Sunday 9th August 2026

Quail - 1 Tarrant Rushton Airfield

Common Scoter - 1 male Arne RSPB Saline Lagoon

Whimbrel - 4 Brands Bay, 1 Ferrybridge, 1 Arne RSPB

Knot - 5 Stanpit Bight, 1 Ferrybridge

Wood Sandpiper - 1 Sunnyside Farm scrape

Little Gull - 1 Poole Harbour entrance

Spoonbill - 6 Middlebere Channel

Osprey - 10+ Poole Harbour

Red Kite - 1 Athelhampton

Garden warbler - 1 Hatch Pond Poole

Pied Flycatcher - 1 Kimmeridge

Dipper - 1 River Lim Lyme Regis

Whinchat - 1 trapped & ringed at Portland Bill Obs

Serin - 1 Portland Bill Obs garden

Cirl Bunting - 1 Durlston CP

Dipper - River Lim, Lyme Regis
© Helen wood

Common Scoter - Arne RSPB Saline Lagoon
© Garry Hayman

Saturday August 8th 2026

 Grey Plover - 1 Stanpit Bight 

Wood Sandpiper - 1 still on scrape at Sunnyside Farm Ridge

Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Balearic Shearwater - 2 past Portland Bill

Spoonbill - 1 from Avocet Hide Middlebere

Marsh Harrier - 1  Stanpit

Red Kite - 1 over Tolpuddle

Serin - 1 still frequenting garden at Portland Bird Observatory

Friday August 7th 2026

 Common Scoter - drake Saline Lagoon Arne

Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 2 Holes Bay

Greenshank - 16 Holes bay

Green Sandpiper - 1 Sunnyside Farm Ridge, 4 Holes Bay

Wood Sandpiper - 1 still on scrape Sunnyside Farm Ridge. 1 French's Pool Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Holes Bay

Red Kite - 1 over Blandford Forum

Whitethroat - 21 Badbury Rings

Pied Flycatcher - 1 briefly River Piddle at the base of NW Walls Wareham Common

Whinchat - 1 Hartland Moor

Stonechat - 31 Badbury Rings

Wheatear - 2 Badbury Rings

Serin - 1st winter again over Portland Bird Observatory

Thursday 6th August 2026

 Common Scoter - 1 female Newton's Cove, 1 on Imery's pool Arne RSPB

Cuckoo - juvenile at Holt Heath

Little Ringed Plover - 1 Stanpit

Whimbrel - 4 Stanpit

Green Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit

Wood Sandpiper - 1 still on scrape at Sunnyside Farm, Ridge

Greenshank - 2 Stanpit

Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Lodmoor

Arctic Skua - 1 past Portland Bill

Great Skua - 1 past Portland Bill

Balearic Shearwater - 3 past Portland Bill

Cattle Egret - 2 Lodmoor

Wheatear - 1 at Peveril Point Swanage

Serin - 1st winter still around Portland Bird Observatory

Juvenile Cuckoo, Holt Heath  © John Darch

Wednesday August 5th 2026

Common Scoter - 1 Wareham Channel

Avocet - 6 Brownsea Lagoon

Curlew - 32 Holes Bay

Black-tailed Godwit - 10 Lodmoor, 111 Holes Bay, 560 Poole Harbour

Green Sandpiper - 2 Lodmoor, 1 Sunnyside Scrape

Wood Sandpiper - 1 Sunnyside Farm Ridge

Redshank - 216 Holes Bay, 120 Redshank Brownsea Lagoon

Greenshank - 6 Brownsea Lagoon

Dunlin - 18 Lodmoor, 100 Brownsea Lagoon

Arctic Skua - 2 past Portland Bill

Balearic Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill

Spoonbill - 18 Brownsea Lagoon

Cattle Egret - 3 Lodmoor

Honey Buzzard - 1 flew over Carey

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Wareham Channel

Hobby - 4 Frome Whitfield

Wheatear - 1 Hog Hill

Serin - 1st winter Portland Bird Observatory but mobile

Tuesday 4th August 2026

Whimbrel - 14 Stanpit Marsh, 5 Brand's Bay
Sanderling - 4 Stanpit Marsh
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields
Greenshank - 2 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Hengistbury
Common Sandpiper - 9 Stanpit Marsh,  4 Hengistbury, 4 Portland Bill,  3 Holes Bay
Arctic Skua - 2 past Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill
Great White Egret - 1 Christchurch Harbour Sandspit, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Cattle Egret - 1 over Swanage, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Nightjar - 1 trapped & ringed at Carey Estate
Hobby - 2 Christchurch Harbour
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 trapped & ringed at Carey Estate
Whinchat - 1 Portland
Yellow Wagtail - 5 Portland, 2 Christchurch Harbour
Serin - 1st winter still around PBO but mobile

Monday 3rd August 2026

Cuckoo - Juvenile still at Carey Estate
Whimbrel - 4 Stanpit Marsh
Greenshank - 2 Stanpit Marsh
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay
Common Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Spoonbill - 4 Brownsea Lagoon
Hobby - 2 Christchurch Harbour
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Arne RSPB  on Coombe Heath 
Whinchat - 1 trapped & ringed at PBO (first of Autumn)
Yellow Wagtail - 1 over Christchurch Harbour
Serin - 1 very mobile around Portland Bill

Sunday 2nd August 2026

Mandarin Duck - 1 female at Bardolf Farm 
Whimbrel - 9 Christchurch Harbour (5 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Holloway's Dock, 3 west), 4 Brand's Bay
Knot - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Sanderling - 6 Stanpit Marsh
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 briefly at Stanpit Marsh
Green Sandpiper - 4 Bardolf Farm, 1 Christchurch Harbour (Wooden Bridge)
Greenshank - 1 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Brand's Bay
Common Sandpiper - 2 Brand's Bay
Spoonbill - 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Great White Egret - 1 Swineham, 1 Hengistbury
Cattle Egret - 9 Wick plus 4 more over Christchurch Harbour
Goshawk - 1 Holton Heath
Hobby - 1 over Christchurch Harbour
Garden Warbler - 1 Wareham Common
Willow Warbler - 72 trapped & ringed at Lytchett Bay
Grasshopper Warbler - 5 trapped & ringed at Lytchett Bay, 1 Christchurch Harbour
Firecrest - 1 Durlston CP woods
Redstart - 1 trapped & ringed at Lytchett Bay 
Yellow Wagtail - 7 Stanpit Marsh, 1+ Swineham

Yesterday : A Wood Warbler was singing behind Arne RSPB car park

Saturday 1st August 2026

Cuckoo - a juvenile at Carey Estate
Whimbrel - 5 Stanpit
Knot - 3 Stanpit
Greenshank - 6 Brownsea Lagoon, 1 Stanpit
Redshank - 169 Brownsea Lagoon
Spotted Redshank - 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Common Sandpiper -  3 Stanpit,  1 Brownsea Lagoon
White Stork - 1 south over Bridport
Spoonbill - 15 Brownsea Lagoon in morning
Great White Egret - 1 north over Christchurch Harbour
Cattle Egret - 7 Stanpit (Wooden Bridge)
Nightjar - 1 retrapped at Carey Estate
Osprey - 1 Lower Bockhampton
Red Kite - 2 Bincombe
Hobby - 1 Poole Harbour
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Batcombe Down
Black Redstart - 1 Godlingston valley
Yellow Wagtail - 5 Christchurch Harbour
Tree Pipit - 1 Christchurch Harbour

Friday 31st July 2026

Cattle Egret - 5 Stanpit Marsh

Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB

Spoonbill - 17 Brownsea Lagoon

Osprey - 1 Christchurch Hbr

Little Ringed Plover - 1 past Hengistbury Hd.

Sanderling - 10 Hengistbury, 3 Brownsea Lagoon

Whimbrel - 9 Stanpit Marsh

Common Sandpiper - 7 Lytchett Fields, 4 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Long Island

Green Sandpiper 5 Lytchett Fields, 2 Middlebere

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields, 1 Middlebere

Greenshank - 11 Brownsea Lagoon, 10 Lytchett Fields

Cuckoo - 1 Shipstal Hill Arne

Whinchat - 1 Maiden Castle, 1 Hartland Moor

Wheatear - 4 Hengistbury Hd, 2 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Middlebere, 1, Stanpit Marsh, 1 Peveril Pt.

Pied Flycatcher - 1 fem/type Wick (Central path)

Common Sandpiper - Lytchett Fields © Janet Panter

Thursday 30th July 2026

Quail - 1 Tarrant Rushton airfield

Cattle Egret - 6 Christchurch Hbr.

Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB

Spoonbill - 8 Brownsea Lagoon

Osprey - 2 pos 4 Lytchett Bay/Fields

Little Ringed Plover - 3 Stanpit Marsh

Sanderling - 16 Stanpit Marsh

Little Stint - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Ferrybridge

Whimbrel - 7 Christchurch Hbr.

Common Sandpiper - 2 Stanpit Marsh

Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Bay/Fields

Wood Sandpiper - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Yellow Wagtail - Swineham (in field by tidal flap)

Wednesday 29th July 2026

Balearic Shearwater - 2 off shore Portland Bill

Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB 
Spoonbill - 10 Brownsea Lagoon

Osprey - 1 over Morden Bog a.m, 3 Lytchett Bay
Common Sandpiper - 7 Lytchett Fields, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields
Greenshank - 15 Lytchett Fields
Wood Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Fields

Arctic Skua - 2 Portland Bill

Tree Pipit - 1 Portland Bill

Yellow Wagtail - 3 Stanpit Marsh

Whitethroat - 30 Stanpit Marsh

Pied Flycatcher - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Common Sandpiper - Wareham Channel © Nick Hull

Tuesday 28th July 2026

Cattle Egret - 28 Swineham Pt. 6 Stanpit Marsh

Spoonbill - 13 Brownsea Lagoon, 3 Middlebere

White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel

Osprey - 3 Wareham Channel,  1 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Lytchett Bay a.m.

Little Ringed Plover - 2 on Stilt Pools Swineham, 1 Stanpit Marsh.

Whimbrel - 11 Lytchett Bay, 3 Stanpit Marsh

Common Sandpiper - 3 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Greenshank - 8 Brownsea Lagoon

Yellow Wagtail - 10 Yellow Wagtail Stanpit Marsh, c5 Lodmoor, 2 Stilt Pool Swineham.

Monday 27th July 2026

Common Sandpiper - 6 Lytchett Bay
Green sandpiper - 4 Silverlake
Wood Sandpiper - Christchurch Harbour
Osprey - 2 Lytchett Bay

Sunday 26th July 2026

Whimbrel - 6 Brands bay
Yellow-Legged Gull - 3 Stilt Pools Swineham
Cattle Egret - 28 Swineham meadows with cattle
Hobby - 1 Throop
Yellow wagtail - 1 Swineham

Saturday 25th July 2026

Barnacle Goose - 1 Swineham
Whimbrel - 2 Swineham, 2 Middlebere
Spoonbill - 11 Brownsea Lagoon
Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor, 3 Middlebere
Cattle Egret - 5 Summer Plumaged Swineham
Hobby - 1 Middlebere
Yellow Wagtail - 2 California Farm Purbeck, 2 Swineham

Pergrine Bournemouth Town Centre © David Wareham

Friday 24th July 2026

Barnacle Goose - 1 Swineham
Quail - 1 Singing male Monkton Up Wimborne
Spotted Redshank - 3 Brownsea Lagoon
Spoonbill - 1 Middlebere, 14 Brownsea Lagoon
Great white Egret - 1 Middlebere
Pied Flycatcher - 1 St Aldhelms Head

Thursday 23rd July 2026

Quail - 1 singing this evening above Compton Valance
Whimbrel - 6 Holes Bay, 2 Middlebere
Greenshank - 5 Brownsea Lagoon, 1 Middlebere
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay from Rock Lea Viewpoint
Common Sandpiper -  10+ Brownsea Lagoon, 4 Moonfleet
Green Sandpiper - 2 Middlebere
Spoonbill -  7 Brownsea Lagoon, 2 Middlebere
Hobby - 1 Middlebere

Yesterday : 3 Sanderlings at Ferrybridge

Wednesday 22nd July 2026

Barnacle Goose - 2 near Woodsford Castle
Quail - 1 singing at Cheselbourne
Whimbrel - 5 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Lytchett Fields, 1 Holes Bay
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Greenshank - 15 Lytchett Fields, 4 Brownsea Lagoon
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields
Common Sandpiper -  3 Brownsea Lagoon, 5 Lytchett Fields
Green Sandpiper - 6 Lytchett Fields
Puffin - successful breeding confirmed with a fledgling seen at Dancing Ledge  
Spoonbill - 11 Brownsea Lagoon
Great White Egret - 1 Christchurch Harbour (Holloway's Dock)
Cattle Egret - 4 Hengistbury
Nightjar - 4 at Hardy Monument last night
Hobby - 1 Carey Estate
Redstart - 1 Stanpit

Sparrowhawk, Cheselbourne © Vaughan Ashby

 

Tuesday 21st July 2026

Barnacle Goose - 1 Swineham.
Little Ringed Plover - 9 Swineham, 2 Brownsea Island.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Silverlake.
Green Sandpiper - 3 Silverlake, 2 Puddletown WMs.
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit.
Greenshank - 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Little Stint - 1 Brownsea Island.
Manx Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill.
Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor, 1 Swineham.
Cattle Egret - 3 Lodmoor, 1 Wick Fields.
Spoonbill - 11 Brownsea Island.
Osprey - 1 over Bere Regis.
Marsh Harrier - 2 Poole Harbour, 1 Christchurch Hbr.
Hobby - 1 Poole Harbour.
Tree Pipit - 11 Wild Woodbury.
Yellow Wagtail - 4 Swineham, 2 Bere Regis cress beds, 1+ Portland Bill, 1+ Stanpit.
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Wild Woodbury.
Grasshopper Warbler - 26 Piddle Valley RS, 16 Lytchett Bay RS, 1 Durlston CP, 1+ Portland Bill.
Garden Warbler - 1 Portland Bill RS.
Firecrest - 2 Wild Woodbury.

Monday 20th July 2026

Whimbrel - 1 Holes Bay.
Common Sandpiper - 5 Lytchett Bay, 1 Woodsford.
Green Sandpiper - 2 Woodsford.
Greenshank - 13 Lytchett Bay.
Great Northern Diver - 1 off West Bexington.
Cattle Egret - 2 Lodmoor.
Spoonbill - 11 Brownsea Island, 2 Lodmoor.
Osprey - at least 6, including 3 local fledglings, in Poole Harbour.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Arne.
Grasshopper Warbler - 38 Piddle Valley ringing station.
Garden Warbler - 3 Piddle Valley ringing station.
Crossbill - 2 over Lytchett Bay.

Sunday 19th July 2026

Teal - 77 Brands Bay, 29 Holes Bay.
Whimbrel - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Little Ringed Plover - 4 Swineham.
Common Sandpiper - 5 Lytchett Bay.
Green Sandpiper - 7 Lytchett Bay.
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay,
Greenshank - 10 Lytchett Bay, 1 Holes Bay.
Common Tern - 2 Longham Lakes.
Great White Egret - 1 Swineham.
Cattle Egret - 13 Swineham.
Spoonbill - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Red Kite - 2 over Wareham Common.
Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 Hatch Pond.
Yellow Wagtail - 6 Swineham.
Grasshopper Warbler - 45 Piddle Valley ringing station, 2 Durlston CP.

Saturday 18th July 2026

Knot - 1 Stanpit.
Whimbrel - 2 Stanpit.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Brownsea Island.
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Morden Bog, 1 Stanpit.
Greenshank - 12 Lytchett Bay, 6 Brownsea Island, 2+ Stanpit.
Little Stint - 1 Ferrybridge.
Cattle Egret - 11 Christchurch Hbr.
Spoonbill - 8 Brownsea Island.
Yellow Wagtail - 3 over Christchurch Hbr.
Grasshopper Warbler - 36 Piddle Valley ringing station, 1 Stanpit.
Garden Warbler - 3 Piddle Valley ringing station.

Late news: Caspian Tern N over Abbotsbury Swannery on 15th Jul.

Friday 17th July 2026

Barnacle Goose - 1 Swineham tidal flap

Knot - 1 Ferrybridge, 1 Standpit Marsh

Common Sandpiper - 4 Lytchett Fields, 6 Lodmoor

Green Sandpiper - 5 Lytchett Fields. 1 Lodmoor

Wood Sandpiper - 1 Peaky Meade Stanpit Marsh

Greenshank - 15 Lytchett Fields, 2 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Lodmoor

Spoonbill - 4 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Cattle Egret - 19 Swineham Frome Meadows, 11 Christchurch Harbour

Great White Egret - 2 Swineham Curlews Pool

White tailed Eagle - 1 Wareham Channel 

Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Portland Bill Obs, 1 Crouch Hill Stanpit Marsh

Yellow Wagtail - 7 Swineham 4 at Stilt Pool and 3 at the point, 3 over Stanpit Marsh, 2 over Arne Moor, 1 Lodmoor

Yesterday: Lower piddle Valley Ringing Station (private) - 53 Sedge Warbler, 22 Grasshopper Warbler and 1 Garden Warbler.

Barnacle Goose - Swineham ©  Garry Hayman

Yellow Wagtail - Swineham © Garry Hayman

Thursday 16th July 2026

Quail - 1 Tarrant Rushton

Whimbrel - 9 Stanpit Marsh

Common Sandpiper - 2 Lodmoor RSPB, 2 Stanpit Marsh

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay from Rock Lea viewpoint

Yellow-legged Gull - 1 juv Lodmoor RSPB

Spoonbill - 8 Brownsea Island Lagoon DWT

Cattle Egret - 2 over Wareham town centre

Osprey - 1 Christchurch Harbour

Yellow wagtail - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Great Spotted Woodpecker
Private Garden Wareham © Clive Hargrave

Wednesday 15th July 2026

Cuckoo - 1 Scotland Farm Hartland Moor, 1 Christchurch Harbour

Little Ringed Plover - 10 Stanpit Marsh

Whimbrel - 8 Stanpit Marsh

Caspian Tern - 1 Flew north over Abbottsbury Swannery

Balearic Shearwater - 2 off Portland Bill

Cattle Egret - 5 Stanpit Marsh

Grasshopper Warbler - 13 ringed at Carey secret Garden, 2 Durlston CP

Whinchat - 1 Hengisbury Head

Yellow Wagtail - 5 Hegisbury Head, 1 Durlston CP

Black-tailed Godwit - Middlebere © Garry Hayman

Tuesday 14th July 2026

Quail  -  2 West Compton, 1 Wareham Common

Brent Goose - 1 Christchurch Harbour

Little Ringed Plover - 3 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Ferrybridge

Whimbrel - 2 Stanpit Marsh

Green Sandpiper - 1 Sunnyside, 1 over Norden

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay

Spoonbill - 5 Brownsea Island Lagoon DWT

Cattle Egret - 1 Standpit Marsh, 1 Lodmoor RSPB

White tailed Eagle - 1 Kimmeridge Bay

Redstart - 1 juv Wick fields Christchurch

Yesterday: White-crowned Sparrow - an unconfirmed report of one at Hengisbury Head, as per bird sightings apps.

Mistle Thrush - Middlebere © Garry Hayman

Monday 13th July 2026

Mandarin - 1 fem Hatch Pond Poole

Balearic Shearwater - 8 off Portland Bill

Cattle Egret - 1 Christchurch Hbr

Spoonbill - 8 Brownsea Lagoon

Osprey, 2 Lytchett Bay, 1 Middlebere

Little Ringed Plover - 2 Lytchett Fields, 1 Stanpit Bight

Common Sandpiper - 4 Lytchett Fields, 1 Woodsford  

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay

Green Sandpiper - 7 Lytchett Fields, 1 Woodsford 

Sunday 12th July 2026

Dark-bellied Brent Goose - 1 Christchurch Hbr (summering bird)

Osprey - 2 Wareham Channel 

Cattle Egret - 1 Christchurch Hbr (Ashtray Meadow)

Spoonbill - 7 Brownsea Lagoon

Whimbrel - 1 Christchurch Hbr (Mother Siller's Channel)

Common Sandpiper - 3 Christchurch Hbr (Grimmery Bank - Parky Meade)

Saturday 11th July 2026

Quail - 1 calling Down Farm

Balearic Shearwater - 15 past Portland Bill

Cattle Egret - 5 Stanpit Marsh (at the Wooden Bridge)

Little Ringed Plover - 3 Brownsea Lagoon

Common Sandpiper - 1 Brownsea Lagoon

Whimbrel - Christchurch Hbr (Holloways Dock), 1 Langton Herring

Roseate Tern - 1 adult Abbotsbury Swannery

Yellow Wagtail - 1 Stanpit March (Crouch Hill)

Serin - Portland Bill Obs.

Friday 10th July 2026

Mandarin - 1 female Hatch Pond Poole.

Cattle Egret - Christchurch Hbr.

Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Lagoon

Avocet - 4 Brownsea Lagoon

Little Ringed Plover - 3 Brownsea Lagoon

Whimbrel - 1 Christchurch Hbr, 1 Lytchett Bay

Common Sandpiper - 1 Brownsea Lagoon

Greenshank - 4 Brownsea Lagoon

Serin - 1 male Portland Bill Obs but mobile.

Late News from Yesterday

Common Quail - 1 over Lytchett Bay (01:58hrs on NocMig recording)