Cuckoo - 1 Higher Hyde Heath DWT
Whimbrel - 2 Hengistbury
Honey-buzzard - 1 over Lytchett Bay
Osprey -1 Christchurch Harbour
WESTERN SUBALPINE WARBLER - probable 1st summer female, trapped & ringed at PBO
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| Swallow, Studland © Clinton Whale |
Tuesday 12th May 2026
Monday 11th May 2026
Cuckoo - 1 Hyde Bog, 1 Longham Lakes
Whimbrel - 6 Frome Valley, 5 Stanpit Marsh, 2 Holes Bay NW
Sanderling - 6 Knoll Beach (Studland), 3 Stanpit Marsh
White Stork - 1 over Wareham
Night-heron - 2 Lodmoor RSPB, flew NW towards Radipole this evening
Great White Egret - 1 Stoborough (Bog Lane)
Honey-buzzard - 1 east over Stanpit Marsh
Osprey 1 Stanpit Marsh
Red Kite - 9 Stanpit Marsh, 3 Slepe Heath, 1 Longham Lakes
Hobby - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Ashtree Meadows (Christchurch Harbour)
Yesterday : a Roseate Tern past Portland Bill
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| Sanderling, Knoll Beach © Clinton Whale |
Sunday 10th May 2026
Whimbrel - 2 Brand's Bay
Arctic Skua - 1 Hengistbury
BONAPARTE'S GULL - 2cy again at Lynch Cove (The Fleet)
Red-throated Diver - 1 Hengistbury
Balearic Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill is the first of the year
White Stork - 1 south east over Shillingstone around midday, 1 Wareham, flew down the Piddle Valley.
Honey-buzzard - 1 north over Swineham GPs this morning.
Red Kite - 3 Christchurch Harbour, 2 Brand's Bay
Hobby - 1 over Hengistbury Head
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| Sandwich Tern, off Highcliffe Beach © Clinton Whale |
Saturday 9th May 2026
Garganey - 2 Radipole Lake RSPB from Buddleia Viewpoint, 1 drake at Silverlake
Cuckoo - 3 Hartland Moor, 1 Higher Hyde Heath DWT
Turtle Dove - 1 trapped & ringed at PBO this afternoon
Whimbrel - 3 Lytchett Bay, 2 Lytchett Fields, 1 Mudeford Quay, 1 Ferrybridge
Common Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Bay
Sanderling - 28 Mudeford Quay, 10 Ferrybridge
BONAPARTE'S GULL - 1 Brownsea Island this afternoon
Manx Shearwater - 3 Mudeford Quay
Cattle Egret - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Great White Egret - 1 flew east past Mudeford Quay
Honey-buzzard - 1 north over Freshwater Bay on Portland this afternoon
Hen Harrier - a male over Hartland Moor
Red Kite - 1 Poole Harbour
Black Kite - a possible seen high over Southbourne
Hobby - 3 Hartland Moor, 2 Morden Bog
Hooded Crow - 1 St Aldhelm's Head
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| Little Tern, Ferrybridge © Garry Hayman |
Friday 8th May 2026
Common Scoter - 15 past Hengisbury Head
Cuckoo - 4 Hartland Moor, 1 Morden Bog
Little Ringed Plover - 1 The hump Lodmoor RSPB
Greenshank - 1 Stilt Pool
Red throated Diver - 2 West past Hengisbury Head
Great Northern Diver - 1 past Hengisbury Head
Osprey - 2 Lytchett Bay, 1 Middlebere, 1 Avon Valley
Bee-eater - 3 Southill Portland flew SE towards Radipole
Willow Warbler - 1 Studland
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Thursday 7th May 2026
Garganey - 1 Over Christchurch Harbour
Red necked Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour from Sandsfoot Castle
Whimbrel - 9 Stanpit Marsh, 6 past Hengisbury Head
Bar tailed Godwit - 2 Ferrybridge
Little Gull - Coward's Marsh
Osprey - 2 Lytchett Bay, 2 Christchurch Harbour
White tailed Eagle - 4 Kimmeridge, 1 Christchurch Harbour
Short eared Owl - 1 Crown Estate field Portland Bill
Hobby - 2 Piddle Valley, 1 Norden
Iberian Chiffchaff - 1 putative lighthouse gully Durlston CP
Whinchat - 1 Ferrybridge
Dipper - Kingcombe Meadows
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| Dartford Warbler - Ballard Down © Rebecca Porter |
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| Meadow Pipit - Durlston CP © Brian Edge |
Wednesday 6th May 2026
Cuckoo - 1 Morden Bog
Turtle Dove - 1 Southwell Portland private garden still, 1 east of Tidmoor Stables The Fleet
Red necked Grebe - 1 North of Sandsfoot Castle
Bonapartes Gull - 1 Lynch Cove The Fleet
Great Northern Diver - 4 off Portland Bill
Osprey - 2 Lytchett Bay, 1 Chrishchurch Harbour off Blackberry Point
Hobby - 1 over Radipole Lake, 1 Came Down
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 The Warren nr Durlston CP
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Fleetsbridge, 1 Tidmoor Point
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Watton Hill Bridport
Yellow Wagtail - 1 Long Field Christchurch Harbour
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| Turtle Dove - Tidmoor Stables © Freddy Alway |
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
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| Putative Iberian Chiffchaff © Hamish Murray |
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| Cattle Egret - Pallington Lakes © Rebecca Porter |
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| 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.
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.
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| 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.
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.
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| 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.
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.
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| White Stork, Woodville © John Bishop |
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| 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.
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.
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| 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
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
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| 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
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
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
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| Bonaparte's Gull, Lynch Cove © Steve Sansom |
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| 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
, 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.
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| 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
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| Dartford Warbler - Highcliffe © Clinton Whale |
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| 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.
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| 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)
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| 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
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| Reed Warbler, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale |
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| 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
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
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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
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| 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
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| Red-spotted Bluethroat - Swineham © Steve Carey |
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| Greenfinch - Highcliffe © Clinton Whale |
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| Red-spotted Bluethroat - Swineham © Steve Carey |
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