Tuesday 5th May 2026

Barnacle Goose - 3 Woodsford Farm area

Turtle Dove -1 in a Private garden Southwell Portland

Golden Plover - 1 over Cordite Way viewpoint Holton Heath

Bar tailed Godwit - 7 Ferrybridge, 6 Stanpit Marsh

Bonapartes Gull - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

White Stork - 2 Over Swanage and flew north over Goathorn

Bittern - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Cattle Egret - 5 Pallington Lakes, 4 Christchurch Harbour

Honey Buzzard - 1 Flew east from East Stoke

Red Kite - 35 over Ulwell, 15 over Wareham, 10 over Bridport, 2 over St Alhelms Head

Black Kite - 1 Probable over Seacombe seen from St Alhelms

Hoopoe - 1 heard on Middlebere Heath

Golden Oriole - 1 flew over Culverwell Portland

Marsh Tit - 2 Thorncombe Woods

IBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF - 1 Probable at Durlston CP

Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Frome water meadows off A351, 1 Stanpit Marsh

Spotted Flycatcher - 1 St Aldhelms Head

Yellow Wagtail - 1 St Aldhelms Head, 1 Stanpit Marsh

I
Iberian Chiffchaff © Hamish Murray

Cattle Egret - Pallington Lakes 
© Rebecca Porter

Linnet - Highcliffe © Clinton Whale

Monday 4th May 2026

Mandarin - 1 Blandford.
Cuckoo - 1 Portland, 1 Swineham, 1 Winterborne Stickland (Field Grove).
Turtle Dove - 1 Portland.
Grey Plover - 1 Christchurch Hbr.
Little Ringed Plover - 5 Arne Moors.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Holes Bay.
Greenshank - 1 Arne Moors.
Whimbrel - 2 Christchurch Hbr.
Little Tern - 1 Wareham Channel.
Great White Egret - 1 Arne Moors,1 Bestwall.
White Stork - 1 flew E from the lower Piddle valley.
Osprey - 1 arrived Christchurch Hbr.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Arne RSPB, 1 E over Christchurch Hbr.
Hobby - 5 Swineham & Wareham Channel.
Wood Warbler - 1 Hardy's Monument.
Iberian Chiffchaff - 1 possible Durlston CP.

Pheasant with chicks, Tolpuddle © Julian Francis

Sunday 3rd May 2026

Cuckoo - 1 Swineham, 1 Wareham Channel.
Turtle Dove - 1 Coward's Marsh, 1 Portland Bill.
Grey Plover - 4 Swineham & Wareham Channel.
Little Ringed Plover - 2 Swineham.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Brownsea Island.
Greenshank - 1 Arne Moors, 1 Brownsea Island.
Whimbrel - 2 Brownsea Island.
Bar-tailed Godwit - 15 Christchurch Hbr.
Bonaparte's Gull - 1 Lodmoor.
Little Tern - 3 Wareham Channel.
Pomarine Skua - 2 past Portland Bill.
Great White Egret - 2 Swineham, 1 Lodmoor.
White Stork - 1 flew N from the lower Piddle valley.
Osprey - 1 Wareham Channel.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Wareham Channel.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Wareham Channel.
Hobby - 2 Wareham Channel.
Yellow Wagtail - 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 St Aldhelm's Hd.
Whinchat - 1+ Portland Bill.
Firecrest - 1-2 Durlston CP.

Whitethroat, Highcliffe © Clinton Whale

Saturday 2nd May 2026

Cuckoo - 2 Middlebere, 1 Lytchett Bay.
Greenshank - 3 Lytchett Bay.
Whimbrel - 6 Lytchett Bay.
Bar-tailed Godwit - 41 Christchurch Hbr.
Bonaparte's Gull - 1 Lodmoor.
Little Gull - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Little Tern - 2 Hengistbury Hd.
Great Skua - 1 W past Hengistbury Hd.
Arctic Skua - 1 E past Hengistbury Hd.
Red-throated Diver - 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Great White Egret - 3 Bestwall, 1 E past Hengistbury Hd.
Night Heron - 1 Iford.
Spoonbill - 1 Brownsea Island.
White Stork - 1 Woodville.
Osprey - 2 Arne RSPB.
Hen Harrier - 1 male Town Common.
Hobby - 2 Arne, 1 Longham Lakes.
Yellow Wagtail - 6 over Stanpit.
Black Redstart - 1 Hengistbury Head.
Spotted Flycatcher - 2 Holton Heath.
Garden Warbler - 2 Stanpit, 1 Wild Woodbury.
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Stanpit.
Firecrest - 1 Wild Woodbury.

White Stork, Woodville © John Bishop

White Stork and Red Kite, Woodville © John Bishop

Friday 1st May 2026

Garganey - 1 Longham Lakes.
Cuckoo - 1 Morden.
Grey Plover - 1 Mudeford Quay.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Greenshank - 7 Lytchett Bay, 2-3 Brownsea Island, 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Whimbrel - 18 past Portland Bill, 16 past Hengistbury Hd, 16 E past Durlston CP.
Bar-tailed Godwit - 100 Christchurch Hbr, 19 Brownsea Island.
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Middlebere.
Bonaparte's Gull - 1 Lodmoor.
Kittiwake - 285+ past Portland Bill.
Arctic Tern - 2 Hengistbury Hd.
Arctic Skua - 4 E past Mudeford Quay, 3 past Portland Bill.
Pomarine Skua - 2 E past Durlston CP, 1 E past Mudeford Quay.
Great Northern Diver - 1 past Portland Bill.
Red-throated Diver - 3 past Portland Bill.
Manx Shearwater - 20 W past Mudeford Quay, 1 E past Durlston CP.
White Stork - 1 Charminster watermeadows.
Osprey - 1 Middlebere.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Christchurch Hbr.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Middlebere.
Hobby - 1 Ballard Down, 1 Middlebere, 1 Morden, 1 Portland Bill.

Thursday 30th April 2026

Pochard - 4 Longham Lakes
Garganey - 1 Drake South haven Pool Studland
Whimbrel - 45 Through off Chesil Beach, 15 Ferrybridge, 9 Lytchett Bay
Common Sandpiper - 9 Longham Lakes
Pomarine Skua - 15 heading East through Mudeford Quay, 7 (probable) heading east through Poole Bay, 2 further birds later at Mudeford Quay 
Black Tern - 4 Off long groyne Mudeford
Bonapartes Gull - 1 2nd cal/yr Lodmoor early, then presumed same bird later at Lynch Cove
White Stork - 1 Fordington Fields Dorchester
Glossy Ibis - 3 Swineham flew towards Arne Moors.

White Stork, Dorchester © Alan Membury

Wednesday 29th April 2026

Garganey - 1 Drake Lodmoor
Whimbrel - 4 Lytchett Bay
Common Sandpiper - 1 Lychett Bay
Bonapartes Gull - 1 Lodmoor
Black Throated Diver - 1 Flew past the Bill. Portland
White Stork - 1 Flew over Careys Secret Garden
Glossy Ibis - 3 Flew over Swineham again early morning
Cattle Egret - 10 Field North of Woodsford, 1 Field between Bakers Arms roundabout and Morden Park corner
Red Kite - 6 over Bothenhampton Bridport, 1 Cogden Beach, 2 Portesham
BLACK KITE - 1 was 1st seen over Carey just before 10am and was tracked heading over Sandford , headed towards Lytchett Bay. Just after 11am it was picked up again over the west end of Lytchett Fields heading over the Baker's Arms roundabout. It was finally seen heading towards Lytchett Matravers
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Lytchett Fields
Red spotted Bluethroat - 1 still at Swineham north path

Gargeney, Lodmoor © Phil Cheesman

Tuesday 28th April 2026

Whimbrel - 7 Brands Bay, 2 Lodmoor, 4 Flew over Upwey
Spotted Redshank - 1 Arne Moors
Forster's Tern - 1 Adult feeding along Rockley Channel off Ham Common
BONAPARTE'S GULL - 1st winter still at Lynch Cove on the Fleet
Hobby - 1 Morden Bog, 1 Longham Lakes
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Morden Bog
Red Kite - 6 flew over West Bay from E to W, 5 Flew over Bridport later from E to W
Ring Ouzel - 1 Culverwell Portland
Red-spotted Bluethroat - 1 male still along path at eastern end of Swineham GPs

Monday 27th April 2026

Cuckoo - 1 Pamphill, 1 Cowgrove, 1 Morden Bog
BONAPARTE'S GULL - 1st winter still at Lynch Cove on the Fleet
Hobby - 1 Morden Bog
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Morden Bog, 1 Mapperton
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Hengistbury Head briefly then flew NE
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Glossy Ibis - 3 Flew over Swineham
Red Kite - 1 West Bay, 4 Dottery
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Pamphill, 1 Lytchett Fields
Red-spotted Bluethroat - 1 male still along path at eastern end of Swineham GPs

Sunday 26th April 2026

Surf Scoter - 1 west past Portland Bill
Cuckoo - 1 Wick, 1 Hengistbury
Whimbrel - 11 over Langton Herring, 8 Christchurch Harbour, 5 Lynch Cove, 2 Lodmoor RSPB, 3 Brownsea Island, 1 east past Hengistbury, 1 Stanpit
Common Sandpiper - 1 Swineham (Stilt Pools)
Spotted Redshank - 1 Arne Moors then later at Swineham Point
Sanderling - 12 Rodden Hive
Arctic Tern - 2 east past Hengistbury
BONAPARTE'S GULL - 1st winter still at Lynch Cove on the Fleet
White Stork - 1 Charminster on WMs west of A37, 1 over Silverlake
Spoonbill - 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Hobby - 1 Keysworth/Wareham Channel, 1 Hengistbury
Nightingale - 1 singing at Durlston CP
Red-spotted Bluethroat - 1 male still along path at eastern end of Swineham GPs

Sandwich Terns, Lodmoor RSPB © Rebecca Porter

 

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 23rd April 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