wareham Channel
Osprey - female 3H9 still at Middlebere
Garden Warbler - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Dipper - 2 Maiden Newton
Crossbill - 8 past Durlston CP, 2 over Stanpit
 
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Friday 6th June 2025

Common Scoter - 25 west past Hengisbury Head
Whimbrel - 2 Brands Bay
Sanderling - 2 Past Durlston CP
Little Tern - 2 West past Hengisbury Head
Arctic Skua - 1 Past Portland Bill
Sooty Shearwater - 2 past Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 43 past Portland Bill
Spoonbill - 5 Middlebere Channel
Osprey - 1 Female 3H9 on Middlebere platform
Crossbill - 12 over Durlston CP, 5 over Brownsea Island NT
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Thursday 5th June 2025

 Little Gull - 1st summer still Abbotsbury Swannery
Little Tern - 7 Christchurch Harbour


Yesterday:
Pomarine Skua and Sooty Shearwater Portland Bill

Peregrine Falcon, St John's Church Weymouth © Phil Cheeseman




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Wednesday 4th June 2025

Barnacle Goose - 2 Silverlake
Turtle Dove - 1 still Southwell Portland
Little Gull - 1st summer still at Coward'sMarsh
Balearic Shearwater - 7 past Portland Bill
Spoonbill - 3 Brownsea Island Lagoon, 4 Coombe Heath
Osprey - 1 flew west Hengistbury Head
Hoopoe - 1 on National Trust side of Brownsea Island
 Hobby - 1 Silverlake, 1 Wareham Channel

Pied Wagtail, Wareham Common © Trevor Warrick




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Tuesday 3rd June 2025

Turtle Dove - 1 still Sweethill Southwell Portland
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Little Gull - 2 1st summer still Coward's Marsh
Little Tern - 14 Christchurch Harbour
Manx Shearwater - 94 west past Peveril Point Swanage (12:30 - 1:30)
Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Lagoon
 Hobby - 1 Dorchester Water Meadows, 1 Poole Harbour

Immature Great Spotted Woodpecker, West Moors © Roy Nicklin


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Monday 2nd June 2025

 Little Gull - 2 1st summers Coward's Marsh
Spoonbill - 4 1st summers Arne RSPB
Osprey - 1 over Wareham channel
Red Kite - 1 over Upton Country Park
Hobby - 1 Arne RSPB
Turtle Dove - 1 Southwell, Portland
Crossbill - Total 29 flying west along cliff towards Lulworth Cove

One of c.8 Crossbill on Brownsea Island yesterday © Chris Hayes


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Sunday 1st June 2025

Mandarin  - 9 on River Stour nr. Shillingstone
Garganey - 3m Warmwell Cress beds
Turtle Dove - 1 in Southwell Garden, Portland
Avocet - 2 Stanpit Marsh
Litle Gull - 2 1st summer Coward's Marsh, 2 1st summer Abbotsbury Swannery
Puffin - 3 from Dancing Ledge
Spoonbill - 4 Middlebere Channel
Great White Egret - 1 Swineham
Osprey - 1 over Wareham Channel
Red Kite - 1 nr. Nether Cerne, 1 nr. Longburton
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Wareham Channel
Garden Warbler - 1 nr. Refuse Centre, Dorchester
Crossbill - 8 Brownsea Island

 
Sedge Warbler, Radipole RSPB © Mary Stevens


Great-spotted Woodpeckers, Upton Park © Danni Dyson


Canada Goose gosling © Alexa Pereira

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