Tuesday 5th May 2026

Barnacle Goose - 3 Woodsford Farm area
Turtle Dove -1 in a Private garden Southwell Portland
Golden Plover - 1 over Cordite Way viewpoint Holton Heath
Bar tailed Godwit - 7 Ferrybridge, 6 Stanpit Marsh
Bonapartes Gull - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
White Stork - 2 Over Swanage and flew north over Goathorn
Bittern - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Cattle Egret - 5 Pallington Lakes, 4 Christchurch Harbour
Honey Buzzard - 1 Flew east from East Stoke
Red Kite - 35 over Ulwell, 15 over Wareham, 10 over Bridport, 2 over St Alhelms Head
Black Kite - 1 Probable over Seacombe seen from St Alhelms
Hoopoe - 1 heard on Middlebere Heath
Golden Oriole - 1 flew over Culverwell Portland
Marsh Tit - 2 Thorncombe Woods
IBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF - 1 Probable at Durlston CP
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Frome water meadows off A351, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 St Aldhelms Head
Yellow Wagtail - 1 St Aldhelms Head, 1 Stanpit Marsh

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Iberian Chiffchaff © Hamish Murray




















Cattle Egret - Pallington Lakes 
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Linnet - Highcliffe © Clinton Whale