Saturday 25th April 2026

Whimbrel - 5 Lynch Cove on the Fleet, 3 Wick/Hengistbury
Sanderling - 5 Lynch Cove on the Fleet
Arctic Skua - 2 east past Hengistbury
BONAPARTE'S GULL - 1st winter still at Lynch Cove on the Fleet
Great Norther Diver - 1 east past Hengistbury
Black-throated Diver - 1 past Portland Bill
Spoonbill - 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Swift - 3 Wimborne, 3 Wool, 2 Wareham
Hobby - 3 Arne Moors, 1 Lynch Cove on the Fleet
Peregrine - 1st egg hatched at Poole Asda site
Firecrest - 1 Wick near Wooden Bridge
Red-spotted Bluethroat - 1 male still along path at eastern end of Swineham GPs
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Wick near Wooden Bridge
Pied Flycatcher - 1 briefly at Norden, 1 female along path at eastern end of Swineham GPs, 1 female at Wick (Roebury Lane)
Redstart - 1 female at Wick near Wooden Bridge

Bonaparte's Gull, Lynch Cove © Steve Sansom

Whitethroat, Highcliffe © Clinton Whale

 

Friday 24th April 2026

 Little Ringed Plover - 1 past Chesil Beach

Spotted Redshank - 1 from Rock Lea viewpoint Lytchett Fields RSPB

Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Bonaparte's Gull - 1st winter still at Lynch Cove. Park along Camp Road (DT4 9HE), a first summer bird at Ferrybridge before flying west up the Fleet

Arctic Skua - 3 pale morph from sea watches at Christchurch

Pomarine Skua - 3 past Chesil Beach, 2 past Durlston CP

Glossy Ibis - 3 again by bypass at Wareham Common and 3 flew over Swineham Point

Spoonbill - 1 Brownsea Island NT

Bittern - 1 still booming Lodmoor

Red Kite - 1 over Lyme Regis

White-tailed Eagle - pair soaring on a thermal over Boscombe and a pair settled for 30 minutes at the sandspit Hengistbury and again settling at Blackberry point for over an hour.

Hobby - 2 Radipole

Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Crouch Hill Stanpit Marsh

Red-spotted Bluethroat - 1st summer male still east end of gravel pit, Swineham GPs. Do not park beyond Bestwell Road

Redstart - female Lodmoor. 

Corn Bunting - 1 Higher Charminster

Little Grebe, Marnhull  ©   David Matthews

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Carrion Crow Highcliffe (c) Clinton Whale

Thursday April 23rd 2026

 Cuckoo - 1 heard near Kingston Maurward

Grey Plover - 1 Lodmoor

Little Ringed Plover - 1 Stilt Pools Swineham

Whimbrel - 2 Lodmoor

Bar-tailed Godwit - 2 Lodmoor, 20 Christchurch Harbour

Black-tailed Godwit - c.20 Christchurch Harbour

Common Sandpiper - 2 Lodmoor

Greenshank - 1 Lodmoor, c.15 Christchurch Harbour area

Forster's Tern - adult again around Rockley Channel, Ham Common LNR

Little Gull - 16 east past Chesil Beach

Pomarine Skua - one past Chesil Beach, 1 past Portland Bill

Bittern - 1 booming at Lodmoor

Osprey - much activity in Poole harbour today!

Marsh Harrier - 3 Radipole

White-tailed Eagle - pair around Christchurch Harbour for 2 periods during the day

Wryneck - 1 south end of Lodmoor

Wood Warbler - 1 trapped and ringed at Portland BO

Red-spotted Bluethroat - 1st summer male still at Swineham GPs.. Do not park beyond Bestwell Road.

Pied Flycatcher - 1by nursery Hengistbury Head

Whinchat - 1 Barn Field Hengistbury, 2 Portland, 1 Durlston CP, 1 Holes Bay

Wednesday 22nd April 2026

Garganey - 2 Ferrybridge flew past Chesil

Black-throated Diver - 1 past Portland Bill

Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Spoonbill - 1 Brownsea Is.

Red Kite - 3 Lower Piddle Valley, 2 West Bay, 1 Bridport

White-tailed Eagle - 2 Christchurch Hbr, 1 over the Lower Piddle valley

Osprey - 3 Lower Piddle Valley

Whimbrel - 34 Lodmoor RSPB, 31 Hengistbury Hd. 4 Holes Bay, 3 Stanpit Marsh

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Lytchett Bay

Greenshank - 3 Brownsea Is. 1 Radipole Lake RSPB, 2 Stanpit Marsh

Sandwich Tern - 128 Hengistbury Hd.

Forster's Tern - 1 Lytchett Bay

Common Tern - 62 Hengistbury Hd.

Arctic Tern - 3 Hengistbury Hd.

Little Gull - Grimmery Bank viewed from Hengistbury.

Swift - 25 in at Hengistbury Hd.

Merlin - 1 Portland Bill

Hobby - 2 Lower Piddle Valley, 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Swallow - 38 in Hengistbury Hd.

Red-spotted Bluethroat 1 Swineham Pt.

Grey Partridge - between Hog Hill & Maiden Castle © Nigel Tooth

Tuesday 21st April 2026

Red-throated Diver - 2 past Hengistbury Hd.

Great Northern Diver - 1 past Hengistbury Hd.

Spoonbill - 3 Brownsea Lagoon

Red Kite - 1 Morden Bog

White-tailed Eagle - 2 Christchurch Hbr.

Osprey - 3 Carey, 1 Lytchett Bay

Whimbrel -  47 past Hengistbury Hd, 7 Ferrybridge, 5 Stanpit Marsh, 5 Lytchett Bay

Common Sandpiper - 1 Wareham Channel

Green Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Greenshank - 12 Wareham Channel, 7 Greenshank

Sandwich Tern - 88 past Hengistbury Hd.

Forster's Tern - 1 Lytchett Bay

Common Tern - 400+ past Hengistbury Hd.

Arctic Tern - 1 past Hengistbury Hd.

Little Gull - 1 past Hengistbury Hd.

Common Gull - 28 past Hengistbury Hd.

Cuckoo - 1 Morden Bog

Red-spot Bluethroat - 1 Swineham Point

Swift - 12 Hengistbury Hd, 10 Swineham Pt, 3 Hamworthy, 2 Lytchett Bay

Swallow - 56 past Hengistbury Hd. 52+ Middlebere.

House Martin - 12 Hengistbury Hd.

Lesser Whitethroat - Hengistbury Hd.

Redstart - 1 Morden Bog, 1 Hengistbury Hd.

Wheatear - 15 Hengistbury Hd. 3 Badbury Rings.

Yellow Wagtail - 15 Hengistbury Hd, 3 over Lytchett Bay

Dartford Warbler - Highcliffe © Clinton Whale

Wheatear - Badbury Rings © Allan Frake

Monday 20th April 2026

Great White Egret - 2 Brand's Bay

Glossy Ibis - 3 flew west Swineham GP. later at Bog Lane.

Red Kite - 1 West Bay, 1 Morden Bog, over Ridgeway Rd Dorchester, 1 Rempstone

White-tailed Eagle - 2 Christchurch Hbr. 1 over Sherford Bridge, 1 Rempstone

Whimbrel - 12 Stanpit Marsh, 4 Lytchett Bay, 2 Brand's Bay

Curlew Sandpiper - Lytchett Bay 

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay

Pomarine Skua - 2 ad off Portland Bill

Cuckoo - 1 Wick, 1 Rempstone

Swift - 1 Horn Hill, Beaminster

Siberian Chiffchaff - Portland Bill (trapped & ringed)

Willow Warbler - 40 Hengistbury Hd. 8 Aldhelm's Hd.

Garden Warbler - 1 Wick

Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Hengistbury Hd VC.

Red-spot Bluethroat - 1 Swineham Point 

Pied Flycatcher - 4 along the Priest's Way St Aldhelm's Hd, 1 Reap Lane Portland.

Black Redstart - 1 St Adhelm's Hd.

Redstart - 1 Hengistbury Hd VC, 1 St Aldhelm's Hd.

Whinchat - 2 St. Aldhelm's Hd.

Wheatear - 15 Hengistbury Hd. 5 Aldhelm's Hd.

Stonechat - Highcliffe © Clinton Whale

Sunday 19th April 2026

Red-throated Diver - 1 Portland Bill

Great Northern Diver - 2 past Portland Bill

Glossy Ibis - 3 Swineham Point

Spoonbill - 1 Shipstall Point Arne RSPB

White-tailed Eagle - 3 over Houns Tout, 2 Christchurch Hbr.

Osprey - 2, Wareham Channel, 1 Lytchett Field's 

Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Bay from Rock Lee VP.

Whimbrel - 5 Portland Bill, 4 Hengistbury Hd. 3 early morning over Lytchett Bay

Arctic Skua - 2 past Portland Bill

Bonapart's Gull - 1 2CY Lynch Cove , 1 Swineham Point

Cuckoo - Hartland Moor, Wareham Forest

Swallow - 500 Portland Bill

Willow Warbler - 250 Portland Bill

Garden Warbler - 1 Portland Bill

Lesser Whitethroat - 2 Portland Bill, 1 Stoborough, 1 Portland Bill, 1 Durlston CP.

Grasshopper Warbler - 1 near Two Rivermeet, 1 at Nursery Hengistbury Hd.

Red-spot Bluethroat - 1 Swineham Point PLEASE DO NOT PARK BEYONG BESTWALL RD./ Rubgy Club Gate.

Pied Flycatcher - 5 Portland Bill, 1 fem Littlesea Wood

Redstart - 10 Portland Bill, 4 Portland Bill, 3 Tidmoor, 1 Ferrybridge, 1 Portland Castle, 1 Hengistbury Hd.

Whinchat - 2 Portland Bill, 2 Tidmoor, 1 male Lytchett Bay, 1 Durlston CP,

Wheatear - 70 Portland Bill, 16 Hengistbury Hd, 9 Ferrybridge, 3 Rodden Hive

Yellow Wagtail - 5 Portland Bill

Late News from Yesterday

4 Common Crane  seen between The Bill and West Wears heading towards north.

Saturday 18th April 2026

Barnacle Goose - 1 Dorchester/Charminster WMs
Mandarin Duck - 1 male over East Stoke
Cuckoo - 2 heard at Middlebere, 1 heard Wareham Forest, 1 heard near East Stoke, 1 Arne RSPB
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 again on Brownsea Lagoon this morning
BONAPARTE'S GULL - 1st winter still at Lynch Cove on the Fleet
Cattle Egret - 1 Lytchett Fields
Hobby - 1 over a Corfe Mullen garden this evening at 6pm
Hoopoe - 1 in a Bournemouth private garden
Red-rumped Swallow - 1 seen briefly this morning between Old Harry and Ballard Down but not since
Grasshopper Warbler - 6 Christchurch Harbour, 1 St Aldhelm's Head 
Wood Warbler  - male singing in private wood east of Sherborne
Firecrest - 5 singing on Holton Heath
Ring Ouzel - 1 Dulston CP (west end)
Red-spotted Bluethroat - 1 male still along path at eastern end of Swineham GPs
Pied Flycatcher - 1 female at Pokesdown Railway Station, 1 Durlston CP (west end of Warren)
Redstart - 2 trapped & ringed at Durlston CP,  2 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Old Harry, 1 St Aldhelm's Head  
Whinchat - 2 Ballard Down, 1 Christchurch Harbour
Yellow Wagtail - 6 over Christchurch Harbour, 1 St Aldhelm's Head 
Tree Pipit - 8 Wareham Forest south of Morden Bog, 3 Holton Heath, 3 St Aldhelm's Head, 1 Liitlesea (The Fleet)

Sandwich Terns, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

 

Friday 17th April 2026

Cuckoo - 1 heard calling in Corfe Valley, 1 heard on Slepe Heath, 1 heard Christchurch Harbour (Ashtree Meadows)
Whimbrel - 11 over Christchurch Harbour, 6 Abbotsbury Swannery, 2 Brownsea Lagoon
Knot - 3 Middlebere
Common Sandpiper - 1 Longham Lakes (South Lake)
Arctic Skua - 2 off Camp Road at Wyke Regis, 1 dark phase at Peveril Point this evening
Great Skua - 2 off Camp Road at Wyke Regis, 1 Hengistbury
Pomarine Skua -1 Portland Bill, the first of the year
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 again on Brownsea Lagoon around midday
Little Gull - 1 adult at Stanpit Marsh
Manx Shearwater - 1 past Peveril Point this evening
Spoonbill - 3 Brownsea Lagoon
Osprey - 2nd egg laid by 022 and CJ7 at Poole Harbour
Ring Ouzel - 1 at Hartland Moor along road between Slepe House and Middlebere farm track (only seen early morning)
Red-spotted Bluethroat - 1 male still along path at eastern end of Swineham GPs

Thursday 16th April 2026

 Grey Plover - 1 Christchurch Harbour

Whimbrel - 5 Christchurch Harbour

Black-tailed Godwit - 80 Christchurch Harbour

Sandwich Tern - 129 in Christchurch Harbour, c.30 Brownsea Island Lagoon

Bonaparte's Gull - 1st winter still at Lynch Cove (DT4 9HE)

Arctic Skua - 2 east past Portland Bill

Great Skua - 2 east past Portland Bill

Osprey - 022 fishing in Wareham Channel

Marsh Harrier - 4 displaying at Radipole

White-tailed Eagle - 1 over Middlebere

Grasshopper Warbler - 2 Stanpit

Garden Warbler - 1 Stanpit

Red-spotted Bluethroat - male still at east end of gravel pit Swineham GPs c.50.6925, -2.0837

Pied Flycatcher - 1 The Hump Avalanche Road Portland, male along footpath from Studland Road to Brenscombe Hill, 1 near overflow car park at Arne RSPB

Redstart - 2 Stanpit

Whinchat - 1 Barleycrates Lane Portland

Reed Warbler, Stanpit Marsh  © Clinton Whale

Mediterranean Gull, Stanpit Marsh ©  Clinton Whale

Wednesday 15th April 2026

 Eider - female off Mudeford Quay

Common Sandpiper - 1 Peverill Point Swanage

Bonaparte's Gull - 1st winter still at Lynch Cove (DT4 9HE), 1 Lower Piddle valley

Forster's Tern - adult reported on Brownsea Island Lagoon at 09:47,but no further sightings by 14:15

Red throated Diver - 2 off Hengistbury

Great Northern Diver - 1 from Hengistbury

White Stork - 1 in field near Holdenhurst village, Throop,

Bittern - 1 booming north end of Lodmoor

Cattle Egret - 11 Lodmoor

Red Kite - 2 Lower Piddle valley

White-tailed Eagle - 1 flew east down River Frome water meadows east of Lower Bockhampton, 1 Lower Piddle Valley

Ring Ouzel - 1 Portland

Red-spotted Bluethroat - male still along path east end of gravel pit at Swineham GPs c50.6925,-2.0839

Yesterday: Turtle Dove flew over Middlebere

House Sparrow Highclife  ©  Clinton Whale

Tuesday 14th April 2026

Common Scoter - 15 off Hengisbury Head, 9 Peveril Point flying east

Swift - 2 Longham Lakes, 1 Wareham

Turtle Dove - 1 Middlebere flew north

Bar tailed Godwit - 15 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Ruff - 1 Holes Bay

Spotted Redshank - 1 Swineham Point

BONAPARTES GULL - 1 Lynch Cove The fleet

Yellow legged Gull - 1 Off Peveril Point

Artic Skua - 2 off Chesil Beach Ferrybridge

Black throated Diver - 1 off Portland Bill flew east

White Stork - 1 Throop River Stour

Cattle Egret - 11 sum plum Lodmoor RSPB

Great White Egret - 1 Stanpit Marsh

White Tailed Eagle - 2 over Ware Channel

Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Chickerell west end of Bridging Camp, 1Talbot Heath

Bluethroat - 1 Red spotted on footpath East of Swineham GP

Whinchat - 1 Hartland Stud

Serin - 1 Chesil Cove in off the sea

White Stork - Throop River Stour © Peter Calladine

       

Monday 13th April 2026

Whimbrel - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Knot - 13 Lytchett Bay, 9 Holes Bay

Ruff - 1 Holes Bay

Common Sandpiper - 1 Holes Bay, 1 Lytchett Bay

Spotted Redshank - 1 Swineham Point

BONAPARTES GULL - 2 Lynch Cove The fleet

FORSTER'S TERN - 1 off Evening Hill Poole Harbour

White Stork - 1 Throop River Stour

Spoonbill - 3 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Cattle Egret - 11 sum plum Lodmoor RSPB

Red Kite - 1 Holditch

White Tailed Eagle - 2 over Brownsea Island, 2 Christchurch Harbour, 1 over Chickerell, 1 over Wareham Common

Hoopoe - 1 Hartland Stud

Sedge Wartbler - 1 Wareham common

Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Crouch Hill Standpit, 1 Hengisbury Head

Bluethroat - 1 Red spotted on footpath East of Swineham GP

Tree Pipit - 1 Rempstone Forest

Redpoll - 4 Rempstone Forest

White tailed Eagle - Wareham Common
 ©Trevor Warwick

 
Sedge Warbler - Wareham Common
© Trevor Warwick

Sunday 12th April 2026

Garganey - 2 West Bexington

Swift - 1 Longham Lakes

Crane - 2 over Holton Heath

Whimbrel - 3 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Caspian Gull - 1 Ferrybridge

FORSTER'S TERN - 1 off Shipstal Point Arne RSPB

White Stork - 1 Throop Devon reintroduction

Glossy Ibis - 3 Swineham Gravel Pit

Red Kite - 1 Wytch Heath

White-tailed Eagle - 2 Christchurch Harbour

Hoopoe - 1 Hartland Stud

Sedge Warbler - 1 North end of Radipole RSPB

Grasshopper Warbler - 1 North end of Radipole RSPB

Bluethroat - 1 Red-spotted on the path East end of Swineham GP

Pied Flycatcher - 1 male  Kingswood to Nine Barrow Down footpath

Whinchat - 2 Hartland Moor opposite Hartland Stud

Tree Pipit - 1 Wytch Heath, 1 Morden Bog, 1 Holton Heath

Red-spotted Bluethroat - Swineham  
©  Steve Carey

Greenfinch - Highcliffe ©  Clinton Whale

Red-spotted Bluethroat - Swineham  ©  Steve Carey

Saturday 11th April 2026

Swift - 6 Longham Lakes

Little Ringed Plover - 1 Stilt Pool Swineham

Whimbrel - 2 Hengisbury Head, 1 Lytchett Bay

Purple Sandpiper - 4 Hengisbury Head

Bonaparts Gull - 1 first winter at Lynch Cove Chickerell

Little Gull - 1 off Hengisbury Head

Little Tern - 11 The fleet nr DWT visitor centre

Spoonbill - 3 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Osprey - 1 Tidmoor Point The Fleet

Red Kite - 1 Middlebere, 1 East Creech

White tailed Eagle - 2 Christchurch Harbour

Hoopoe - 1 Hartland Stud 

Lesser Whitethroat - 1 St Aldhelms Head, 1 Stanpit Marsh

Whitethroat - 5 St Aldhelms Head, 1 Balancing Pool Broadwey

Bluethroat - 1 Red-Spotted still at the Eastern end of Swineham GP

Whinchat - 2 Hartland Moor opposite Hartland stud 

Red-spotted Bluethroat - Swineham © Peter Moore

Friday 10th April 2026

Cuckoo - 1 heard calling at Pymore (north of Bridport)
Whimbrel - 5 Stanpit, 2 Wareham Channel
Knot - 6 Stanpit
Sanderling - 2 Hengistbury Head
Purple Sandpiper - 8 Christchurch Harbour
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 again on Brownsea Lagoon at midday
BONAPARTE'S GULL - 2 still at Lynch Cove on the Fleet
Black-throated Diver - 1 on sea off Hengistbury Head
Red-throated Diver - 1 past Peveril Point, 1 Hengistbury Head
Manx Shearwater - 1 past Peveril Point
Spoonbill - 3 Brownsea Lagoon
Osprey - 1 over Easton (Portland), 1 Morden Bog, 1 north over Dancing Ledge, 1 over Portland Harbour this evening
White-tailed Eagle - 5 seen during the day in Poole Harbour area, 3 Christchurch Harbour
Red Kite - 1 Weymouth Ridgeway, 1 Christchurch Harbour, 1 East Creech
Hoopoe - 1 over Puncknowle
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 ringed at Carey Secret Garden
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Crossways, 1 Lynch Cove (The Fleet)
Red-spotted Bluethroat - 1 again along path at eastern end of Swineham GPs but elusive
Yellow Wagtail - 1 over Stanpit

Little Ringed Plover © John Howell

 

Dunnock, Highcliffe © Clinton Whale

 

Thursday 9th April 2026

Red-necked Grebe - 2 on sea at Portland Bill
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Whimbrel - 2 past Hengistbury
Purple Sandpiper - 10 on Hengistbury Head
Sanderling - 1 Hengistbury Head
Arctic Skua - 1 past Hengistbury Head
Arctic Tern - 3 past Hengistbury Head
BONAPARTE'S GULL - 2 now on the Fleet at Lynch Cove, a near adult and the 1st winter
White Stork - ringed bird still at Throop
Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Lagoon, 1 past Mudeford Quay
Osprey - 1 Wareham Channel
Red Kite - 3 Christchurch Harbour, 2 Stoborough Heath, 1 over Bournemouth, 1 Tolpuddle, 1 Corfe Mullen
Hoopoe - 1 NE over Radipole Lake RSPB just before midday
Hobby - 1 over Arne RSPB early afternoon
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Hengistbury
Grasshopper Warbler - 2 Stanpit Marsh
Fieldfare - c32 at Hurdley Wood (between Hermitage and Middlemarsh)
Redstart - 2 St Aldhelm's Head, 1 Stoborough Heath 

Yesterday : A Lesser Whitethroat at Portland Bill 

Linnet, Highcliffe © Clinton Whale

Stonechat, Highcliffe © Clinton Whale

 

Wednesday 8th April 2026

Garganey - 2 West Bexington.
Eider - 1 E past Hengistbury Hd.
Knot - 1 Herbury Gore.
Greenshank - 2 Brownsea Island.
Whimbrel - 2 Herbury Gore, 1 Christchurch Hbr, 1 E past Hengistbury Hd, 1 W Rodden Hive.
Red-throated Diver - 4 E past Hengistbury Hd.
Glossy Ibis - 3 over Wareham.
Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Island.
Bonaparte's Gull - 2CY Lynch Cove, The Fleet 0900-0940 and again 1630-1925. Presumed same at Briantspuddle in field off Moor Lane 1130-1500 at least.
Caspian Tern - 1 possible past Portland Bill.
Common Tern - 7 Brownsea Island, 2 E past Hengistbury Hd.
Osprey - 1 Middlebere.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Christchurch Hbr, 2 Morden Bog, 2 over Purbeck, 2 Rodden Hive, 

       1 Gussage All Saints.
Red Kite - 13 E over St Aldhelm's Hd, 4 over Brownsea Island, 3 E over Herbury Gore.
Black Redstart - 1 Eype.
Bluethroat - 1 Swineham.

Red Kite and adult White-tailed Eagle, Morden Bog © Alan Membury

Juvenile White-tailed Eagle, Morden Bog © Alan Membury

Tuesday 7th April 2026

Long-tailed Duck - 1 past West Bay.
Blue-winged Teal - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery.
Swift - 1 Portland Bill.
Little Ringed Plover - 2 Arne Moors RSPB.
Knot - 4 Stanpit.
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Bay.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Hengistbury Hd, 1 Wareham Channel.
Sanderling - 1 Lytchett Bay is a rarity there.
Whimbrel - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 past West Bay.
Great Northern Diver - 1 Poole Harbour entrance.
Black-throated Diver - 1 southern Poole Harbour.
Red-throated Diver - 4 E past Hengistbury Hd, 2 past West Bay.
Spoonbill - 5 Brownsea Island, 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Brownsea Island, 1 Castle Point.
Common Tern - 4 Brownsea Island.
Arctic Tern - 5 past West Bay.
Forster's Tern - 1 Lytchett Bay, then Brownsea Island.
Osprey - 1 N over Bridport, 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Middlebere.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Arne.
Goshawk - 2 Lytchett Bay.
White-tailed Eagle - 3 southern Poole Harbour.
Red Kite - 1 Holywell, 1 Parkstone, 1 Winfrith.
Honey Buzzard - 1 possible West Bay.
Hoopoe - 1 Portland (private garden).
Hobby - 1 Ridge (Sunnyside Farm).
Tree Pipit - 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Yellow Wagtail - 1 Portland Bill, 1 Studland (Greenlands Fm).
Common Redstart - 1 lower Piddle valley.
Sedge Warbler - 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Osmington Mills.

Brambling - 1 Hengistbury Hd.

Black-tailed Godwit, Hengistbury Hd © Clinton Whale

Monday 6th April 2026

Cuckoo - 1 in the lower Piddle Valley is apparently Britain's first singing Cuckoo this year.
Grey Plover - 11 Hengistbury Hd.
Knot - 2 Hengistbury Hd.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Purple Sandpiper - 1 West Bay.
Black-throated Diver - 2 Hengistbury Hd.
Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Island.
Common Tern - 1 Christchurch Hbr.
Osprey - 2 Christchurch Hbr, 1 Arne, 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Lytchett Matravers, 1 Morden Bog.
Goshawk - 1 lower Piddle valley, 1 Wareham.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Arne, 1 West Bexington.
Red Kite - 1 Longham Lakes.
Hobby - 1 Durlston CP.
Tree Pipit - 1 Wareham Forest.
Yellow Wagtail - 1 St Aldhelm's Head.
Common Redstart - 1 Merritown Common (Hurn), 1 Portland Bill, 1 South Haven Point (Studland).
Pied Flycatcher - 2 Hengistbury Hd.
Ring Ouzel - 2 Portland.
Willow Warbler - 35 Christchurch Hbr, 9 St Aldhelm's Head, 5 Shell Bay (Studland), 3 Hartland Moor.
Common Whitethroat - 1 Hartland Moor, 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Portland Bill.
Firecrest - 1 Durlston CP.
Serin - 1 over Portland Bill.

White-tailed Eagles, Arne © Helen Wood

Sunday 5th April 2026

Grey Plover - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Little Ringed Plover - 2 Swineham.
Knot - 21 Holes Bay.
Ruff - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Bay.
Great Northern Diver - 1 east Durlston CP
Manx Shearwater - 1 west Durlston CP
White Stork - 1 over Holes Bay.
Arctic Skua - 5 Portland Bill.
Osprey - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Lytchett Bay.
White-tailed Eagle - 2-3 Christchurch Hbr.
Red Kite - 2 Christchurch Hbr.
Firecrest - 2 Upton CP.

Late news: Woodchat Shrike, Portland (Penn's Weare), yesterday (not relocated today).

Wheatear, Cogden © Helen Wood

Saturday 4th April 2026

Mandarin Duck - a pair at Blandford Forum on R. Stour by Blue Bridge
Garganey - 2 Woodsford Bridge (view from gate by conveyor belt - please do not enter quarry)
Little Ringed Plover - 2 Arne Moors, 2 Middlebere
Purple Sandpiper - 20 on Hengistbury Sandspit, 1 on the Cobb at Lyme Regis
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Bay
Bar-tailed Godwit - 40 Brownsea Lagoon, 2 Lytchett Bay
Ruff - 1 Swineham Stilt Pools
Sanderling - 1 east at Stanpit Marsh with Turnstone flock
Little Tern - 1 through Christchurch Harbour
Sandwich Tern - 10 Hengistbury Head
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 again in south sector of Holes Bay
Arctic Tern - 6 east past Portland Bill
Little Gull - 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Great Northern Diver - 2 Poole Harbour
Red-throated Diver - 2 Hengistbury Head
Sooty Shearwater -1 again lingering off Portland Bill
White Stork - ringed bird still at Throop
Spoonbill - 4 Brownsea Lagoon
Cattle Egret - 42 Holmebridge
Osprey - 1 Newton Bay, 1 Middlebere
Swallow - 3 Maiden Newton
Firecrest - 3 Holton Heath

Purple Sandpiper, Lyme Regis Cobb © Helen Wood

 

Friday 3rd April 2026

Garganey - 2 Woodsford Bridge (view from gate by conveyor belt, do not enter quarry) 
Whimbrel - 2 Mudeford Quay
Common Sandpiper - 1 Mudeford Quay
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Bay from Rock Lea Viewpoint
Sanderling - 10 Hengistbury Head
Little Tern - 1 Mudeford Quay
Sandwich Tern - 62 Brownsea Lagoon, 10 Hengistbury Head
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 in SE Holes Bay from cycle track 
Common Tern - 1 Brownsea Lagoon (2 yesterday)
Red-throated Diver - 2 Hengistbury Head
White Stork - ringed bird still at Throop
Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Lagoon
Osprey - 1 unringed female at Middlebere
Red Kite - 1 over Woodsford Bridge

Thursday 2nd April 2026

Long Tailed Duck - 1 The Fleet Littlesea
Garganey - 2 two (one drake) still on pools viewed from gate. *VIEW ONLY FROM ROAD - DO NOT ENTER PRIVATE QUARRY*
Spotted Redshank - 1 Middlebere
Little Gull - 1 Brownsea Lagoon from Avocet Hide.
White Stork - 1 yellow-ringed individual 'CV11' (released in Devon) in nearby fields around Throop.
Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Lagoon
Short-Eared Owl - 1 Flew N over Christchurch Harbour
Red Kite - 3 Over Bridport 
Osprey - 4 Lytchett Bay, 1 Middlebere platform AM
Wheatear - 1 Lytchett Fields, 1 Peverill Point

Wheatear. Lytchett Fields © Mick Brooks

 

Wednesday 1st April 2026

Long Tailed Duck - 1 The Fleet Littlesea
Garganey - 2 two (one drake) still on pools viewed from gate by conveyor belt at Woodsford
Whimbrel - 1 The Fleet Littlesea
Spotted Redshank - 1 Rock Lea View, Lytchett Bay
White Stork - 1 yellow-ringed individual 'CV11' (released in Devon) in nearby fields around Throop this AM
Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Lagoon
Osprey - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Wytch Channel
Willow Warbler - 2 Lytchett Minster Village

Late Reports From Yesterday

Serin - 1 Briefly at Portland Bill

Sooty Shearwater - 1 Still lingering around Portland Bill
Purple Sandpiper - 27 Hengistbury Spit

Tuesday 31st March 2026

Barnacle Goose - 5 Woodsford Bridge
Garganey - 2 two (one drake) still on pools viewed from gate by conveyor belt
Goosander - 2 Woodsford Bridge
Spotted Redshank - 2 Rock Lea View, Lytchett Bay
Puffin - 2 Dancing Ledge AM
White Stork - 1 yellow-ringed individual 'CV11' (released in Devon) in nearby fields around Throop this AM
Cattle Egret - 1 Middlebere
Osprey - 1 Middlebere this evening, 1 Flew N up the Lorton Valley
BLUE CHEEKED BEE EATER -1 Possible sighting over cliff top between Durlston CP and Dancing Ledge
Wheatear - 1 Winspit

Monday 30th March 2026

Garganey - 2 (one drake) still on pools viewed from gate by conveyor belt, Woodsford Bridge
Sooty Shearwater - 1 still lingering off Portland Bill
White Stork - 1 Flew West over Rushcombe LNR
Black-necked Grebe - 1 off Middle beach
Purple Sandpiper - 1 Portland Bill
Forsters Tern - 1 Holes Bay AM
Osprey - 1 Flew NW over Silverlake, 1 Unringed female Middlebere Channel

Sunday 29th March 2026

Garganey - 2 Woodsford Bridge

Great Northern Diver - 2 Jerry's Pt.

Sooty Shearwater - 1 off Portland Bill

White Stork - seen by Bournemouth Spur Road (A338) a.m

Black-necked Grebe - 1 off Middle beach

Red Kite - 2 Woodsford

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Brand's Bay, 1 Longham Lakes, 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 imm Christchurch Hbr.

Osprey - 2 seen from Fitzworth

Ruff - 1 Lytchett Bay

Purple Sandpiper - 14 Hengistbury Hd.

Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Bay

Greenshank - 1 Bramble Bush Bay

Sand Martin - 30 Longham lakes, 1 west Brand's Bay, 

Swallow - sev Longham Lakes, 1 Stanpit Marsh

House Martin - 30 Longham lakes 

Wheatear - 1 Stanpit Marsh, 1 St Aldhelm's Hd.

Saturday 28th March 2026

Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Lagoon

White-tailed Eagle - 2 Christchurch Hbr, 1 over Upton

Hen Harrier - 1 Winterborne Monoton

Osprey - 2 Lytchett Bay, 1 over Branksome Ret.

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay

Sandwich Tern - 22 Rodden Hive

Swallow - 1 Lodmoor, 1 Shillingston

Friday 27th March 2026

Common Scoter - 16 Hengistbury Head

Red-throated Diver - 1 Hengistbury Head

Glossy Ibis - 3 Wareham Common

Black-necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Christchurch Harbour

Osprey - 1 Christchurch Harbour

Little Ringed Plover - 2 Arne Moors

Knot - 18 Holes Bay

Greenshank - 3 Brownsea Lagoon

Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Holes Bay

Swallow - 10+ over Carey, 2 Mosterton, 1 Mudeford Quay, 1 Brownsea Quay, 1 Cattistock, 1 Slepe Heath

House Martin - 1 Wareham Common

Thursday 26th March 2026

Black-throated Diver - 2  Under Barn walk.

Cattle Egret - 25 East Holme

Spoonbill - 2 Arne Moors

Red Kite - 5 Cranborne Chase, 2 Arne  Moors, 1 Slep Heath, 1 Bridport, 1 Tolpuddle, Hengistbury Hd.

White-tailed Eagle - 2 Christchurch Hbr, 1 over Arne Moors

Goshawk - 1 over Arne Moors

Osprey - 2 Carey (022 & CJ7), 1 Wareham Channel, 1 near Wareham.

Common Crane - 2 over Arne Moors headed off high north

Little Ringed Plover - 5 Swineham, 1 over Lytchett Bay (nocmig)

Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Brownsea Is.

Merlin - 1 Stoborough Heath

Wheatear - 6 Stanpit, 4 Hartland Moor, 2 Hartland Stud, 1 Houns Tout.

Sand Martin - 25 Stanpit Marsh sev Longham Lakes

Swallow - Single Brownsea, Middlebere, Combe Heath, Swineham, & Sunnyside Farm.

Fieldfare - 1  Carey, 1 Came Woods