Wednesday 20th November 2024

Barnacle Goose - 1 Swineham
Common Scoter - 2 off Middle Beach Studland
Slavonian Grebe - 1 off Middle Beach Studland, 2  Littlesea The Fleet
Black-necked Grebe - 4 North end of Portland Harbour, 1 Longham Lakes
Golden Plover c800 Lodmoor RSPB
Ringed Plover - c150 Christchurch Harbour, 30 Long Groyne Hengisbury Head
Purple Sandpiper - 13 The Cobb Lyme Regis, 2 Long Groyne Hengisbury Head
Spotted Redshank - 1  Lytchett Bay
Red-throated Diver - 1 off Jerry's Point Studland
Black-throated Diver - 1 off Hengisbury Head
Great Northern Diver - 2 off Hengisbury Head, 1 Ferrybridge
Spoonbill - 4 Brownsea Lagoon DWT
Hen Harrier - 2 (1m & 1f)  Wyke Down 
Red Kite - 2 Wyke Down, 1 Middlebere Channel, 1 St Aldhelms Head, 1 Knowleton
White tailed Eagle - 1 Christchurch Harbour, 1 over Muscliff Bournemouth, 1 Wareham Channel
Firecrest - 3 Durlston CP
Black Redstart - 2f Bridging Camp Wyke Regis, 1 Hengisbury Head Centre
Brambling - 1 Hengisbury Head Centre


Black-necked Grebe - Longham Lakes
© Mike Kirby




Peregrine Flacon - Durlston CP
© Fiona Keeling




Purple Sandpiper - The Cobb Lyme Regis
© Roger Boswell


Tuesday 19th November 2024

Eider - 1 off the House Boats Studland
Red-throated Diver - 1 off Goathorn Point
Great Northern Diver - 1 Middle Beach Studland, 1 South Deep off Brownsea Is.
Black-necked Grebe - 2 Middle Beach Studland
Spoonbill - 9 Brownsea Lagoon
Red Kite - 2 Sherborne
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Christchurch Hbr.
Ruff - 1 Swineham Pt.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Swineham Pt.
Greenshank - 15 Brownsea Lagoon

Reed Bunting - Wareham © Clive Hargrave






















Monday 18th November 2024

Eider - 1 Brand's Bay
Common Scoter - 28 off Hengistbury Hd.
Red-throated Diver - 1 in the South Deep off Brownsea Is.
Spoonbill - 25 Brownsea Lagoon
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Wareham Channel
Purple Sandpiper - 4 Hengistbury Hd.
Ruff - 2 Swineham Pt.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Swineham Pt.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Greenshank - 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Water Pipit - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Red Kite - Pentridge © Colin Chainey




Sunday 17th November 2024

Black-necked Grebe - 5 Poole Hbr, 5 Portland Hbr, 1 Longham Lakes
Spoonbill - 25 Brownsea Is.
Hen Harrier - 1 St Aldhelm's Hd.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 over Chapman's Pool
Merlin - 1 male St. Aldhelm's Hd.
Purple Sandpiper - 2 Stanpit Marsh
Ring Ouzel - 2 reported Cerne Abbas
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Chapman's Pool
Lapland Bunting - 1 over Portland Bill (appeared to land Qinetic Compound)

Dark-bellied Brent Geese - Stanpit Marsh ©  Clinton Whale





















Saturday 16th November 2024

Common Scoter 6 past Portland Bill
Great Northern Diver - 1 east St. Aldhelm's Hd.
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes
Cattle Egret - 30 Holmbridge
Spoonbill - 15 Arne RSPB
Red Kite - 11 Pentridge Down
White-tailed Eagle - 2 in The Wareham Channel area Poole Hbr.
Avocet - 295 Brand's Bay (site high count)
Ruff - 2 Swineham on the Stilt Pools.
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Holes Bay
Yellow-legged Gull - 1, 1cy Pentridge Down
Caspian Gull - 1 1st/w Lyme Regis on beach.
Swallow - 1 Portland Bill
Water Pipit - 1 Swineham Point
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 trapped Carey's Secret Garden, Wareham.
Brambling - 2 Portland Bill
Cirl Bunting - 1 St Aldhelm's Head (North of Pier Bottom view from main track)

Red Kite - Pentridge © Colin Chainey


Red Kite - Pentridge © Colin Chainey






















Friday 15th November 2024

Greylag Goose - 402 at Silverlake
Pintail - 259 Brand's Bay
Mandarin Duck - 2 drakes at Poole Park
Eider - 8 in Weymouth Bay off Beachdown Way, 1 Bramble Bush Bay
Goldeneye - 1 Longham Lakes (South Lake)
Goosander - 2 Silverlake (East Lake)
Slavonian Grebe - 2 still on the Fleet at Littlesea, 2 in Studland Bay off Middle Beach
Black-necked Grebe - 2 in Wareham Channel, 2 in Studland Bay off Middle Beach, 1 Longham Lakes
Purple Sandpiper- 6 Hengistbury Head, 5 on Lyme Regis Cobb
Sanderling - 2 Brownsea Island
Knot - 2 Brownsea Island
Grey Plover - 40 Brownsea Island
Greenshank - 14 Brownsea Island, 1 Brand's Bay
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay from Rock Lea Viewpoint
Spoonbill - 5 Brownsea Island
Great White Egret - 2 Longham Lakes, 1 Silverlake (West Lake), 1 Puddletown WMs
Hen Harrier - a male flew south over Bardolf Farm at Puddletown
Black Redstart - 1 Fontmell Magna
Brambling - 2 Christchurch Harbour
Cirl Bunting - 2 at West Bexington DWT nature reserve
Snow Bunting - 1 over Durlston CP Visitor Centre

Late News : a Dark-eyed Junco was photographed in an Upton garden last weekend but has not been seen since.

Stonechat, Christchurch Harbour © Dave Hill

Grey Heron, Christchurch Harbour © Dave Hill

Mandarin Duck, Poole Park © David Wareham


 


Thursday 14th November 2024

Barnacle Goose - 3 in large goose flock between Woodsford Bridge and Lewell Mill
Long-tailed Duck - 1 briefly in Holloway's Dock (Hengistbury) this morning
Pintail - 126 Brand's Bay
Goosander - 8 between Woodsford bridge and Lewell Mill
Slavonian Grebe - 2 on the Fleet at Littlesea
Purple Sandpiper- 1 West Bay
Grey Plover - 11 Brand's Bay
Greenshank - 1 Brand's Bay
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Common Gull - 261 Brand's Bay
Great Northern Diver - 3 West Bay, 2 west past Peveril Point
Red-throated Diver - 2 West Bay
Great White Egret - 1 Longham Lakes
Firecrest - 2 Hengistbury
Black Redstart - 3 Bridging Camp (Wyke Regis), 1 West Bay
Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Brambling - 1 Tidmoor, 1 over West Bay

Wednesday 13th November 2024

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 11 East Fleet
Barnacle Goose - 7 in field behind Rodden Hive
Whooper Swan - 1 Langton Hive, 1 off Rodden Hive
Egyptian Goose - 2 over St. Catherine's Hill, Abbotsbury
Pintail - 60+ off Rodden Hive
Scaup - 1 1cy The Fleet, Abbotsbury
Common Scoter - 1 still Ferrybridge
Slavonian Grebe - 1 East Fleet
Avocet - c800 Poole Harbour, 100+ Holes Bay
Black-tailed Godwit - 1113 Holes Bay
Knot - 4 Holes Bay
Spoonbill - 30 Poole Harbour
Hen Harrier - 1 male out to sea from West Bay
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel
Short-eared Owl - 1 Crown Estate Fields, Portland Bill
Hooded Crow - 1 probable over Southwell
Dartford Warbler - 1 East Fleet
Black Redstart - 1 Chesil Cove, 1 Upwey
Brambling - 16 over Ballard Down
Lesser Redpoll - 9 over Ballard Down
Crossbill - 19 over Ballard Down
Snow Bunting - 1 north over Ballard Down

Yesterday: -

Red Kite - 4 over Hambledon Hill
White-tailed eagle - 2 over Hambledon Hill


Common Scoter, Ferrybridge © Phil Cheeseman


Snipe, Lodmoor RSPB © Andy Tew


Redwing, Pentridge Down © John Bishop

 

Tuesday 12th November 2024

Mandarin - 8 Holme Lane GP, 2 Poole Park
Red-crested Pochard - 2 The Fleet, Abbotsbury
Scaup - 1 1cy male - The Fleet, Abbotsbury
Velvet Scoter - 1 The Fleet, Abbotsbury
Common Scoter - 1 Ferrybridge
Slavonian Grebe - 1 off Middle Beach, Studland
Black-necked Grebe - 1 still South Lake, Longham Lakes
Avocet - 100+ Holes Bay
Knot - 4 Holes Bay
Spotted Redshamk - 1 Holes Bay
Cattle Egret - 1 nr. Car Park, Uptom CP
Marsh Harrier - c6 Stanpit Marsh & Sea, 5 off Swineham Point
White-tailed Eagle - 2 over Ballard Down, 1 over Cogden Beach
Kingfisher - 2 Hatch Pond
Firecrest - 3 Hengistbury Head
Brambling - 2 Hengistbury Head, 1 South Haven
Hawfinch - 1 north from Horselynch, Lodmoor RSPB
Lesser Redpoll - 6 South Haven, 3 Hengistbury Head

Black-necked Grebe, Longham Lakes © Jeremy McClements


Golden Plover, Portland Bill © Simon Craft


Kestrel, Poole Harbour © Peter John Corbin

 

Monday 11th November 2024

Black-necked Grebe - 1 Grimmery Bank, Christchurch Harbour
Golden Plover - 500+ nr. The Hump, Lodmoor RSPB
Ruff - 1 Western Scrapes, Lodmoor RSPB
Green Sandpiper, 1 Wych Moor
Caspian Gull - 1 1st winter, off South Marsh, Stanpit
Red-throated Diver - 2 off West bay
Spoonbill - 28 on Saltmarsh, from Ower Quay
Great White Egret - 3 over Wareham Channel, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Osprey - 1 Middlebere
Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail, Middlebere
Red Kite - 6 east of Cerne Abbas
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel
Kingfisher - 2 Stanpit Creek
Magpie - 110 Hatch Pond Roost
Swallow - 1 Littlesea, Studland
Woodlark - 4 West Bay on migration
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 St. Aldhem's Head
Black Redstart - 2 West Bay Esplanade, 1 St. Aldhem's Head
Water Pipit - 1 in Whimbrel Field, Lytchett Fields
Brambling - 6 West Bay on migration
Hawfinch - 1 Butterstreet, The Fleet, 1 over Recreation Ground, Lytchett Matravers
Lesser Redpoll - 36 over Hengistbury Head, 21 in Birches, Ferry Car park, Studland, 10 West Bay
Crossbill - 3 Culpepper's Dish
Serin - 1 possible, Butterstreet, The Fleet
Corn Bunting - 8 St. Aldhem's Head
Cirl Bunting - 2 St. Aldhem's Head

Crossbill, Culpeppers Dish © Phil Cheeseman


Little Egret, Stanpit Marsh © Mike Kirby


Shoveler, Holes Bay © Danni Dyson

 

Sunday 10th November 2024

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 2 on The Fleet
Pochard - 4 drakes Swineham GP
Velvet Scoter - 1 Juv still on South Lake, Longham Lakes
Goosander - 1 Holmebridge
Black-necked Grebe - 1 still on South Lake, Longham Lakes
Avocet - 4 Brands Bay
Golden Plover - 2 Brands Bay, 1 Portland Bill
Grey Plover - 4 Brands Bay
Ruff - 3 Stilt Pools, Swineham
Caspian Gull - 1 1st winter at South Marsh, Stanpit
Cattle Egret - 55 between Holmebridge & Wool
Red Kite - 21 over Gates Hill, on Dorchester to Sherborne Road, 2 Parkstone Area
White-tailed Eagle - 3 Poole Harbour
Kingfisher - 1 Brands Bay
Wryneck - 1 Kimmeridge
Bearded Tit - 2 Hatch Pond
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Littlesea Wood, The Fleet
Black Redstart - 3 South Side of Nothe Fort, 2 Swanage, 2 West Bay, 1 West Bexington
Hawfinch - 3 over Pentridge Down

Starling, Portland Bill © Graham Nash


Pallas's Warbler, The Hump, Portland © Phil Cheeseman


Goldfinch, Portland Bill @ Graham Nash

Saturday 9th November 2024




Brent Goose - 108 Whitley Lake
Velvet Scoter - juvenile still on South lake, Longham Lakes
Black-necked Grebe - 1 on South Lake, Longham Lakes
Woodcock - 1 through Chesil Cove
Spoonbill - 12 Holes Bay
Great White Egret - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Silverlake, 2 Frome Valley
Red Kite - 1 Silverlake
Wryneck - 1 Kimmeridge
Merlin - 1 St Aldhelm's Head, 1 Middlebere
Swallow - 1 over the Hump Portland
Pallas's Warbler - 1 still in garden by the Hump Avalanche Road Portland, 1 St Aldhelm's Head
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 St Aldhelm's Head
Ring Ouzel - 2 Durlston CP
Black Redstart - 2 West Bay, 1 Ladymead Portland, 2 Durlston CP, 1 Swanage, 2 St Aldhelm's Head
Hawfinch - 2 over Lodmoor
Cirl Bunting - 3 east of Camp Road Wyke Regis

Purple Sandpiper, Lyme Regis © Roger Boswell

Water Rail, Stanpit Marsh  © Clinton Whale



Golden Plover, Crouch Hill, Stanpit  © Scott Usher


Friday 8th November 2024

Holboell's Red-necked Grebe - apparent still Portland Harbour
Woodcock - 3 Moreton
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Silverlake
Merlin - 1 Bardolf Farm Puddletown
Red Kite - 1 Burlston, and probably same over Bardolf Farm Puddletown
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Stanpit Bight
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Southwell school Portland
Pallas's Warbler - 1 In  garden near Hump Avalanche Road Portland
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 trapped and ringed Portland BO
Black Redstart - 1 West Bay, 1 Durlston CP, 1 Swanage
Hawfinch - 2 over Lytchett Bay, 1 over Portland Bird Observatory

Thursday 7th November 2024


Slavonian Grebe - 1 off Fitzworth Point, Ower Bay
Holoeill's Red-necked Grebe - apparent still Portland harbour
Black-necked Grebe - 5 Wareham channel
Avocet - c.50 Brownsea Island lagoon
Ruff - 2 Swineham
Greenshank - 12 Brownsea Island lagoon
Spoonbill - 39 Brownsea Island lagoon
Cattle Egret - 59 in field  Holme bridge between Wareham and Wool
White-tailed Eagle - 4 Brands Bay
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 trapped and ringed Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Abbotsbury sub-tropical gardens
 1 Southwell Portland
 Pallas's Warbler - 1 in garden at Southwell Portland
Black Redstart - 2 Tilly Whim, Durlston, 1 St Aldhelm's Head, 2 Portland, 1 Swanage

Black Redstart, Ocean Bay Swanage  © Alan Bevis


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

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.

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

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

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.

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







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




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


 

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



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




















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