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
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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.
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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
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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.

Velvet Scoter, Longham Lakes © Scott Usher











Barnacle Goose, Bestwall © Clive Hargrave

















Velvet Scoter, Longham Lakes © Scott Usher

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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.
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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

Hawfinch - Portland Bill yesterday © David Nunn
























Mandarin Duck - Poole Park 
© Karen Anne Hillebrandt via Facebook







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Thursday 31st October 2024

Barnacle Goose - 1 Brands Bay
Pintail - 121 - Brands Bay
Velvet Scoter - 1 Longham Lakes still
Goosander - 8 Redheads Silverlake
Red-necked Grebe (probable Ssp. P.g. holbollii) - Portland Harbour
Golden Plover - 400+ Lodmoor RSPB
Green Sandpiper - 1 Sturminster Marshall GP
Great Northern Diver - 1 South Haven
Osprey - 1 Middlebere Channel
Goshawk - 1 Higher Kingcombe
White Tailed Eagle - 1 Newton Bay Poole Harbour
Short east Owl - flew over Purbeck Golf Course
Starling - 5000 murmuration over Lodmoor RSPB
Black Redstart - 1 Langton Herring, 1 Fortuneswell Portland
Brambling - 2 Clouds Hill
Hawfinch - 3 over West Bay, 1 over Blacknor Portland


Wigeon - Stanpit Marsh ©  Clinton Whale




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Wednesday 30th October 2024

Ring-necked Duck - 1 South Lake Silverlake
Velvet Scoter - 1 Juv / female on South Lake Longham Lakes
Red-necked Grebe (probable Ssp. P.g. holbollii) - Portland Harbour
Knot - 3 Brownsea Lagoon DWT
Spoonbill - 39 Brownsea Lagoon DWT
Bittern - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Cattle Egret- 54 Wareham Common North of railway bridge
Great White Egret - 1 Brands Bay
Red Kite - 6 Shaftsbury
Merlin - 1 Hartland Moor
Yellow Browed Warbler - 1 Potland Obs, 1 Tidmoor Point The Fleet, 1 Solent Meads Hengisbury Head
Black Redstart - 4 Starbucks Car park Portland Harbour, 1 Woodville, 1 East Stour
Hawfinch - 3 Allington Hill
Lesser Redpoll - 1 Allington Hill

Yesterday: 
Black throated diver - 1 Portland Harbour
Balearic Shearwater - 9 off portland Bill
Short Eared Owl - 1 Portland Bill
Black Redstart - 10 Portland Bill

Black Redstart - Woodville © John Bishop






Bittern - Lodmoor RSPB
© Sharon Towning Facebook





Great White Egret - Brands Bay © Brian Chard


 
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Tuesday 29th October 2024

Velvet Scoter - 1 Longham Lakes on South lake nr causeway 
Goosander - 8 Silverlake into roost
Turtle Dove - 1 in a Southwell Garden Portland
Red-necked Grebe (probable Ssp. P.g. holbollii) - 1 Portland Harbour 
Black necked Grebe - 6 Wareham Channel
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Spoonbill - 45 Brownsea Lagoon DWT, 4 Lower Piddle Valley
Bittern - 1 Flew south over Stoborough Heath
Cattle Egret - 12 Wareham Common, 10 Bindon Farm nr Wool
Great White Egret - 2 Wareham Channel
Red Kite - 1 Over Shapwick nr Blandford
White tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel, 1 Blackberry Point Christchurch Harbour
Merlin - 2 Harland Moor
Woodlark - 1 Durlston CP
Yellow Browed Warbler - 1 Longham Lakes, 1 Carey Secret Garden
Black Redstart - 3 Portland Harbour Starbucks Car park, 2 Fortuneswell Portland, 2 Portland Obs, 2 Tree Hamlets Upton, 1 Portland Harbour nr Lidl
Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Hawfinch - 6 Pentridge Down
Cirl Bunting - 1 Portland Bill

Dartford Warbler 
Silverlake © Mick Brooks



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Monday 28th October 2024

Red-necked Grebe (probable Ssp. P.g. holbollii) - 1 Portland Harbour
Cattle Egret - 13 over Hatch Pond, Poole.
Spoonbill - 41 Brownsea Lagoon
Red Kite - 1 Wimborne St. Giles
White-tailed Wagle - 1 Brand's Bay
Merlin - 2 Hartland Moor
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Hawfinch - 10 over Durlston CP

Raven - Portland Bill © Hellen Wood




















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Sunday 27th October 2024

Velvet Scoter - 1 juv Longham Lakes (On North Lake again today)
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Portland Hbr. (East of Marina breakwater (probable Ssp. P.g. holbollii)
Slavonian Grebe - 1 off Fitzworth Pt.
Black-necked Grebe - 4 wareham Channel, 1 South Deep, 1 Middle Beach, 1 pos Lytchett Bay.
Spoonbill - 42 Brownsea Lagoon, 35 Wareham Channel, 4 Middlebere
Red Kite - 9 near Shaftsbury
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel, 1 Christchurch Hbr.
Merlin - 1 Portland Bill
Common Sandpiper - 1 Silverlake
Spotted Redshank - 2 Middlebere
Greenshank - 11 Brownsea Lagoon
Caspian Gull - 1 1st/w Silverlake
Woodlark - 5 over west Pentridge Down
Black Redstart - 2 Portland Bill ( by Lobster Pot cafe)
Ring Ouzel - 1 over west Pentridge Down
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Portland Castle
Hawfinch - 1 over Pentridge Down
Snow Bunting - 1 Middlebere (seen to fly off)
RED-EYED VIREO - 1 Durlston CP. (Elusive in copse north of car park)

Red-eyed Vireo - Durlston CP © Nick Hull


Black Redstart - Portland Bill © Hellen Wood



















Little Owl - Portland Bill © Hellen Wood

Meadow Pipit - Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale













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Saturday 26th October 2024

Velvet Scoter - 1 juvenile Longham Lake (On North lake this a.m)
Goosander - 7 River Frome Woodford
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Portland Hbr. (East of Marina breakwater - pos. P.g. holbollii per BirdGuides)
Spoonbill - 51 Brownsea Is.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Christchurch Hbr, 1 Wareham Channel Poole Hbr.
Merlin - 2 Middlebere
Turtle Dove - 1 Tolpuddle garden
Wryneck - 1 Wyke Regis (Old Army Compound)
Swallow - 1 over Hengistbury Hd.
Black Redstart - 2 Portland Bill, 1 St. Aldhelm's Hd, 1 Ferrybridge, 1 West Bay.
Ring Ouzel - 1 over Wick hengistbury.
Pallas's Warbler - 1 Portland Bill Obs.
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Portland Bill Obs, 1 Camp Rd Wyke Regis. 1 Charmouth garden.
ISABELLINE SHRIKE sp. - 1 1st/w Gillingham
Brambling - 10 over Hengistbury Hd.
Redpoll - 5 over Hengistbury Hd.

Turtle Dove - Tolpuddle © Sally Cooke

Kestrel - Blandford Forest © John Bishop

Linnet - Blandford Forest © John Bishop
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Friday 25th October 2024

Barnacle Goose - 1 Lytchett Field a.m, 1 Lodmoor RSPB p.m. both with Canada Geese
Velvet Scoter - 1 juvenile Longham Lakes on South Lake.
Goosander - 2 Silverlake, 2 Lewell Mill on River Frome.
Black-necked Grebe - 1 off Middle Beach Studland
Balearic Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill
Great White Egret - 2 Longham lakes, 1 Holme Bridge 
Purple Heron - 1 East side of Lynch Cove in under cliff to roost, flew in from west c17:25
Spoonbill - 54 Brownsea lagoon
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Christchurch Hbr. 
Merlin - 1 Lytchett Bay from RLVP.
Golden Plover - 207+ Lodmoor RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields
Greenshank - 10 Brownsea lagoon
Caspian Gull - 1 1st/w Silverlake
RED-THROATED PIPIT - 1 over Bill Hill Portland
Black Redstart - 2 Portland Bill, 1, Nothe/Newtons Cove, 1 West Bay
Pallas's Warbler - 1 Portland Obs.
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Wick Hengistbury Hd, 1 Brownsea Is, 1 Durlston CP, 1 Portland Obs.
ISABELLINE SHRIKE sp - 1st winter still showing well in weedy field north of Pound Lane/Wavering Lane.
Hawfinch - 1 over Lytchett Bay from RLVP.

Golden Plover - Lodmoor © Alan Membury






















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Thursday 24th October 2024

Barnacle Goose - 1 Rodden Hive
Velvet Scoter - juvenile still at Longham Lakes (on South Lake)
Goosander - 1 Silverlake (West Lake)
Black-necked Grebe - 4 Wareham Channel
Jack Snipe - 1 Middlebere Heath
Spotted Redshank - 6 Middlebere
Red-throated Diver - 1 Wareham Channel
Spoonbill - 30 Poole Harbour
Great White Egret - 1 over Wareham Causeway, 1 Silverlake, 1 Middlebere
Osprey - 1 Middlebere
Merlin - 1 Middlebere
ISABELLINE SHRIKE sp - 1st winter still showing well in weedy field north of Pound Lane/Wavering Lane in Gillingham (ST794269)
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 PBO, 1 Wakeham, 1 Easton (behind Fire Station)
Pallas's Warbler - 1 still at PBO
Firecrest - 2 Winspit Valley, 1 Wick
Black Redstart - 1 Winspit Valley, 1 Chesil Cove, 1 West Bay
Hawfinch - 1 over Careys Secret Garden early morning
Serin - 1 at PBO

Yesterday : 110,000 Woodpigeon over Portland Bill, easily highest ever count here, the previous being 44,000 last year on 5th November.

Ringed-neck Duck, yesterday at Silverlake  © Mick Brooks

 

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Wednesday 23rd October 2024

Barnacle Goose - 6 west past Hengistbury
Mandarin Duck - 2 Poole Park
Ring-necked Duck - female type again at Silverlake (East Lake)
Velvet Scoter - juvenile still at Longham Lakes (on South Lake)
Goosander - 2 on R Frome at Lewell Mill, 1 Silverlake (East Lake)
Black-necked Grebe - 4 Wareham Channel, 1 Studland Bay
Knot - 5 Brownsea Lagoon
Sanderling - 5 Brownsea Lagoon
Golden Plover - 4 over Hengistbury
Greenshank -  10 Brownsea Lagoon
Spoonbill - 56 Brownsea Lagoon
Great White Egret - 1 Silverlake
ISABELLINE SHRIKE sp - 1st winter still in weedy field north of Pound Lane/Wavering Lane in Gillingham (ST794269)
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 trapped & ringed at Careys Secret Garden (the 5th of the autumn)
Pallas's Warbler - 1 trapped & ringed at PBO
Radde's Warbler - 1 Reap Lane Barn  (Portland)
Garden Warbler - 1 trapped & ringed at Durlston CP (latest ever for site)
Firecrest - 2 Hengistbury, 2 Brownsea Island, 1 Durlston CP, 1 trapped & ringed at Wild Woodbury DWT, 1 Silverlake
Ring Ouzel - 1 Briantspuddle WMs, 2 Christchurch Harbour area
Black Redstart - 1 Chiswell (Portland)
Water Pipit - 1 trapped & ringed at Lytchett Fields RSPB
Brambling - 15 past Hengistbury
Hawfinch - 1 Avalanche Road Hump (Portland)
Little Bunting - 1 briefly at Hengistbury Head this morning

Isabelline Shrike, Gillingham © Alan Membury

Isabelline Shrike, Gillingham © Alan Membury


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Tuesday 22nd October 2024

Velvet Scoter - juvenile still at Longham Lakes
Goosander - 5 on R Frome at Woodsford, 1 immature Sturminster Marshall GP
Ruff - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Green Sandpiper - 1 Woodsford
Golden Plover - 110 Lodmoor RSPB
Wood Sandpier - 1 Stanpit Marsh (present for 3rd day)
Greenshank -  1 Holes Bay, 1 Brand's Bay
Caspian Gull - 1st winter again at Silverlake
Spoonbill - 1 Middlebere
Great White Egret - 1 Moor Valley CP (Crane Lake)
Merlin - 1 Hengistbury Head
ISABELLINE SHRIKE sp - 1st winter still in weedy field north of Pound Lane/Wavering Lane in Gillingham (ST794269)
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 trapped & ringed at Careys Secret Garden, 1 trapped & ringed at Durlston CP
Firecrest - 1 Holes Bay (Grove Wood)
Black Redstart - 2 Portland, 1 Hengistbury Head VC
Crossbill - 6 Moor Valley CP

Golden Plover, Lodmoor RSPB © David Nunn

Marsh Harrier, Radipole Lake RSPB © David Nunn

 

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Monday 21st October 2024

Ring-necked Duck - female still at Silverlake
Velvet Scoter - juvenile still at Longham Lakes (North Lake)
Goosander -  21 Silverlake this evening, 6 on R Frome at Woodsford
Knot - 1 Brand's Bay
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Green Sandpiper - 2 Woodsford
Greenshank -  1 Brand's Bay
Caspian Gull - 1st winter again at Silverlake
Spoonbill - 61 Brownsea Lagoon, 1 over Hengistbury
Osprey - 1 Brand's Bay
Red Kite - 3 Iwerne Minster, 2 Monkton Up Wimborne
Merlin - 1 Hartland Moor
ISABELLINE SHRIKE sp - 1st winter still in weedy field north of Pound Lane/Wavering Lane in Gillingham (ST794269)
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Lodmoor RSPB in sallows at NW end, 1 Portland (Langley Close, Southwell)
Firecrest - 2 Cogden Beach
Black Redstart - 1 Broadwey (Wey Valley School), 1 Portland
Hawfinch - 1 at Gold Oak Farm, Cripplestyle (between Cranborne & Alderholt)

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Sunday 20th October 2024

Mandarin - 2 Poole Park
 Ring-necked Duck - female type still at Silverlake
Velvet Scoter - juvenile still at south lake, Longham Lakes
Black-tailed Godwit - 50 Stanpit Marsh
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Caspian Gull - 1st winter again at Silverlake
Black Tern - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Spoonbill - c.60 Brownsea Island lagoon
Cattle Egret - 10 Wareham Common
Isabelline Shrike - female type still in weedy field north of Pound Lane/Wavering Lane Gillingham

Wood Sandpiper, Stanpit Marsh ©Scott Usher 















Black-tailed Godwit, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Ring-necked Duck, Silverlake © Alan Membury (taken yesterday)


Isabelline Shrike, Gillingham  © Steven Carey



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Saturday 19th October 2024

Brent Goose - c.35 Shell Bay
 Ring-necked Duck - female/juvenile fem at Silverlake
Velvet Scoter - juvenile still Longham Lakes
Avocet - 344 Brownsea Island lagoon
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Greenshank 19 Brownsea Island
Cattle Egret - 4 East Holme, 23 Christchurch water meadows
Great White Egret - 1 Hampreston flood meadows
Osprey - 1 over middle beach Studland
Isabelline/Red-tailed Shrike - First winter in weedy field Pound Lane/Wavering Lane  Gillingham
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 trapped and ringed Durlston CP, 1 Thumb Lane Portland, 
1 Southwell school Portland
Redwing - 1 Thorncombe Wood
Ring Ouzel - female Ballard Down
Black Redstart - 1 at Millfield Poole, 1 Brownsea Island

Yesterday - 2 Red Kite over Cerne Abbas

Isabelline Shrike, Gillingham  ©John Bishop
Isabelline Shrike,Gillingham  ©Scott Usher




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Friday 18th October 2024

 Velvet Scoter - juvenile still Longham south Lake
Water Rail - 1 Woodsford
Avocet - 401 Brownsea Island lagoon
Golden Plover - 1 Shell Bay beach
Green Sandpiper - 1 Woodsford
Spotted Redshank - 1 Brownsea Island lagoon, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Greenshank - 17 Brownsea Island lagoon
Spoonbill - 65 Brownsea Island Lagoon
Osprey - 1 Middlebere
Goshawk - 1 Middlebere
White-tailed Eagle - G466 Brands Bay
Short-eared Owl - 1 Keysworth Point Swineham
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 trapped and ringed Portland, 1 Avalanche Road Hump Portland,
 2 private garden Weston Portland
Pallas's Warbler - 1 The Hump Avalanche Road Portland
Redwing - 3 over Longham
Ring Ouzel - 3 at Penn's Weare Portland
Black Redstart - 1 Brownsea Island, 1 Brooklands Farm Dorset Wildlife Trust HQ , 1 Poole Quay
Wheatear - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Fisherman's Bank Stanpit
Hawfinch - 1 recorded over an Oakdale garden
Common Rosefinch - 1 flew over Portland

 Juvenile Velvet Scoter, Longham Lakes  © Steven Carey


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Thursday 17th October 2024

Brent Goose - 530 Ferryridge
Velvet Scoter - female/immature still present at Longham Lakes
Avocet - 400 Brownsea Lagoon
Green Sandpiper - 1 on cress beds Wimborne St Giles
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Greenshank - 5 Brownsea Lagoon
Mediterranean Gull - 960+ Ferrbridge
 Caspian Gull - 1 again at Silverlake, 1st winter Portland
Spoonbill - c.50 Brownsea Island Lagoon, 2 Bestwall RSPB
Cattle Egret - 28 Wick Water Meadows
Osprey - 1 Middlebere
Hen Harrier - juvenile Portland
White-tailed Eagle - 2 over Swineham
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 along Rodwell Trail, 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Thumb Lane Portland
Radde's Warbler - 1 trapped Crown Estate field Portland
Redwing - flocks between 20 and 200 passing over Poole Harbour
Ring Ouzel - juvenile at Anvil Point, Swanage, 1 Middlebere, 1 probable Swineham GPs, 1 Hengistbury Head, 2 Old Harry
Firecrest - 3 Parkstone Heights Woods
Black Redstart - 1 Wild Woodbury car park, 1 Thumb Lane Portland
Hawfinch - 1 flew north Holes Bay

White-tailed Eagle, Swineham  © Fiona Keeling

White-tailed Eagle, Swineham  © Fiona Keeling


Cattle Egret, Wick Water Meadows  © Clinton Whale




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Wednesday 16th October 2024

Grey Plover - 7 Brownsea Island.
Ruff - 1 Stanpit.
Knot - 5 Brownsea Island.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Greenshank - 13 Brownsea Island.
Caspian Gull - 1 Silverlake.
Sandwich Tern - 2 at Silverlake is only the second record for the site.
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Brands Bay (Jerrys Point).
Great White Egret - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Middlebere.
Cattle Egret - 14 Christchurch Harbour, 10 Wareham Common.
Spoonbill - 61 Brownsea Island.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Brands Bay, 1 Wareham Channel.
Marsh Harrier - 3 Swineham, 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Yellow-browed Warbler - 3 Portland (PBO, the Borstal and the Mermaid), 1 Wick.
Firecrest - 1 Hengistbury.

Late news: 2 White-tailed Eagle at Badbury Rings on 7th Oct.

Curlew, Stanpit © Clinton Whale

White-tailed Eagles, Badbury Rings, 7th Oct © Penny Isaac 


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