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.

Monday 31st March 2025.

Little Ringed Plover - 3 Silverlake, 2 Dorchester water meadows, 1 Stanpit.
Whimbrel - 1 Stanpit.
Purple Sandpiper - 18 Hengistbury sandspit.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Woodsford.
Forster's Tern - 1 Brownsea Island.
Cattle Egret - 5 Affpuddle (Southover), 3 Dewlish.
Spoonbill - 4 Middlebere.
Osprey - 4 Poole Harbour, 1 N past Portland East Cliffs.
White-tailed Eagle - 1+ Wareham Channel, 1+ Middlebere, 1 Avon Valley, 1 Christchurch Hbr, 

  1 N over Weymouth.
Red Kite - 1+ Dewlish, 1 Godlingston Hill.
Wheatear - 5 Hengistbury (Barn Field), 1 Peveril Point, 1 Portland Bill.
Black Redstart - 1 Eype
Reed Warbler - 1+ Radipole Lake.
Willow Warbler - 3 Hengistbury Head, 1 Dorchester water meadows.
Ring Ouzel - 1 Portland (Barleycrates Lane.)

Greenfinch, Stanpit © Clinton Whale.

Sunday 30th March 2025.

Garganey - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Long-tailed Duck - 1 E past Hengistbury Head, 1 Portland Harbour.
Purple Sandpiper - 1 Portland Harbour.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Sunnyside (Stoborough).
Greenshank - 1 Lodmoor.
Common Tern - 1 Brownsea Island.
Red-throated Diver - 10+ past Portland Bill, 1 E past Hengistbury Head.
Spoonbill - 7 Arne and Middlebere.
White-tailed Eagle - 3 Wareham Channel, 1 over Christchurch Harbour.
Marsh Harrier - 1+ west Poole Harbour.
Goshawk - 1+ west Poole Harbour.
White Wagtail - 3 Wyke Regis (Camp Rd).
Blue-headed Wagtail - 1 Wyke Regis (Camp Rd).
Wheatear - 2 Durlston CP, 2 Hengistbury Head.
Firecrest - 3 Hengistbury Head.

Turnstones, Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale.

Saturday 29th March 2025.

Grey Plover - 8 Brownsea Island
Little Ringed Plover - 4 Woodsford, 2 lower Piddle floods.
Dotterel - 1 Ferrybridge.
Knot - 3 Brownsea Island.
Purple Sandpiper - 16 Hengistbury sandspit.
Sanderling - 12 Brownsea Island.
Cattle Egret - 11 nr Holmebridge, 2 Buckland Ripers.
Spoonbill - 7 Middlebere.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 over Colehill, 1+ Wareham Channel, 1 over Christchurch Harbour.
Marsh Harrier - 1+ Wareham Channel.
Wheatear - 1 Hengistbury sandspit, 1+ Portland.
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Abbotsbury sewage works.
Redwing - 1 Durlston CP.

Linnet, Stanpit © Clinton Whale.

Cattle Egret, Buckland Ripers © Paul Harris

Friday 28th March 2025

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

 Long-tailed Duck - 2 Portland Harbour

Little Ringed Plover - 3 Dorchester Water Meadows

Dotterel - i close to the visitor centre Ferrybridge

Green Sandpiper - 3 along the River Frome Woodsford

Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Kittiwake - adult on Dorchester water meadows

Sandwich Terns -  2 on the Fleet

Cattle Egret - 20 Holmebridge

White-tailed Eagle - seen at Corfe Castle, Wareham Channel and Middlebere

Hooded Crow - 1 briefly east cliffs Portland, 1 West Bexington

Swallow - 1 Litton Cheney

Black Redstart - 3 north of Croft Road Portland

Blue-headed x Iberian Wagtail - adult Dorchester Water Meadows

Yesterday a Hobby seen at Slepe Heath

Great Black-backed Gulls, Tuckton  © Dave Hill

    Yellowhammer, Morden Bog  © Robert Fielding

Little Ringed Plover, Dorchester Water Meadows © Simon

Dotterel, Ferrybridge © Steven Carey

Thursday 27th March 2025

Garganey - 2 French's Field Upton

Lesser Scaup - 1st winter drake still south lake Longham Lakes

Long-tailed Duck - 1 still from Sandsfoot Castle Portland Harbour

Little Ringed Plover - 7 Lower Piddle Valley

Dotterel -  1Wallsend Portland

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Sandwich Terns - 18 Brownsea Island

Hoopoe - 1 still at Weston in paddock south end of Haylands Portland

Swallow - 1 Woodsford, 3 over Carey Secret Garden

Sand Martin - c.150 Lower Piddle Valley

Firecrest - 2 School Lane Studland, 1 Westheath Road Broadstone

Black Redstart - 1 Ferrybridge, 1 Reap Lane Portland, 1 Portland Bill

Hawfinch - 1 flew over west cliffs Portland

 Blue-headed Wagtail - 1 still Reap Lane Portland

Stock Dove, Swineham © Fiona Keeling

Ringed Plover, Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale

Dotterel Wallsend, Portland  © Steven Carey

Wednesday 26th March 2025

Long-tailed Duck - 2 from Sandsfoot Castle Portland Harbour, 1 Poole Harbour

Grey Partridge - 1 Maiden Castle

Golden Plover - 30 high over Winterbourne Stickland

Little Ringed Plover - 1 still Dorchester water meadows, 7 Swineham lower Piddle floods

Purple Sandpiper - 3 Portland Bill, 21 Hengistbury Head

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Little Gull - 1 mouth River Frome Swineham Point

White-tailed Eagle - 1 over Tarrent Hinton, 1 Stanpit

Hoopoe - 1 in horse paddock Haylands Portland

Black Redstart - 1 in  horse paddock Wallsend Portland, 1 Portland Bill, 1 Bridging Camp Wyke Regis, 

1 Acton

Redstart - 1 male Barleycrates Lane Portland

Water Pipit - 1 Coward's Marsh

 Blue-headed Wagtail - 1 still ploughed field Reap Lane Portland, 1 Christchurch Harbour

Red Kite, West Bexington  © Richard Cook

Migrating Chiffchaff c.15 miles south of St Aldhelm's Head  © J Hanlon

Tuesday 25th March 2025

 Garganey - Drake Coward's Marsh

Lesser Scaup - 1st winter drake still Longham Lakes

Black-necked Grebe - 6 Portland Harbour

Little Ringed Plover - 1 Dorchester Water Meadows

Purple Sandpiper - 10 Lyme Regic Cobb

Bonapartes Gull - 1 Lower Piddle Valley floods Swineham GPs

Forster's Tern - 1 still Shipstal Point Arne RSPB

Spoonbill - 3 Arne RSPB

Cattle Egret - 24 Holmebridge

White-tailed Eagle - 1 over Bournemouth

Black Redstart - 1 Tout Quarry Portland, 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 in a Shaftesbury garden

Wheatear - 1 Peveril Point Swanage, 1 Hengistbury Head

Blue-headed Wagtail - 1 Reap Lane Portland

White Wagtail - 3 Dorchester Water Meadows

White Wagtail, Dorchester Water Meadows  © Luvaduck

Monday 24th March 2025

Garganey - drake still at Coward's Marsh
Long-tailed Duck - 1 Bramble Bush Bay
LESSER SCAUP - 1 still Longham Lakes on South Lake
Whooper Swan - 1 still at Abbotsbury Swannery
Black-necked Grebe - 2 off Castle Cove in Portland Harbour
Little Ringed Plover - 5 on Piddle Valley floods at Swineham, 2 in off sea at Hengistbury Head
Greenshank - 1 in off sea at Hengistbury Head
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 adult again off Shipstal Point
Glossy Ibis - 1 still at Abbotsbury Swannery around western meadows
Spoonbill - 4 Middlebere
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Horton
Osprey - male '022' and female '1H1' at Poole Harbour
Red Kite - 1 Horton
Hoopoe - 1 past PBO just after dawn
House Martin - 1 Wimborne St Giles
Ring Ouzel - 1 in off sea at Hengistbury Head
Redstart - 1 in an Easton garden on Portland this morning
Black Redstart - 3 Hengistbury Head, 1 Holton Heath Trading Park, 1 Abbotsbury western meadows, 1 Cobham Drive in Weymouth
Yellow Wagtail - 1 near Pirate's Cove (The Fleet)
Blue-headed Wagtail - 2 in Lower Piddle Valley, 1 Stanpit Marsh, 1 in field north of Reap Lane

Dunlin, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Grey Heron, Lodmoor RSPB © Will Bown

Pintail, Lodmoor RSPB © Will Bown

 

Sunday 23rd March 2025

Garganey - drake still at Coward's Marsh
Long-tailed Duck - 1 from Castle Cove Sailing Club in Portland Harbour
LESSER SCAUP - 1 still Longham Lakes on South Lake
Little Ringed Plover - 4 on Piddle Valley floods at Swineham
Purple Sandpiper - 2 Portland Bill
Spotted Redshank - 1 again NE Holes Bay
Yellow-legged Gull - 3cy at Radipole Lake RSPB
FORSTER'S TERN - returning adult seen off Middlebere and Shipstal Point then flew towards Wareham this afternoon
Glossy Ibis - 1 still at Abbotsbury Swannery around western meadows
Spoonbill - 2 Arne RSPB from Shipstal Hide
Osprey - 022 and an unringed bird in Poole Harbour
Red Kite - 5 over Christchurch Harbour, up to 4 in Seacombe/Worth Matravers/ Durlston CP/South Swanage area, 2 Poole Harbour, 2 Stoborough
Hoopoe - 1 Worth Matravers early morning flying towards chuch but not reported since. First seen yesterday evening
Swallow - 1 West Compton
House Martin - 1 Durlston CP
Willow Warbler - 5 Portland Bill, 1 trapped & ringed at Littlesea (The Fleet), 1 Middlebere
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 still at Abbotsbury STW
Whitethroat - 1 Upton Heath
Firecrest - 1 Shipstal Point Arne RSPB
Ring Ouzel - 1 Blacknor on Portland, 1 over Combe Valley Rd near Overcombe, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Black Redstart - 6 Portland Bill, 5 Durlston CP, 1 Bridging Camp, 1 Middlebere Hide, 1 Worth Matravers
Yellow Wagtail - 1 over R. Frome at Wareham
White Wagtail - 4 Reap Lane on Portland, 2 Todber
Tree Pipit - 1 calling over Eweleaze Farm near Osmington

Last night : A Ring Ouzel sound recorded over Abbotsbury Swannery

White Wagtail, Todber © John Howell

Stonechat, yesterday at Durlston CP © Phil Bentley

 

 

Saturday 22nd March 2025

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery
Barnacle Goose - 12 Woodsford
Whooper Swan - wild bird still at Abbotsbury Swannery
Little Ringed Plover - 2 Woodsford
Green Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Caspian Gull - 1st winter briefly at Radipole Lake RSPB around midday
Black-throated Diver - 1 past Hengistbury
Glossy Ibis - 1 still at Abbotsbury Swannery on western meadows
Osprey - male 022 arrived back in Poole Harbour, seen on nest
Red Kite - 2 Durlston CP, 1 over Fordington
Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 between Swanage and Langton Matravers
Sand Martin - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Sedge Warbler - 1 Portland Bill this morning
Willow Warbler - male still singing this morning on edge of Hillbourne Copse in Broadstone
Firecrest - 1 Tolpuddle
Black Redstart - 2 Reap Lane on Portland, 1 St Aldhelm's Head, 1 Butterstreet Cove in farmyard by road to East Fleet Touring Park, 1 Middlebere around cottages, 1 Pine View garden in Bridport
Blue-headed Wagtail - 1 Coward's Marsh

Blue-headed Wagtail, Coward's Marsh © Scott Usher

Blue-headed Wagtail, Coward's Marsh © Scott Usher

 

Wheatear, Hartland Moor © Colin Chainey

Friday 21st March 2025

Garganey - 3 flew E past West Bay this morning, then (female and 2 drakes) seen off Chesil Beach at Ferrybridge and later at Abbotsbury Swannery 
LESSER SCAUP - 1 still Longham Lakes on South Lake
Little Ringed Plover - 5 Swineham Pools
Ruff - 3 Holes Bay NE
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay
Great Northern Diver - 1 on the Fleet at Wyke Regis Bridging Camp
Spoonbill - 5 Swineham GP
Cattle Egret - 25 at East Farm, Abbotsbury
Red Kite - 1 over Saxon Roundabout in Wareham
Hoopoe - 1 Godlingston Heath
Swallow - 2 Wareham Walls, 1 Bridging Camp
Willow Warbler - male singing on edge of Hillbourne Copse in Broadstone
Pied Flycatcher - 1 male in a garden at East Weare on Portland this afternoon
Black Redstart - 1 Barleycrates Lane on Portland, 1 Durlston CP, 1 Bridging Camp
Yellow Wagtail - 1 Barleycrates Lane on Portland
Blue-headed Wagtail - 1 Barleycrates Lane on Portland
White Wagtail - c6 Barleycrates Lane on Portland, 1 Stanpit Marsh

Yesterday : Yellow Wagtail - 1 over Abbotsbury Swannery and 1 over Charminster

White Wagtail, Stanpit Marsh © Scott Usher

Thursday 20th March 2025

Barnacle Goose - 1 on main island, Longham Lakes
Lesser Scaup - 1 still South Lake, Longham Lakes
Common Scoter - c200 past Portland Bill
Turtle Dove - 1 Puddletown
Avocet - 20+ Brownsea Lagoon
Grey Plover - 2 Brownsea Lagoon, 2 Stanpit Marsh
Little Ringed Plover - 7 still Lower Piddle Floods, 2 still Woodsford
Knot - 3 Brownsea Lagoon
Ruff - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Little Gull - 4 past Portland Bill
Sandwich Tern - 6 Brownsea Lagoon
Bittern - 1 Swineham GP
Cattle Egret - 17 Wareham Common
Osprey - 2 nth over Christchurch Harbour, 1 Poole Harbour
White-tailed Eagle - c5 Wareham Channel
Red Kite - 1 Holmebridge, 1 Came Home Farm, 1 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Lytchett Bay
Merlin - 1m Wareham Causeway
Sand Martin - c40 Swineham GP
Firecrest - 1m Newton Bay
Ring Ouzel - 3 north perimeter of Verne Citadel
Black Redstart - 1 Tidmoor Point
Wheatear - 3 Cogden Beach, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
White Wagtail - 1 Longham Lakes
Water Pipit - 2 Coward's Marsh

Yesterday: -

Red-Throated Diver - 25 past Portland Bill

Dartford Warbler, Arne RSPB © Tracy Hart

Osprey, Poole Harbour © Kate Plater

Skylark, North Dorset © Tim Balmer

 

Wednesday 19th March 2025

Garganey - 10 past Portland Bill
Lesser Scaup - 1 still at South Lake, Longham Lakes
Velvet Scoter - 4 past Portland Bill
Avocet - c50 Brownsea Lagoon
Little Ringed Plover - 5 still Lower Piddle Floods, 1 Swineham
Green Sandpiper - 2 on River Frome, Woodsford
Black -Throated Diver - 3 still off Salterns Marina, Poole Harbour
Spoonbill - 3 over Swineham Point, 1 east, high over Abbotsbury Swannery
Cattle Egret - 19 Christchurch Harbour Area
Great White Egret - 2 Stanpit Marsh
Osprey - 1 over Hyde's Heath
Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail Keysworth
Red Kite - 2 over Studland, 2 Poole Quay, 1 Wareham Channel
White-tailed Eagle - 6 in Wareham Channel, 1 imm. west over South Swanage
Sand Martin - 5 around Christchurch Harbour
Firecrest - 2 Hengistbury Head
Black Redstart - 1 at Peveril Point, Swanage
Wheatear - 1m Studland Heath
White Wagtail - 2 Crouch Hill, 1 Lower Piddle Floods

Yesterday: -

Purple Sandpiper - 30 on Mudeford Sandspit

Yellowhammer, Dorchester © Sean Adams

Fieldfare, North Dorset © Tim Balmer

 

Tuesday 18th March 2025

LESSER SCAUP - 1 still South Lake, Longham Lake
Avocet - c100 Brownsea Lagoon
Little Ringed Plover - 8 Lower Piddle Valley, 2 Lower Frome Valley
Knot - 8 Brownsea Lagoon
Sandwich Tern - 4 Brownsea Lagoon
Black-throated Diver - 4 again off Salterns Marina, Poole Harbour
Spoonbill - 3 off Gold Point, Arne RSPB
Red Kite - 1 St. Aldhem's Head, 1 Poole Harbour
White-tailed Eagle - 4 in Wareham Channel, 1 Central Poole Harbour
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 still Louds Mill STW
Wheatear - 4 Reap Lane, 1 St. Aldhem's Head, 1 still Ferrybridge Car Park
White Wagtail - 2 Reap Lane
Meadow Pipit - 400+ in over Reap Lane   

Yesterday: -

Velvet Scoter - 3 past Portland Bill
Glossy Ibis - 1 in field behind Abbotsbury Sub-tropical Gardens

Chiffchaff, Lodmoor RSPB © Will Bown

Coal Tit, Kingston Lacy © Ann Baldwin

Pintail, Lodmoor RSPB © Phil Cheeseman

 

Monday 17th March 2025

LESSER SCAUP - 1 still South Lake, Longham Lakes
Long-tailed Duck - 1f still Bramble Bush Bay
Black-necked Grebe - 1 still off Middle Beach, Studlans
Little Ringed Plover - 3 Woodsford
Purple Sandpiper - 13 The Cobb, Lyme Regis
Common Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Green Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Cattle Egret - 7 in field with Cattle, Holme Lane
Great White Egret - 1 from Holme Bridge, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Hen Harrier - 1m Bottlebush Down
Black Redstart - 1 Sailing Centre, Hengistbury Head

Stonechat, Holton Heath © Paul Kirby

Nuthatch, Upton CP © Allan Hansford

 

Great White Egret, Lodmoor RSPB © Phil Cheeseman

Sunday 16th March 2025

Lesser Scaup - 1 Longham Lakes

Glossy Ibis - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery (Over meadow Pool)

Cattle Egret - 24 over Priory Marsh, 3 Affpuddle

Spoonbill - 3 Brownsea Is, 2 Lytchett Bay RSPB (RLVP)

Red Kite - 4 over Iwerne Minster

Little Ringed Plover - 1 Dorchester Water Meadow

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Pomarine Skua - 2 dark morph Lyme Regis (off Marine Parade)

White Wagtail - 1 Dorchester Water Meadow

Curlew - Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Saturday 15th March 2025

Lesser Scaup - 1 male Longham Lakes

Common Scoter - 10 Portland Bill

Red-throated Diver - 1 passed Portland Bill

Glossy Ibis - 1 Abbotsbury (Sub-tropical Gardens)

Spoonbill - 1 Swineham (on Stilt Pools), 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Red Kite - 1 over the Lower Frome meadows,

White-tailed Eagle - 4 over the Wareham Channel, 1 over Bovington.

Osprey - 1 north over Bourton

Little Ringed Plover - 3 Lower Piddle Meadows, 1 Todber, 1 Swineham (south of GP)

Purple Sandpiper - 13+ Chewton Bunny, 6 Portland Bill

Green Sandpiper - 1 Holmbridge

Water Pipit -2 Swineham GP.

White Wagtail - 1 Portland Bill 

Fieldfare - c25 Long Crichel

Northern Wheatear - 11 Portland Bill, 3 Reap Lane Portland, 2 Ferrybridge

 

Little Ringed Plover - Todber © John Howell

Friday 14th March 2025

Lesser Scaup - 1 male Longham Lakes

Red-throated Diver - 5 past Portland Bill

Cattle Egret - 3 Buckland Ripers

Glossy Ibis - 1 Abbotsbury (Behind Tropical Gardens)

Spoonbill - 2 Swineham Pt.

Red Kite - 1 Swineham Pt, 1 Monkton Hill

White-tailed Eagle - 4 Swineham over the Wareham Channel

Little Ringed Plover - 1 Swineham Pt. 

Ruff - 4 Swineham Pt.

Short-eared Owl - 1 Portland Bill

Sand Martin - 20 over Swineham GP, 1 over Wareham Common

House Martin - 2 over River Stour by Lady Wimborne Bridge

Tree Pipit - 1 north over Rempstone

Water Pipit - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Black Redstart - 1 Bere Regis Church

Northern Wheatear - 12 Reap Lane (in Horse Paddocks), 7 Portland Bill

Siberian Chiffchaff - Abbotsbury Sewage works

Cirl Bunting - 3 Durlston CP.

Cattle Egret - Buckland Ripers © Paul Harris

Thursday 13th March 2025

Lesser Scaup - 1 male Longham Lakes

Long-tailed Duck - 1 female off Jerry's Pt.

Hen Harrier - 2 male Coward's Marsh

Purple Sandpiper - 9 Avon Beach Chrichurch

Black Redstart - 1 Reap Lane

Northern Wheatear - 2 Ferrybridge,  1 Studland Heath

Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Dark-bellied Brent Geese - Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Wednesday 12th March 2025.

Black Swan - 1 Todber.
Lesser Scaup - 1 still at Longham Lakes.
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Brands Bay (Jerry's Point).
Red-throated Diver - 12 past Portland Bill.
Cattle Egret - 3 Christchurch Harbour.
Merlin - 1 Stanpit.
Arctic Skua - 1 past Durlston CP.
Sand Martin - c20 Holmebridge.
Water Pipit - 1 Stanpit.
Wheatear - 1 Studland.
Siberian Chiffchaff - a probable at Lytchett Fields.
Firecrest - 1 Portland Bill, 1 Stanpit.

Tuesday 11th March 2025.

Slavonian Grebe - 3 Brands Bay (Jerry's Point).
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Stanpit.
Great Northern Diver - 1 past Hengistbury Head.
Grey Heron - flock of 10 past Hengistbury Head.
Great White Egret - 2 Hengistbury Head.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 southern Poole Harbour, 1 Wareham Channel.
Marsh Harrier - 2 Christchurch Harbour.
Merlin - 1 Middlebere, 1 Wick.
Sand Martin - 1 Lodmoor.
Wheatear - 1 Moonfleet.
Firecrest - 3 Hengistbury Head.
Brambling - 1 over Hengistbury Head.

Red-breasted Merganser, Moonfleet © Paul Harris.

Mallard, Stanpit © Clinton Whale.

Water Rail, Lodmoor © Marcus Jones.

Water Rail, Lodmoor © Marcus Jones.