Monday 6th Apr 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 Apr 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

Wednesday 25th March 2026

 Bar-tailed Godwit - 1 Stanpit

Black-tailed Godwit - 73 Stanpit

Knot - 2 Stanpit

Forster's Tern - adult roosted just south of Cobb's Quay Marina Holes Bay

Sandwich Tern - 1 Newton;s Cove Weymouth

Spoonbill - 3 still on Brownsea Island Lagoon

Osprey - female 'CJ7' back at Poole Harbour

White-tailed Eagle - juvenile Brands Bay

Merlin - 1 through Chesil Cove

Sand Martin - c.250 Swineham

Marsh Tit Kingcombe Meadows DWT  ©  Martin Wood

Tuesday 24th March 2026

 Ruddy Shelduck - 1 Radipole Lake

Little Ringed Plover - 5 Stilt Pools swineham

Ruff - 1 Lytchett Fields, 1 Stilt Pools Swineham

Forster's Tern - again on Brownsea Island Lagon

Glossy Ibis - 3 still by bypass at Wareham Common

Spoonbill - 4 Brownsea Island Lagoon

Great White Egret - 1 Swineham

Sand Martin - 8 Swineham GPs

Swallow - 1 over Studland beach

Monday 23rd March 2026

 Black-necked Grebe - 1 still at South Lake, Longham Lakes

Spotted Redshank 1 Middlebere still

Glossy Ibis - 3 still by bypass Wareham Common

Great White Egret - 1 Silverlake

Osprey - 1 north over Camp Road Wyke Regis

Short-eared Owl - 1 heading west from Stanpit

Sand Martin - 53 logged in an hour at Stanpit, several at Portland

Swallow - 1 over west cliffs Portland, 1 Stanpit

Black Redstart - 2 Reap Lane Portland, 3 Portland Bill

Wheatear - 5 King Barrow's Quarry Portland, 12 Reap Lane Portland

Sunday 22nd March 2026

 Whooper Swan - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Ruddy Shelduck - 1 in field Wimborne Minster

Mandarin - 5 Shilloingstone

Black-necked Grebe - 1 south lake Longham Lakes, 2 off  Gold Point Ham Common

Little Ringed Plover - 5 Stilt Pools Swineham

Spotted Redshank - 1 Middlebere

Greenshank - 5 Brownsea Island Lagoon

Forster's Tern - 1 Brownsea Island Lagoon

Glossy Ibis - 3 still by bypass at Wareham Common

Spoonbill - 3 Brownsea Island Lagoon

Great White Egret - 1 Lytchett Bay

Cattle Egret - 5 over Wareham Quay

White-tailed Eagle - 1 along the Fleet, 1 over Chideok

Sand Martin - 5 over Southill

Cetti's Warbler - 1 Shillingstone

Black Redstart - 1 Reap Lane Portland, 1 Barleycrates Lane Portland

Wheatear - 4 Peveril Point Swanage

Blackbird Highcliffe ©  Clinton Whale

Saturday 21st March 2026

Black necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes in summer plumage

Little ringed Plover - 8 Swineham 4 in Lower piddle valley & 4 Stilt Pool

Little Gull - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

FORSTER'S TERN - 1 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Spoonbill - 3 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Red Kite - 5 Bridport, 4 St Aldhelms Head, 1 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Creekmoor, 1 Bournemouth

White tailed Eagle - 2 Poole Harbour, 2 Christchurch Harbour, 2 Burton

Short eared Owl - 1 Chickerell

Willow Warbler - 1 Pentridge Down

Ring Ouzel - 1 Portland Bill

Black redstart - 1 Wyke Regis

Wheatear - 15 Barleycrate to Reap lane Portland, 11 Camp road Wyke Regis, 1 St Adhelms Head

Redpoll - 2 Wick Christcurch Harbour

Friday 20th March 2026

Common Scoter - 24 Past Portland Bill

Long-tailed Duck - 1 Past Portland Bill

Black-necked Grebe - 1 off Middle Beach Studland Bay

Avocet - 30 Brownsea Lagoon DWT, 2 Lodmoor RSPB

Little Ringed Plover - 4  Stilt Pools Swineham

Jack Snipe - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Little - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

FORSTER'S TERN - Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Manx Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill

Glossy Ibis - 3 Wareham Common

Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Red Kite - 4 Sturminster Marshall, 4 West Bexington, 3 Hons Tout, 1 Winterbourne Zelston, 1 Weymouth Park & Ride, 1 Henbury

White tailed Eagle - 3 over Upton, 3 Christchurc Harbour, 2-3 Bincombe, 1 over Chesil Cove 1 Cogden Beach

Sand Martin - 20 Stilt Pool Swineham, 12 Westcliff Portland Bill

Willow Warbler - 1 Durlston CP, 1 South Haven boardwalk

Wheatear - 35 West Bexington, 21 Portland Bill, 8 Hengisbury Head, 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Peveril Point, 1 St Aldhelms

Water Pipit  - 1 Mouth of the Frome from  BOPH boat safari

Crossbill - 2 Durlston CP

Tawny Owl - Langton Matravers © Garry Hayman

Red Kite - Sturminster Marshall © Allan Frake 

Thursday 19th March 2026

 Common Scoter - 15 off Chesil Beach

Little Ringed Plover - 4 Lodmoor RSPB, 3 Lower Piddle Valley, 2 Swineham Pools, 1 Lytchett Fields

Purple Sandpiper - 6 Portland Bill

Green Sandpiper - 1 Radipole Village

Little Gull - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

FORSTER'S TERN - 1 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Puffin - 3 off Dancing Ledge

Great Northern Diver - 4 Poole Harbour

White Stork - 1 circled over Corfe Castle, 1 over Long Island Poole Harbour

Glossy Ibis - 3 Wareham Common

Great White Egret - 1 heading East off Hengisbury Head

Red Kite - 6 St Leonards, 2 over Swanage, 2 Bridport, 1 over Brownsea Lagoon DWT, 1 Wareham Common, 1 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Portland Bill, 1 Radipole RSPB

White-tailed Eagle - 5 around Poole Harbour,  1 over County Gate roundabout Bournemouth

Merlin - 1 Challow Hill Corfe Castle

Sand Martin - 2 Southbourne

Ring Ouzel - 1 Corfe Common

Black Redstart - 1 female type Reap Lane Portland

Yellowhammer - 4 Challow Hill Corfe Castle

Wigeon - Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Red Kite - Radipole RSPB © Derek Fowler

Wednesday 18th March 2026

Velevet Scoter - 2 past Hengisbury Head

Common Scoter - 3 past Hengisbury Head, 2 Studland Bay

Greenshank - 6 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Little Gull - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

FORSTER'S TERN - 1 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Glossy Ibis - 3 Wareham Common

Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Cattle Egret - 22 Little Farm nr Purbeck School roundabout

Osprey - 1 over Wareham Common

Red Kite - 1 West Bay, 1 Bramble Bush Bay Studland, 1 Wareham Common, 1 Christchurch Harbour

Hoopoe - briefly Abbotsbury Beach Car Park

Merlin - 1 Middlebere, 1 Stanpit Marsh

Willow Warbler - 1 Fancy's Close Portland, 1 PC World Drain

Tuesday 17th March 2026

FORSTER'S TERN -1 again in Brownsea Lagoon
Little Gull - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Glossy Ibis - 2 still on Wareham Common alongside bypass
Red Kite - 1 Wild Woodbury DWT
Swallow - 1 over Warheam Common
Sand Martin - 2 Hengistbury Head, 1 Cogden
Willow Warbler -1 singing at PC World Drain, Holes Bay
Chiffchaff - 60 Portland Bill
Wheatear - 5 Portland Bill, 2 Hengistbury (Barn Field), 2 Cogden
Firecrest - 3 Hengistbury, 1 Wild Woodbury DWT (George's Copse), 1 Portland Bill
White-spotted Bluethroat - A male in SE corner of Swineham GPs this evening
Redpoll - 1 Hengistbury
Siskin - 5 Hengistbury
Crossbill - 2 in sallows on edge of Wareham Forest near Wild Woodbury DWT

Great Black-backed Gull, Highcliffe Beach © Clinton Whale

Buzzard, Cheselbourne, Vaughan Ashby

 

 

Monday 16th March 2026

Red-necked Grebe - 1 Studland Bay off Middle Beach
Avocet - 1 Silverlake
Golden Plover - 48 West Compton
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay from Rock Lea Viewpoint
FORSTER'S TERN -1 in Holes Bay early morning then later on Brownsea Lagoon
Little Gull - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Lagoon
Glossy Ibis - 3 still on Wareham Common alongside bypass
Red Kite - 1 West Compton this afternoon
Hen Harrier - 1 West Compton this afternoon
Merlin - 1 West Compton this afternoon
Firecrest - 1 Durlston CP
Crossbill - 20+ near Culpeppers Dish

Kestrel, Durlston CP © Trevor Warrick

 

Sunday 15th March 2026

Long-tailed Duck - 1 Littlesea (The Fleet)
Common Scoter - 1 Littlesea (The Fleet)
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Littlesea (The Fleet)
Whimbrel - 1 wintering bird still at Cuttcleaves Cove (The Fleet)
Spotted Redshank - 1 Holes Bay SW, 1 Lytchett Bay from Rock Lea Viewpoint
Knot - 8 Holes Bay
Sandwich Tern - 2 off Brownsea Island, 1 Littlesea (The Fleet)
FORSTER'S TERN -1 again in Poole Harbour on buoy off Brownsea Island
Little Gull - 1 Lytchett Bay from Rock Lea Viewpoint
Glossy Ibis - 3 again on Wareham Common
White-tailed Eagle - 1 over Cerne Abbas
Red Kite - 3 Bradford Peverell
Firecrest - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Thorncombe Wood
Redpoll - 2 in a Wimborne garden

Late news from yesterday : A Merlin, 3 Black Redstarts and 8 Wheatears on Portland.

Saturday 14th March 2026

Garganey - 1 West Bexington mere.
Grey Plover - 2 Stanpit.
Little Ringed Plover - 1 heard Hengistbury Hd.
Spotted Redshank - 6 Brownsea Island.
Great White Egret - 1 Stanpit.
Little Gull - 1 Lytchett Bay (Rock Lea viewpoint).
White-tailed Eagle - 1 S over Iford.
Red Kite - 12 Wyke Down, 1 Cashmoor.
Water Pipit - 1 Hengistbury Hd (Salt Hurns).
Firecrest - 1 Hengistbury Hd.

Brambling, Sadborow, yesterday
© Neil Croton (licenced ringer)

Friday 13th March 2026

Reeves' Pheasant - 1 Wareham (Thrasher's Lane).
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Studland Bay (Middle Beach).
Black-necked Grebe - 2 Studland Bay (Middle Beach).
Grey Plover - 2 Stanpit.
Little Ringed Plover - 1 heard over Brownsea Island.
Green Sandpiper - 4 lower Piddle valley.
Purple Sandpiper - 18 Hengistbury sandspit.
Greenshank - 6 Brownsea Island.
Black-tailed Godwit - 3013 Brownsea Island, c1500 S over Christchurch Hbr with more going west.
Great White Egret - 1 lower Piddle valley.
Cattle Egret - 42 Wareham Common, 7 Holmebridge.
Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Island.
Little Gull - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Glossy Ibis - 3 Wareham Common.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Holmebridge.
Red Kite - 2 Wareham Common.
Wheatear - seen at Ballard Down, Lytchett Bay, Stanpit, Studland (Greenlands Farm), 

        Wareham Common. 

Firecrest - 1 Higher Charminster.
Brambling - 1 Sadborow.

Wheatear, Greenlands Farm © Rob Johnson

Thursday 12th March 2026

Slavonian Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour
Black-necked Grebe - 4 Portland Harbour
FORSTER'S TERN -1 again at Poole Park
Manx Shearwater - 1 off shore from Bridging Camp, Wyke Regis
Spoonbill - 2 over Stanpit
Glossy Ibis - 3 on Wareham Common viewed from North Walls
Wheatear - 1 Crouch Hill, Stanpit
Firecrest - 2 Hengistbury Head
Yellowhammer - 1 Hengistbury Head
Brambling - 1 Hengistbury Head

Late news from yesterday : 
1 Water Pipit at Swineham Point 
1 Wheatear at Durlston CP

Wednesday 11th March 2026

Slavonian Grebe - 4 The Fleet (Chickerell Hive Point).
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 Poole Harbour.
Glossy Ibis - 10 Wareham Common.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Poole Harbour.
Red Kite - 2 Arne (Slepe Heath), 2 Sadborow, 1 Piddlehinton, 1 Puddletown.
Merlin - 1 West Compton.
Wheatear - 1 Hengistbury Head (Barn Field).
Firecrest - 2+ Durlston CP, 1 Lodmoor, 1 Lytchett Bay (Rock Lea viewpoint).

Tuesday 10th March 2026

Grey Plover - 1+ Stanpit.
Black-tailed Godwit - c. 1000 Stanpit.
Bar-tailed Godwit - 1 Stanpit.
Red-throated Diver - 24 past Portland Bill.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Corfe Mullen, 1 Portland Bill.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Portland Bill. 
Red Kite - 1 Corfe Mullen.
Firecrest - 4 Portland Bill.

Migration: Overnight good numbers of Redwing were heard passing northward over Poole Harbour, with e.g. 270 calls recorded over Oakdale in 75 minutes.

Monday 9th March 2026

Long Tailed Duck -1 The Fleet Chickerall
Red Necked Grebe -1 Studland Bay
Slavonian Grebe -4 The Fleet Chickerall
Black Necked Grebe -1 Studland Bay
Purple Sandpiper -1 Groyne behind Haven Hotel Sandbanks
Forsters Tern -1 Poole Park often on posts next to model boating lake.
Little Gull -1 Adult Rock Lea Viewpoint Lytchett Bay
Caspian Gull -1 Lodmoor
Black-Throated Diver -1 on the sea Sandbanks opposite Jazz Cafe
Bittern -1 Left Swineham at dusk
Glossy Ibis - 10 Still Wareham Common next to bypass
Black Redstart -1 Bridging Camp Chickerall
Serin -1 male Portland bird observatory garden
Snow Bunting -1 Feeding station Rock Lea Viewpoint

Snow Bunting, Rock Lea View © Mick Brooks

Caspian Gull, Lodmoor © Phil Cheeseman

Sunday 8th March 2026

Long Tailed Duck -1 Bridging Camp Chickerall
Black Necked Grebe -5 Jerrys Point, 1 Longham Lakes South Lake 
Spotted Redshank -1 Holes Bay
Common Sandpiper -1 Silverlake
Purple Sandpiper -1 West Bay
Forsters Tern -1 Adult viewed from Poole Park posts next to model boating area and feeding along Baiter Park 
Little Gull - 1 Adult Rock Lea Viewpoint, Lytchett Bay
Glossy Ibis -10 Wareham floods alongside by past
Red Kite -1 Silverlake
Sand Martin -1 Longham Lakes
Swallow -2 Longham Lakes
Black Redstart -1 Bridging Camp Chickerall
Wheatear -1 Lodmoor, 1 Portland
Crossbill - 12 Culpeppers Dish

Wheater, Lodmoor © Phil Cheeseman

Saturday 7th March 2026

Long Tailed Duck -1 Female, Tidmoor The Fleet
Slavonian Grebe -7 Tidmoor, The Fleet
Forsters Tern -1 Adult Poole Park this AM
Little Gull -1 Rock Lea Viewpoint Lytchett Bay
Yellow Legged Gull -1 Adult off Otter Island, Lytchett Bay
Glossy Ibis -10 Wareham floods alongside by past
Sand Martin -8 Lodmoor

Late News
March 4th 
Unconfirmed report of a possible Great-tailed/Boat-tailed Grackle" last Wednesday (4th March) at side of A352 just W of Winfrith Newburgh.

Forsters Tern, Poole Park © Steve Carey