Tuesday 3rd November 2026

Barnacle Goose - 9 SE over Portland Bill.
Pochard - 1 Christchurch Hbr.
Wigeon - c1200 Holes Bay.
Red-crested Pochard - 1 male Longham Lakes.
Golden Plover - 300+ Lodmoor; 150+ E of Eggardon Hill.
Lapwing - 161 Woodsford.
Knot - 1 Holes Bay.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Woodsford.
Kittiwake - 1 inside Christchurch Hbr.
Little Gull - 1 Longham Lakes.
Cattle Egret - 28 Christchurch Hbr.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Brownsea Island.
Marsh Harrier - 2 Christchurch Hbr.
Merlin - 1 Christchurch Hbr.
Woodpigeon - 9260 over Lytchett Bay; 4000 over Christchurch Hbr; 3475 over Upton.
Stock Dove - 339 over Christchurch Hbr.
Yellow Wagtail - 1 heard Christchurch Hbr is extremely late.
Redwing - 810 N over Lytchett Bay.
Firecrest - c9 Corfe Barrows NR.
Brambling - 2 Christchurch Hbr.
Goldfinch - 450 Christchurch Hbr.
Snow Bunting - 1 Portland Bill.

Monday 2nd November 2026

Whooper Swan - 1 The Fleet (Langton Herring) is probably the long-staying Abbotsbury bird.
White-fronted Goose - 2 Longham Lakes.
Egyptian Goose - 2 NW over Carey RS.
Pochard - 1 Chard GPs, 1 Christchurch Hbr.
Red-crested Pochard - 1 male Longham Lakes.
Long-tailed Duck - 1 male Abbotsbury Swannery.
Golden Plover - c400 Lodmoor; 1 over Hengistbury; 1 Lytchett Bay; 1 St Aldhelm's Hd; 

     1 West Bay.
Little Gull - 1 Longham Lakes.
Glossy Ibis - 2+ Wareham Common.
Great White Egret - 4 Christchurch Hbr roost.
Cattle Egret - c10 Wareham Common.
Spoonbill - 17 Poole Hbr (Long Island), 3 Christchurch Hbr roost.
White-tailed Eagle - 5 Christchurch Hbr; 1 S over Carey RS.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Christchurch Hbr.
Hen Harrier - 1 Abbotsbury, 1 West Bexington.
Red Kite - 6+ Grimstone.
Short-eared Owl - 1 Wyke Down.
Merlin - 1 Wyke Down.
Woodpigeon - 51000 West Bay; 26000 S over Carey RS; 7800 SE over St Aldhelm's Hd; 

     6200 E over Christchurch Hbr; 3700 SE over Upton.
Stock Dove - 990 West Bay; 112 S over Carey RS; 110 E and 100 NW over Christchurch Hbr; 

     70 St Aldhelm's Hd.
Yellow Wagtail - 1 West Bay is extremely late.
Black Redstart - 1 Parkstone (Newtown).
Firecrest - 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Chaffinch - 1082 West Bay.
Brambling - 4 Hengistbury Hd; 1 over Hengistbury sandspit.
Goldfinch - 720 West Bay.

Sunday 1st November 2026

Egyptian Goose - 3 Silverlake.
Scaup - 1 male Abbotsbury Swannery.
Pochard - 40 Longham Lakes, 23 Silverlake.
Red-crested Pochard - 1 male Abbotsbury Swannery.
Goosander - 3 Silverlake.
Eider - 2 off Baiter.
Common Scoter - 3 Poole Hbr.
Long-tailed Duck - 1 male Abbotsbury Swannery.
Grey Plover - 8 Stanpit.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Swineham.
Jack Snipe - 5 Stanpit.
Great Northern Diver - 2 Poole Hbr (S of Brownsea).
Great White Egret - 4 Longham Lakes, 1 Poole Hbr, 1 Portland Bill, 1 Swineham.
Cattle Egret - 10 Wareham Bypass, 5 Longham Lakes.
Spoonbill - 24+ Poole Harbour, 3 Christchurch Hbr.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Poole Hbr (Green Island).
Marsh Harrier - 3+ Christchurch Hbr, 1 Poole Harbour, 1 Swineham.
Stock Dove - 35+ The Fleet (Littlesea).
Black Redstart - 1 St Aldhelm's Head.
Ring Ouzel - 1 Portland Bill.

Saturday 31st October 2026

Scaup - 1 drake Abbotsbury Swannery

Long-tailed Duck - 1 drake Abbotsbury Swannery

Cattle Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Great White Egret - 3 Longham Lakes, 2 over Hengistbury Hd.

Spoonbill - 42 Shipstal Point

Red Kite - 1 Charborough Park, 1 Christchurch Hbr.

White-tailed Eagle - 3 Christchurch Hbr.

Grey Phalarope - 2 north past Portland Bill

Little Gull - 1CY Stanpit Marsh

Stock Dove - 179 Hengistbury Hd, 35 St. Aldhelm's Hd.

Woodpigeon - c3000 St. Aldhelm's Hd. 842 Hengistbury Hd.

Short-eared Owl - 1 Portland Bill

Swallow - 2 Hengistbury Hd.

Pallas's Warbler - 1 East end of Weston Rd. Portland

Ring Ouzel -  1 Kimmeridge, 1 Southwell Portland.

Fieldfare - c50 Riversmeet Meadow

Black Redstart - 1 Little Ship garden Portland, 1 around DG Building

Brambling - 1 Hengistbury Hd.

Snow Bunting - near Bill Toilet block

Cirl Bunting - 4 St Aldhelm's Hd.

Fieldfare - Middlebere © Aiden Brown

Sparrowhawk - North Dorset © Tim Balmer

Friday 30th October 2026

Dark-bellied Brent Geese - 50 past Hengistbury Hd.

Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Long-tailed Duck - 1 drake Abbotsbury Swannery

Great Northern Diver - 1 Portland Castle 

Cattle Egret - 6 Wareham Common

Great White Egret - 1 Lower Piddle Valley

White-tailed Eagle - 2 Piddle Valey, 1 Christchurch Hbr

Merlin - 2 Middlebere (Chasing Fieldfare)

Ruff - 1 Swineham Pt.

Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Middlebere Channel

Grey Phalarope - 1 in Shell Bay

Green Sandpiper - 2 Lower Piddle Floods

Spotted Redshank - 3 Swineham Pt.

Little Gull - 1 1st/w South Haven

Caspian Gull - 1 2nd/w Knighton Heath GP.

Stock Dove -190 West Bay, 33 over Hengistbury Hd.

Woodpigeon - 17,982 over Poole Hbr, 6000 West Bay, 1610 over Hengistbury Hd.

Jackdaw - 500 West Bay

Woodlark - 3 over West Bay

Starling - 600 West Bay

Ring Ouzel - 1 Verne Moat Portland.

Fieldfare - 100 Middlebere

Water Pipit - 1trapped ringed  Lytchett Fields

Black Redstart - 2 Chiswell (Little Ship)

Siberian Stonechat - 1 1st/w male Weston Street Portland but mobile.

Brambling - 1 West Bay

Hawfinch - 1 Charmouth (over Stone Barrow Hill, 1 Norden (Langton Wallis Heath)

Linnet - 465 West Bay, 202 over Hengistbury Hd.

Goldfinch - 606 over Hengistbury Hd, 256 West Bay

Snow Bunting - 1 Portland on East Cliff

Cirl Bunting - 1 pos 2 Abbotsbury Swannery

Thursday 29th October 2026

Common Scoter - 3 Watch Channel

Red-throated Diver - 1 Studland Bay

Great Northern Diver - 1 off Jerry's Point, 1 Studland Bay, 1 from Crabber's Warf Portland.

Cattle Egret - 31 Hengistbury Hd .am, 19 Portesham

Great White Egret - 1 Tidmoor spit.

Spoonbill - 6 Shipstal Point

Black-necked Grebe - 1 Studland Bay, 1 off Jerry's Point

Red Kite - 1 Cerne Abbas, 1 Swyre Head

White-tailed Eagle - 3 Brand's Bay

Grey Phalarope - 2 Portland off East Cliff 

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields

Little Gull - 2 past Hengistbury Hd.

Short-eared Owl - 1 Portland Bill

Woodlark - 2 Portland Bill

Swallow - 3 SE Tidmoor, 3 Hengistbury Hd.

Ring Ouzel - 1 Verne Moat Portland

Black Redstart - 2 Chiswell

Brambling - 1 over Hengistbury Hd.

Snow Bunting - 1 Portland Bill

Little Bunting - 1 trapped/ringed Timor a.m.

Wednesday 28th October 2026

Scaup - 1 drake Abbotsbury Swannery

Long-tailed Duck - 1 drake Abbotsbury Swannery

Common Scoter - 3 Arne Bay Poole Hbr.

Great Northern Diver - 1 Osprey Quay Portland, 1 Poole Hbr.

Cattle Egret - 21 Portesham, 7 East Holme

Spoonbill - 39 Brownsea Lagoon

Red Kite - 3 Cranborne, 1 Wareham Channel, 1 Higher Charlton Down

Black-necked Grebe - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 off Jerry's Point, Studland.

Greenshank - 12 Brownsea Lagoon

Grey Phalarope - 2 Chesil Cove

Little Gull - 4 off Avon Beach, 

Woodpigeon - 3400 West Bay, 2000+ over Ballard Down  (vismig)

Jackdaw - 111 West Bay (vismig)

Skylark - 852 West Bay  (vismig)

Sand Martin - 1 late individual Swanage.

Willow Warbler 1 ringed Carey Ringing Startion.

Starling - 325 West Bay  (vismig)

Ring Ouzel - 1 Verne Moat, 1 over Ballard Down

Black Redstart - 2 Chiswell (by Little Ship), 1 Hengistbury Hd. 

Brambling - 3 Charmouth

Chaffinch - 574 West Bay

Hawfinch 1 Charmouth

Snow Bunting - 1 East Cliff Portland Bill (by Stone Bench)

Cirl Bunting - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery (1st record) 

Grey Phalarope - Chesil Cove ©David Camp

Tuesday 27th October 2024

Barnacle Goose - 5 in the fields between Silverlake and Woodsford

Whooper Swan - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery

Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Common Scoter - 5 Chesil Cove

Black-necked Grebe - 1 off Jerry's Point Studland

Golden Plover - 20 nr Canford School

Grey Phalarope - 7 Chesil Cove off Quiddles Cafe, 1 Lynch Cove The Fleet, 1 Portland Bill flying east

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields

Little Gull - 4 of Durlston CP, 2 Longham Lakes

Spoonbill - 41 Shipstal Point Arne RSPB, 5 Holes Bay

White tailed Eagle - 2 Middlebere

Fieldfare - c100 Middlebere

Black Redstart - 2 behind The Little Ship Pub Chesil Cove

Hawfinch - 2 Durlston CP 

Snow Bunting 1 East Cliffs Portland Bill

Grey Wagtail - North Dorset © Tim Balmer

Monday 26th October 2026

Scaup - 1 drake still at Abbotbury Swannery

Common Scoter - 1 Swanage Bay, 1 off Middle Beach Studland Bay

Grey Phalarope - 2 Lynch Cove The Fleet, 2 Kimmeridge Bay, 1 Chesil Cove, 1 flew past Shell Bay, 1 West Bay below Rise Cafe

Spotted Redshank - 1 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Little Gull - 9 East Fleet, 7 Christchurch Harbour, 6 Chesil Cove, 1 off Branksome Chine, 1 Shell Bay, 1 Swanage Bay

Great Northern Diver - 1 Swanage Bay

Carrion Crow © Tim Balmer

Sunday 25th October 2026

Red-legged Partridge - 5 Radipole 

White -fronted Goose (Greenland) - 8 Flew up the Middlebere Channel

Common Scoter - 1 off Hengisbury Head, 1 Studland Bay

Black-necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes South Lake

Grey Phalarope - 2 Kimmeridge Bay, 1 Chapmans Pool, 1 off Fitzworth Poole Harbour, 1 West Bay, 1 Ferrybridge found dead

Little Gull - 30-40 off Avon Beach, 27 from Mudeford Quay, 15 off Branksome Chine, 3 Studland Bay, 3 North Haven, 3 Longham Lakes, 2 Kimmeridge Bay, 1 Lytchett Bay

Arctic Skua - 2 off  Branksome Chine, 1 Shell Bay flew west

Red-throated Diver - 1 off Hengisbury Head

Great Norther Diver - 4 from Billy Winters Portland Harbour, 2 Studland Bay, 1 off Branksome Chine

Cattle Egret - 25 Fordington Meadows 

Ring Ouzel - 1 in a private garden in Upton

Black Redstart - 1 Nr Ship Inn Weymouth

Water Pipit - 1 Radipole north screen

Snow Bunting - 1 still at East Cliffs Portland Bill

Cattle Egret - Fordington Meadows © Colin Chaney

 

Saturday 24th October 2026

 Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Green Sandpiper - 1 Middlebere

Little Gull - 35 Kimmeridge Bay, 16+ Mudeford Quay, 5 Brands Bay, 2 off Durlston CP

Great Northern Diver - 2 off Billy Winters Portland Harbour

Leach's Petrel -  2 Kimmeridge Bay, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Spoonbill - 22 - Shipstal Point Arne RSPB

Cattle Egret - 9 Portesham

Hen Harrier - 1 Ringtail Up Cerne

Red Kite - 2 Up Cerne

 

Teal - Middlebere ©  Garry Hayman

Friday 23rd October 2026

Very strong winds today so only reports were :

Common Scoter - 1 off Mudeford Quay
Merlin - 1 Arne RSPB at Coombe Heath
Black Redstart - 3 Portland Bill near Pulpit Rock

Thursday 22nd October 2026

Scaup - drake still at Abbotsbury Swannery
Purple Sandpiper - 1 Portland Bill
Cattle Egret - 3 Wareham Common
Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Cranborne Common, flew towards Wimborne St Giles this morning
Red Kite - 1 Winfrith Heath DWT
Short-eared Owl - 1 NW over Durlston CP
Dartford Warbler - 2 Stephen's Castle NR
Firecrest -  3 trapped & ringed at Lytchett Bay, 1 Durlston CP, 1 retrapped at Carey Estate
Black Redstart - 2 at Portland Bill on East Cliffs below the Observatory
Woodlark - 4 NW over Durlston CP
Water Pipit - 2 Portland Bill this afternoon but flushed
Snow Bunting - 1 still at Portland Bill and another at West Cliffs above Reap Lane  

Hen Harrier, Middlebere © Aidan Brown

Wednesday 21st October 2026

Grey Plover - 9 Stanpit
Bar-tailed Godwit - 11 Stanpit
Spotted Redshank - 1 Middlebere
Spoonbill - 17 in Lytchett Bay from Rock Lea Viewpoint, 3 Holes Bay
Firecrest - 1 Durlston CP
Snow Bunting - 1 Portland Bill on East Cliffs below the Observatory 

Monday 19th October 2026

Barnacle Goose - 1 Longham Lakes
Mandarin Duck - 32 Thorncombe
Velvet Scoter - 1 Kimmeridge flew East
Grey Plover - 2 Holes Bay
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Stanpit Marsh
Caspian Gull - 1 1st Winter Radipole Lake
Spoonbill - 15 Brownsea Lagoon, 30 Shipstall Point Arne
Hen Harrier - 1 Ringtail through Kimmeridge
Black Redstart - 2 Portland
Water Pipit - 3 North Viewing screen Radipole Lake

Barnacle Goose Longham Lakes © Martin Wood

Sunday 18th October 2026

Pochard - 16 Longham Lakes
Greater Scaup - 1 Drake Abbotsbury swannery
Cattle Egret - 8 Holmebridge
Red Kite - 9 West Bay, 1 Longham lakes, 2 Bere Marsh farm
Yellow-Browed Warbler - 2 Winspit valley, 1 heard calling at Ladymead Gardens Portland early morning
Ring Ouzel - 2 Eastington Farm top of Seacombe
Brambling - 1 Hardy Monument, 7 Ballard Down
Redpoll - 3 Ballard down
Cirl Bunting - 1 West Bay

Saturday 17th October 2026

Goldeneye - 1 Male flew into the harbour early morning
Red Brerasted Meerganser - 3 Littlesea Tidmoor
Greater Scaup - 1 1st winter off Goathorn, 1 Wareham Channel ID showed to be different birds, 1 Drake Abbotsbury swannery
Red Kite - 1 Sydling St Nicholas, 2 Spetsbury, 15 Pentridge Down
Merlin - 1 Littlesea SE, 1 Ballard Down
Redpoll - 3 N.Haven 5 Pentridge Down
Black Redstart - Reap Lane Portland, 1 Range Tidmoor

Friday 16th October 2026

Golden Plover - 4 over West Compton

Bar-tailed Godwit - 8 Arne Bay

Sandwich Tern - 3 around Newton's Cove Weymouth

Spoonbill - 60 Shipstal PointArne Bay RSPB

Hen Harrier - Ringtail again at West Compton

White-tailed Eagle - 1 over Stour valley

Merlin - male West Compton

Red-backed Shrike - 1st winter still at Crown Estate field Portland

Woodlark - 13 flew over Portland

 Yellow-browed Warbler - 2 trapped and ringed at Portland Bird Observatory

Sub adult Goshawk, Middlebere © Aidan Brown

Sparrowhawk © Tim Balmer

Thursday 15th October 2026

Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury swannery

 Sooty Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill yesterday

Glossy Ibis - 1 still at East Marsh Stanpit Marsh

Great White Egret - 1 Christchurch Harbour

Cattle Egret - in water meadows River Frome near Lubbecke Way Dorchester

Marsh Harrier - 1 West Compton

Hen Harrier - Ringtail again at West Compton

Red-backed Shrike - 1st winter still Crown Estate fields Portland

Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 at the 'hump'Avalanche Road Portland, 1 Hengistbury Head

Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 hut field Portland Bird Observatory

Firecrest - 1 in trees near the Derby Road - Manor Road roundabout East Cliff Bournemouth

Black Redstart - 1 top fields Portland

Olive-backed Pipit - 1 briefly at Hengistbury Head

Wednesday 14th October 2026

Common/Pallid Swift - from boat tour Poole Harbour

Avocet - 32 Holes Bay, c.400 Brownsea Lagoon

Spotted Redshank - 1 still from Rock Leigh viewpoint Lytchett Fields RSPB

Glossy Ibis - 1 still at Priory marsh Stanpit Marsh, 5 Shipstal Point Arne RSPB, 1 flew over Hengistbury Head

Spoonbill - 13 Brownsea Lagoon, 48 Shipstal Point Arne RSPB

Great White Egret - 1 off Giggers Island Poole Harbour

Marsh Harrier - 6+ Swineham/Keysworth area

Hen Harrier - juvenile male at Arne Moors 

Red Kite - 2 over Holton Lee

Red-backed Shrike - 1st winter still at Crown Estate fields Portland

Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 briefly at  Knighton Heath wood

Redwing - 6 over Parkstone, 4 Stanpit

Treecreeper, North Dorset © Tim Balmer

Tuesday 13th October 2026

Barnacle Goose - 5 north of level crossing on Lewell Road Woodsford

Egyptian Goose - 153 Woodsford Farm (227 last night)

Goosander - 7 Silverlake

Avocet - c.500 Brownsea Lagoon

Grey Plover - 5 Stanpit Bight, 1 Lodmoor, west scrape

Golden Plover - 275 Lodmoor

Green Sandpiper - 1 River Frome Woodsford

Arctic Tern - 1 from Stone Pier Weymouth

Glossy Ibis - 1 North Marsh Stanpit Marsh

Spoonbill - 4 Brownsea Lagoon

Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor

Cattle Egret - 8 Louds Mill

Hen Harrier - Ringtail between West Compton and Eggardon Hill

Red Kite - 1 Middlebere

White-tailed Eagle - 1 over Winterbourne Herringston, 2 Middlebere

Merlin - 1 Compton Valance, 1 Middlebere

Red-backed Shrike - 1 still Crown Estate field Portland

Wheatear - 2 Crouch Hill

Hen Harrier Middlebere © Aidan Brown

Monday 12th October 2026

Great Northern Diver - 1 Portland Bill

Sooty Shearwater - 13 Portland Bill,  3 from Poole to Guernsey ferry

Balearic Shearwater - 3 Poole to Guernsey ferry

Spoonbill - 25 Brownsea Lagoon 

Avocet c400 Brownsea Lagoon

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay 

Arctic Skua - 9 Portland Bill

Great Skua - 1 Portland Bill

Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Hatch Pond, 1 Peveril Point.

Common Sandpiper - Abbotsbury Swannery © Helen Wood

Grey Plover - Abbotsbury Swannery © Helen Wood

Sunday 11th October 2026

Barnacle Goose - 1 Wareham Water Meadow

Dark-bellied Brent Goose - 2 Hengistbury Hd.

Scaup - 1 male Abbotsbury Swannery

Goosander - 6 Silverlake

Cattle Egret - 234 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Lodmoor RSPB 

Great White Egret - 5 Abbottsbury Swannery, 5 Coombe Arne, 2 Lodmoor RSPB

Glossy Ibis - 4 in the Wareham Channel, 1 Hengistbury Hd.

Red Kite - 7 over Pentridge, 5 Red Kite over Swineham Pt, 4 Coombe Arne.

White-tailed Eagle - 2 over Coombe Arne., 1 Christchurch Hbr.

Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail Abbotdbury Swannery, 1 Charmouth

Merlin - 1 St. Aldhelm's Hd, 1 Acton 

Hobby - 1 St Aldhelm's Hd.

Golden Plover - 260 Lodmoor RSPB, 3 over Hengistbury Hd.

Common Sandpiper - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Green Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Spotted Redshank - 4 Poole Hbr.

Woodpigeon - c340 over St Aldhelm's Hd.

Woodlark - 13+ over Pentridge, 1 St. Aldhelm's Head, 1 Charmouth 

Skylark - 120 St Aldhelm's Hd. 15 over Pentridge.

Redwing - 23 over Pentridge. 

Alba Wagtail - 82 St. Aldhelm's Hd, 20 over Pentridge

Red-backed Shrike - 1 1st/w Portland Bill

Brambling - 1 heard over Abbotsbury Swannery

Greater Scaup - Abbotsbury Swannery © Helen Wood

Saturday 10th October 2026

Scaup - 1 imm/male Abottsbury Swannery

Balearic Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill

Cattle Egret - 6 Hengistbury Hd.

Great Egret - 4 Lodmoor RSPB

Spoonbill - 13 Brownsea Lagoon

Glossy Ibis - 1 Hengistbury Hd. (seen later on Easy marsh)

Red Kite - 4 from Cordite Waly Holton Heath, 1 Swyer Head

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Swyer Head, 1 Christchurch Hbr.

Merlin - 2 over Hengistbury Hd.

Avocet - 618 Brownsea Lagoon

Golden Plover - c250 Lodmoor RSPB

Jack Snipe - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Greenshank - 12 Brownsea Lagoon

Grey Phalarope - 1 Lyme Regis

Little Gull - 1 past Hengistbury Hd.

Pied Wagtail - 260-300 to roost Hatch Pond

Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Hengistbury Hd, (Solent Mead)

Willow Warbler - 1 Hengistbury Hd.

RADDE'S WARBLER - 1 LYTCHETT HEATH (Caught and ringed)

Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Hengistbury Hd.

Red-backed Shrike - 1 1st/w Portland Bill in Crown Estate Fields

Magpie - 60-80 to roost Harch Pond

Brambling - 1 Hengistbury Hd.

Redpoll - 2 Hengistbury Hd

Radde'd Warbler - Lytchett Heath © Nick Hull

Friday 9th October 2026

Garganey - 1 Dorchester Water Meadows

Black-necked Grebe - 1 off Knoll Beach Studland

Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB

Spoonbill - 4 Lytchett Bay

Short-eared Owl - 1 Portland Bill on the top fields.

Red-backed Shrike - 1 Portland Bill by the old Higher Light

Thursday 8th October 2026

Common Crane - 5 Overcombe
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Wareham Channel
Glossy Ibis - 6  Wareham Channel
Hen Harrier - 1 Ringtail Wareham Channel
Wryneck - 1 West Bexington along coast path below long house
Red-Backed Shrike - 1 fields North of Lighthouse Portland
Ring Ouzel - 1 Maiden Castle
Dusky Warbler - 1 in moat at crazy golf Weymouth
Wheatear - 1 Peverill Point Swanage

Wednesday 7th October 2026

Golden Plover - 18 Stanpit Marsh flew West

Grey Plover - 8 Brownsea Lagoon DWT, 2 Lodmoor RSPB West scrape

Spoonbill - 78 Brownsea Island Lagoon DWT

Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit Marsh on South & West marsh, 1 over Briantspuddle

Cattle Egret - 19 Bog Lane SANG Stoborough

Great White Egret - 1 Bog Lane SANG Stoborough

Short eared Owl - 1 Throop Bournemouth

Whinchat - 1 Holme Lane GP

Short eared Owl - Throop Bournemouth
©  Nicola

Short eared Owl - Throop Bournemouth
©  Nicola 

Short eared Owl - Throop Bournemouth
©  Nicola 

Short eared Owl - Throop Bournemouth
©  Nicola 

 

Tuesday 6th October 2026

Goosander - 12 Silverlake

Dotterel - 1 heard over Anvil pt Durlston CP

Knot - 26 Middlebere

Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Middlebere

Yellow legged Gull - 1 adult Middlebere

Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit Marsh East Marsh

Spoonbill - 3 Holes Bay, 1 Middlebere

Yesterday: 1 Barred Warbler at Portland Bill

Chiffchaff - North Dorset  ©  Tim Balmer 

Kingfisher - Blandford Forum ©  Tim Balmer 

Starling - Poole Park ©  Tim Balmer 

Monday 5th October 2026

Goosander - 5 Redheads at Woodsford

Grey Plover - 4 Holes Bay, 2 Lodmoor RSPB

Purple Sandpiper - Portland Bill

Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit Marsh East Marsh

Spoonbill - 68 Shipstal Point Arne RSPB, 20 Brownsea Lagoon DWT, 3 Holes Bay

Great White Egret - 3 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Brownsea Island Lagoon DWT

Goshawk - 1 Lytchett Fields

Red Kite - 2 Maiden Castle

White tailed Eagle - 3 Great Ovens Wareham Forest, 2 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Newton Heath Studland

Merlin - 2 Eggardon Hill, 1 Newton Heath Studland

Hobby - 3 Radipole Weymouth, 1 Newton Heath Studland

Yellow-browed Warbler - 4 Portland Bill trapped and ringed (3 at the Obs & 1 Culverwell)

Chiffchaff (Siberian) - 1 Trapped & ringed Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Trapped & ringed Portland Obs

Grasshopper Warbler - Lytchett Bay RSPB

Little Bunting - 1 juv trapped & ringed Culverwell Portland Bill

Sunday 4th October 2026

Quail - Durlston CP

Pochard - 2 (1m +1f) Swineham GP

Ruff - 3 Arne Moor

Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Wareham Channel

Little Stint - 1 Christchurch Harbour

Yellow legged Gull - 1 Wytch Lake

Glossy Ibis - 4 Wareham Channel, 1 Stanpit Marsh East Marsh.

Spoonbill - c100 Brownsea Island, 1 Holes Bay

Great White Egret - 6 Abbotsbury Swannery, 6 Arne Moor

Goshawk - 1 over Godlingston Cemetery

Red Kite - 1 Winfrith Heath, 1 Holt

White tailed Eagle - 2 Christchurch Harbour, 1 high over Middlebere

Woodlark - 1 Middlebere track, 1 Stanpit Marsh crouch Hill

Ring Ouzel - 1 Durlston CP 

Pied Flycatcher - 1 Portland Castle

Redstart - 1 Swanage Prospect allotments

Yesterday: 1 Lapland Bunting at Hegisbury Head and flew south, also 1 Osprey

Saturday 3rd october 2026

Barnacle Goose - 5 Silverlake
Spotted Crake - 1 Postbox Pool Lodmoor
Glossy Ibis - 1 Keysworth ( no public access ), 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Spoonbill - 9 Holes bay, 100 Brownsea Lagoon
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Thumb lane Portland
Olive-Backed Pipit - 1 reported at Culverwell Portland
Whinchat - Stour Valley Meadows