Dorset Birds

Sunday 28th November 2021

Scaup - 6 off South Haven Point Studland Bay

Goldeneye - 1 Longham Lakes

Velvet Scoter - 4 off Middle beach Studland Bay

Slavonian Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour

Black-necked Grebe - 6 Portland Harbour, 3 off Middle beach Studland Bay

Purple Sandpiper - 11 Lyme Regis

Iceland Gull - 2nd winter Weymouth Harbour

Great Northern Diver - 2 Studland Bay

Spoonbill - 1 Holes Bay

Great White Egret - 1 Longham Lakes

Hen Harrier - male Arne RSPB/ Hartland Moor

Red Kite - 2 Blandford

Pallas's Warbler - 1 still at 2 Mile Coppice Way Weymouth

Black Redstart - 1 Church Ope Cove Portland

Brambling - 3 in a Talbot Woods garden

2nd winter Iceland Gull, Weymouth Harbour © Bob Ford

Saturday 27th November 2021

Scaup - 1 Jerry's Point, Poole Harbour

Velvet Scoter - 4 Studland Bay

Goosander - redhead Swineham GP

Slavonian Grebe - 2 Studland Bay, 1 from Tidmoor Point, Wyke Regis

Black-necked Grebe - 9 Studland Bay

Purple Sandpiper - 1 Portland Bill

Iceland Gull - 2nd winter Weymouth Harbour

Great Northern Diver - 1 Studland Bay

Spoonbill - 4 Lytchett Bay

Cattle Egret - 13 Chapel Hill, Abbotsbury Swannery

Black Redstart - 1 Church ope Cove Portland

Snow Bunting - 1 Hengistbury Head

Friday 26th November 2021

Velvet Scoter - 4 off Middle Beach, Studland bay

Red-necked Grebe - 1 Shell Bay, Studland

Slavonian Grebe - 1 Middle Beach, Studland

Black-necked Grebe - 2 Middle Beach, Studland

Golden Plover - c.400 Maiden castle

Black-throated Diver - 1 East Bexington

Spoonbill - 3 Lytchett bay

Cattle Egret - 7 in field below Worgret Manor, Wareham

Great Bustard -1 still at the Fleet

Hen Harrier - ringtail Middlebere

Swallow - 1 over field below Worgret Manor, Wareham

Black Restart - 3 Portland Bill

Great Bustard, The Fleet © Keith Betton

Thursday 25th November 2021

Goosander - 2 Silverlake (on the eastern lake)

Great White Egret - 1 Longham Lakes

Purple Sandpiper - 12 Lyme Regis on The Cobb

Iceland Gull - 1N possible or Leucistic Herring Hull past Portland Bill

Swallow - 1 Wareham Common

Firecrest - 2 Two Mile Copse Weymouth

Pallas's Warbler - 1 still in Two Mile Copse Weymouth

Siberian Chiffchaff - 2 Two Mile Copse Weymouth

Black Redstart - 1 Portland Bill

Raven - Portland Bill © Nick Hull

Wednesday 24th November 2021

Red-throated Diver - 1 off shore Hengistbury Hd.

Great Northern Diver - 1 Swanage Bay

Great White Egret - 1 Longham Lakes

Great Bustard - 1 Butterstreet Cove

Ruff - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Purple Sandpiper - 2 Lyme Regis, 1 Hengistbury Hd.

Woodcock - 1 Studland Heath

Little Auk - 1 still Weymouth Hbr.

Merlin - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Pallas's Warbler - 1 Two Mile Copse Weymouth

Bar-tailed Godwit - Poole Harbour © Nick Hull

Tuesday 23rd November 2021

Common Scoter - 5 off Furvey Is, 2 off Redhorn Quay

Great Northern Diver - 1 Shell Bay

Spoonbill - 32 Arne RSPB (Shipstal Pt)

Red-necked Grebe - 1 Shell Bay

Hen Harrier - 1 Lyme Regis (over Golf course)

Green Sandpiper - 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Little Auk - 1 Weymouth Hbr.

Woodlark - 2 Bridport

Pallas's Warbler - 1 Two Mile Copse Weymouth with Long-tailed Tit flock

Black Redstart - 1 Portland Bill

Cirl Bunting - 1 over west West Bay

Rock Pipit - North Haven © David Wareham

Monday 22nd November 2021

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 4 Ferrybridge

Common Scoter - c5 Brand's Bay

Velvet Scoter - 6 Hengistbury Hd.

Goosander - 4 over Lytchett Bay

Great White Egret - 1 Bramble Bush Bay

Slavonian Grebe - 2 Tidmoor Pt.

Black-necked Grebe - 5 off Middle Beach Studland, 5 Brand's Bay

Red Kite - 2 Evershot area, 2 Portland Bill

White-tailed Eagle - 1 imm over Brownsea to Sandbanks a.m.

Great Bustard - 1 Butterstreet Cove

Jack Snipe - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Little Auk - Weymouth Hbr between Town Bridge and the RNLI.

Swallow - 1N Lytchett Bay

Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB by View Pt, 1 Portland Bill

Snow Bunting - 1 calling over Mudeford Quay

Little Auk - Weymouth Harbour © Nick Hull

Scaup - 6 Poole Harbour
Great Bustard - 1 East Fleet
Little Auk - 1 still in Weymouth Harbour
Cattle Egret - 25 near Abbotsbury Swannery car park, 5 Hengistbury
White-tailed Eagle - 1 (G461) Hartland Moor and over Poole Harbour
Red Kite - 1 Hartland Moor
Merlin - 1 Middlebere
Pallas's Warbler - 1 Two Mile Copse (Weymouth)
Firecrest - 1 Wick
Black Redstart - 2 Portland Castle, 1 Portland East Cliffs, 1 Abbotsbury (near St Catherine's Chapel)
Snow Bunting - 2 Hengistbury Head

Late News : yesterday a White Stork flew over A31 by the Charborough Estate

Saturday 20th November 2021.

Barnacle Goose - 14 Rodden Hive.
Black Brant - 2 Tidmoor Point.
Scaup - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery.
Great Bustard - 1 Butterstreet Cove (reintroduction)
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Shell Bay/Pilots Point.
Black-necked Grebe - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Brands Bay.
Grey Plover - 3 Stanpit.
Little Auk - 1 Weymouth Harbour.
Great Northern Diver - 1 Brands Bay, 1 Shell Bay/Pilots Point.
Red-throated Diver - 1 off Hengistbury Head.
Great White Egret - 1 Goathorn.
Cattle Egret - 5+ Abbotsbury Swannery.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Lodmoor, 1 Middlebere, 1 Wick Hams.
Hen Harrier - 1 Middlebere, 1 Wyke Down.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Corfe Gap, 1 Middlebere.
Merlin - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 East Parley, 1 Portland Bill.
Water Pipit - 1 Stanpit.

Scandinavian Rock Pipit - 2 Lytchett Bay, 2 Stanpit.
Woodlark - 1 Portland Bird Obs.
Black Redstart - 1 Portland Castle, 1 Tilly Whim, 1 Fortuneswell.
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Portland Bill.
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Sutton Bingham reservoir (south end).
Snow Bunting - 1 Hengistbury Head.

Late news: Cirl Bunting briefly at West Bay yesterday.

Peregrine, Bournemouth Lansdowne © David Wareham

Friday 19th November 2021.

Scaup - 6 Poole Harbour South Deep.
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Shell Bay.
Black-necked Grebe - 10 Studland Bay.
Slavonian Grebe - 1 off Mudeford Quay.
Purple Sandpiper - 15 Hengistbury sandspit.
Little Auk - 1 Weymouth Harbour.
Great Northern Diver - 1 Poole Harbour.
Great White Egret - 1 Brands Bay.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Stanpit.
White-tailed Eagle - IoW reintroduction bird G461 was over Brownsea Lagoon.
Red-breasted Flycatcher - 1 Portland Bill Obs.
Swallow - 4 Durlston CP.
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Lytchett Heath, 1 Portland Bill Obs.
Brambling - 1 Folke, near Sherborne.

Brambling, Folke © Joshua Evans

Thursday 18th November 2021

Red-necked Grebe- 1 Shell Bay
Purple Sandpiper - 17 Hengistbury Head on sandspit, 2 Portland Bill
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Little Auk - 1 still in Weymouth outer harbour, often seen from Lifeboat Station
Cattle Egret - 1 near Morden Park corner on A35
Great White Egret - 1 Brand's Bay then flew towards Little Sea
White-tailed Eagle - 1 (G461) Wareham Channel
Hen Harrier - 2 Wareham Channel
Merlin - 2 Wareham Channel
Swallow - 1 Peveril Point
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Firecrest - 1 Hengistbury Head
Red-breasted Flycatcher - 1 in PBO garden
Black Redstart - 1 Durlston CP, 1 in private garden Swanage
Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB on Sherford Pools
Brambling - 1 over Christchurch Harbour

Wednesday 17th November 2021.

Black Swan - 1 Radipole Lake.
Common Scoter - 6 Studland Bay.
Scaup - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery.
Woodpigeon - 1000+ migrating over Abbotsbury Swannery.
Stock Dove - 100+ migrating over Abbotsbury Swannery.
Black-necked Grebe - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery, 4 Portland Harbour, 12 Studland Bay.
Woodcock - 2 near Beaminster.
Purple Sandpiper - 16 Hengistbury sandspit.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery.
Sandwich Tern - 7 Poole Park.
Red-throated Diver - 1 off Hengistbury Head.
Cattle Egret - 37 Abbotsbury Swannery, 4+ Wareham Common.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Christchurch Harbour, 3 Lytchett Fields.
Red Kite - 5 Ashmore.
Merlin - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Ring-necked Parakeet - 4 Studland Middle Beach.
Bearded Tit - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery, 4 northern end of Holes Bay.
Water Pipit - 2 Lytchett Fields.
Black Redstart - 1 Fortuneswell.
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Southwell.
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery.
Firecrest - 1 Durlston CP, 2 Hengistbury Head.

Tuesday 16th November 2021.

Barnacle Goose - 14 Rodden Hive.
Egyptian Goose - 6 E over Morden Bog.
Pintail - 3 Stanpit.
Goosander - 8 Silverlake.
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Poole Harbour mouth.
Grey Plover - 5 Stanpit.
Golden Plover - 3 over Maiden Castle.
Greenshank - 1 Stanpit.
Common Gull - 28 Christchurch Harbour.
Kittiwake - 1 inside Christchurch Harbour.
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor.
Cattle Egret - 2 Langton Herring, 3 Stanpit.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Christchurch Harbour, 2 Lytchett Bay.
Hen Harrier - 1 E over Lytchett Heath, 1 S over Slepe Heath.
Red Kite - 1 East Parley.
Water Pipit - 3 Lytchett Bay.
Rock Pipit (Scandinavian) - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Argyle Rd, Christchurch.
Firecrest - 4 Durlston CP, 2 Hengistbury Head.
Snow Bunting - 1 Maiden Castle.

Great White Egret, Lodmoor © Clinton Whale.

Snipe, Lodmoor © Clinton Whale.

Monday 15th November 2021

Barnacle Goose - 14 Rodden Hive, 1 Swineham Meadows
Red-breasted Goose - a presumed escape at Silverlake (Western Lake)
Scaup - 2 Hengistbury Head
Red-necked Grebe- 1 Poole Harbour entrance/Shell Bay
Black-necked Grebe - 3 Poole Harbour
Golden Plover - c30 by A354 near Long Crichel
Little Auk - 3 past Portland Bill this morning
Great Northern Diver - 1 Lyme Regis Harbour, 1 in Poole Harbour from Bramble Bush Bay
Cattle Egret - 12 in Lower Piddle Valley
Great White Egret - 1 Brand's Bay
Spoonbill - 30 Middlebere
Red Kite - 1 Pimperne
Ring Ouzel - 1 over Durlston CP
Swallow - 3 Silverlake
Firecrest - 6 Hengistbury Head
Black Redstart - 1 Southwell
Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Brambling - 5 over Easton, 1 Durlston CP

Great Northern Diver, Lyme Regis Harbour © Roger Boswell

Sunday 14th November 2021

Scaup - 7 Poole Harbour from Goathorn Point, 2 Abbotsbury Swannery
Long-tailed Duck - 1 on the Fleet at Tidmoor
Goosander - 1 on the Fleet at Tidmoor
Red-necked Grebe- 1 Shell Bay
Black-necked Grebe - 10 Studland Bay, 4 Portland Harbour, 2 Abbotsbury Swannery
Purple Sandpiper - 6 on the Cobb,Lyme Regis
Spotted Redshank - 5 Middlebere
Little Auk - 1 still in Weymouth Bay from Lifeboat Station
Great Northern Diver - 1 from the Nothe (Weymouth), 1 Studland Bay, 1 off Brownsea Island, 1 Lyme Regis harbour
Red-throated Diver - 1 Studland Bay
Cattle Egret - 7 over Upway this evening
Great White Egret - 1 Longham Lakes, 1 Little Sea (Studland), 1 Middlebere
Hen Harrier - 1 Middlebere
Merlin - 1 Middlebere
Short-eared Owl - 1+ Portland Bill, 1 Hartland Moor this evening
Swallow - over Tidmoor (The Fleet)
Siberian Chiffchaff - 2 Portland Bill, 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 West Bexington
Firecrest - 2 Durlston CP
Black Redstart - 1 Portland Bill
Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Brambling - 4 over South Haven, 2 over West Bay, 1 over Longham Lakes
Serin - 1 over PBO
Snow Bunting - 1 over Tidmoor (The Fleet)

Purple Sandpiper, Lyme Regis © Roger Boswell

Saturday 13th November 2021

Scaup - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery
Goosander - 1 redhead Lodmoor RSPB
Black-necked Grebe - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery
Purple Sandpiper - 2 West Bay, 1 Portland Bill
Little Auk - 1 off Pavilion Pier, Weymouth
Great Northern Diver - 2 Shell Bay, 1 past Durlston CP
Spoonbill - 12 Middlebere
Great White Egret - 1 over Lytchett Fields RSPB
Pallas's Warbler - 1 Durlston CP just east of the Castle
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 trapped & ringed at Lytchett Bay
Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Firecrest - 1 trapped & ringed at Durlston CP
Black Redstart - 2 West Bay
Lesser Redpoll - 20 trapped at Lytchett Bay
Brambling - 3 Wyke Down, 2 East Stour (south of Gillingham), 1 PBO

Visual migration at West Bay included:
5000 Starling, 1420 Wood Pigeon, 107 Stock Dove, 6 Bullfinch, 25 Redpoll, 25 Brambling, 130 Chaffinch, 5 Yellowhammer, Fieldfare, Mistle Thrush, 3 Redwing

Friday 12th November 2021

Wigeon - 1460 Holes Bay

Scaup - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery

Long-tailed Duck - 2 Off Branksome Chine

Common scoter - 15 off Branksome Chine, 5 Poole Harbour off Furzey Island

Black-necked Grebe - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery,

Spotted Redshank - 1 Holes Bay

Little Gull - 1 still at Lodmoor RSPB

Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Lytchett Bay

Spoonbill - 1 Lytchett Bay

Cattle Egret - 32 Abbotsbury Swannery, 3 Lodmoor RSPB

Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Hen Harrier - 1 Ringtail Middlebere

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Sandford seen flying North West over A351 (IOW Release project)

Bearded Tit - 10 Lytchett Bay

Black Redstart - 1 Eype Down, 1 Ferrybridge

Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB Pools field

Snow Bunting - 1 Maiden Castle

Dunlin - Brands Bay ©Garry Hayman

Thursday 11th November 2021

Black Brant - 1 still at Ferrybridge

Pintail - 25 Holes Bay

Scaup - 2 Redhorn Quay, Brands Bay

Golden Plover - 400+ Maiden Castle

Ringed Plover - 10 Hengistbury Head

Common Sandpiper - 1 Holes Bay

Little Gull - 1 Lodmoor RSPB adult bathing on Postbox pool

Razorbill - 1 Poole Harbour entrance

Great Northern Diver - 1 Portland Harbour

Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail Lytchett fields RSPB, 1 ringtail Middlebere, 1 male Hartland Moor, 1 Lodmoor flew west

Merlin - 1 Middlebere, 1 Hartland Moor

Woodlark - 6 Silverlake

Swallow - 3 over Leeson House, Langton Matravers

Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Portland Obs trapped & ringed

Black Redstart - 1 Rip Croft Southwell

Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB Sherford Pools view point

Yesterday:

Red Kite - 1 Tincleton

Hawfinch - 3 Lodge Lane, Shaftesbury

Ringed Plover - Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale

Wednesday 10th November 2021

Black Brant - 1 Ferrybridge

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 3 Ferrybridge

Barnacle Goose - 14 Rodden Hive

Common Scoter - 10 Middle Beach Studland

Golden Plover - 400 Maiden Castle

Snipe - 100+ Lodmoor RSPB

Great Northern Diver - 1 off Middle Beach Studland, 1 Portland Harbour

Cattle Egret - 2 Frome Flood Fields Wareham A351

Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Jerry's Point Poole Harbour, 1 Longham lakes

Hen Harrier - 2 Wareham Channel (juv male & female) 1 adult male Hartland Moor

Short-eared Owl - 2 Portland Bill

Merlin - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Herbury The Fleet

Firecrest - 1 longham Lakes

Black Redstart - 2 Portland Bill, 1 Durlston Country Park

Water Pipit - 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Snow Bunting - 1 Maiden Castle, 1 Redhorn Point Brands Bay

Black Redstart - Durlston CP © Clive Hargrave

Snow Bunting - Maiden Castle © Nigel Tooth

Tuesday 9th November 2021

Barnacle Goose - 1 amongst flock of 500 Canada Geese flying over Lytchett Fields RSPB

Scaup - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery

Black-necked Grebe - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery

Ringed Plover - 42 Stanpit Bight

Purple Sandpiper - 3 The Cobb Lyme Regis

Yellow Legged gull - 1 1st CY at Abbotsbury Swannery

Cattle Egret - 5 Radipole RSPB, 20 to roost at Abbotsbury Swannery

Great White Egret - 1 Middlebere, 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Hen Harrier - male at Hartland Moor,

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Keysworth Wareham Channel (Isle of Wight relocation project)

Merlin - 1 Hartland Moor

Swallow - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Cettis Warbler - Middlebere (rare for this location)

Fieldfare - 96 Middlebere, 80-100 Sturminster Marshall GP

Dipper - 1 Sherborne sewage works Stream, 1 Lyme Regis

Richards Pipit - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery heard calling this evening

Water Pipit - 1 Swineham Point, 5 Brands Bay but mobile

Greenfinch - 80-100 Parky Meade Christchurch Harbour

Snow Bunting - 2 still at Redhorn Point, Brand's Bay

Cattle Egret - Radipole RSPB © Clive Hargrave

Monday 8th November 2021

Brent Goose - 160 Ferrybridge, 6 Parkstone Bay

Barnacle Goose - 15 Rodden Hive

Whooper Swan - 1 Longham Lakes

Golden Plover - c. 400 Maiden Castle

Bar-tailed Godwit - 3 Ferrybridge

Green Sandpiper - 1 over Arne Moors

Marsh Harrier - 4 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Hen Harrier - male at Hartland Moor, 2 between Swineham Point and Middlebere

Short-eared Owl - 1 Arne Moors

Merlin - 1 Lytchett Fields

Jay - 14 Rodden Hive

Ring Ouzel - 1 Rodden Hive, 1 Hengistbury Head

Black Redstart - 1 Grove Rd, Portland, 1 Stanpit Marsh

Water Pipit - 5 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Longham Lakes

Twite - 1 briefly in Portland Observatory garden

Snow Bunting - 2 Redhorn Point, Brand's Bay

Sunday 7th November 2021

Scaup - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery, 4 Brand's Bay

Black-necked Grebe - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery, 4 Middle Beach, Poole Harbour

Spotted Redshank - 2 Middlebere

Caspian Gull - 1st winter Studland Bay

Red-throated Diver - 2 off Abbotsbury beach

Cattle Egret - 31 Abbotsbury Swannery, 4 Stanpit Marsh

Hen Harrier - ringtail Cranborne, ringtail Arne Moors

Short-eared Owl - 1 Arne Moors

Merlin - 1 Middlebere

Jay - 6 sub tropical-gardens Abbotsbury

Firecrest - 2 sub tropical-gardens Abbotsbury, 1 Ailwood Down

Water Pipit - 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Hawfinch - 18 flew over Woodcutts Common Sixpenny Handley, 1 over Wyke Down, 1 over Radipole Lake

Snow Bunting - 2 Redhorn Point, Brand's Bay

Saturday 6th November 2021

Water Rail - 1 from old bridge Wool

Scaup - 3 Brand's Bay

Black-necked Grebe - 8 Middle Beach, Studland Bay

Golden Plover - 56 vismig Wyke Down

Spotted Redshank - 4 Middlebere

Spoonbill - 32 Shipstal Point, Arne RSPB

Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail Portland, 1 ringtail Shipstal Point, Arne RSPB

Red Kite - 1 over Cerne Abbas

Ring Ouzel - 1 Christchurch Harbour

Fieldfare - 740 vismig Wyke Down

Redwing - 3000 vismig Wyke Down

Water Pipit - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 over Longham Lakes

Brambling - 16 vismig West Bay, 1 Middlebere, 74 vismig Wyke Down

Hawfinch - over 2 Wyke Down

Redpoll - 43 vismig West Bay

Siskin - 63 vismig West Bay, 4 mismig Wyke Down

Snow Bunting - 2 Redhorn Point, Studland Bay

Yesterday:

Jay - 1 Pennsylvania Castle Portland

Black Redstart - 5 Portland

West Bay Goshawk downgraded to 'possible'.

Snow Bunting, Redhorn Point © Chris Snook

Friday 5th November 2021

Egyptian Goose - 22 Moreton

Scaup - 1 Jerry's Point, 2 Abbotsbury Swannery

Black-necked Grebe - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery

Woodcock - 1 Hengistbury

Spoonbill - 37 Shipstal Point, Arne RSPB

Cattle Egret - 30 Abbotsbury Swannery

Great White Egret - 1 Shipstal Point, Arne RSPB

Goshawk - 1 West Bay

Marsh Harrier - 3 Bower Point, Wareham

Hen Harrier - male Hartland Moor

Short-eared Owl - 1 Slepe Heath NR

Merlin - 1 Slepe Heath NR, 3 Wyke Down, 1 Jerry's Point

Swallow - 1 Portland

Ring Ouzel - 1 Middlebere

Fieldfare - 270 Wyke Down, 70 over Shaftesbury

Redwing - 815 Wyke Down

Red-breasted Flycatcher - 1 first winter caught and ringed at Portland Bird Observatory

Black Redstart - 2 Blacknor, Portland

Water Pipit - 4 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Hampreston Fields, Longham Lakes

Brambling - 3 Hengistbury, 2 Slepe Heath, 1 Middlebere

Hawfinch - 1 Hengistbury

Snow Bunting - 2 on beach Redhorn Point, Brand's Bay

Thursday 4th November 2021

Scaup - 1 Brands Bay
Long-tailed Duck - 8 South Haven, Poole Harbour
Goosander - 1 female Shell Bay, 1 Western Lake, Silverlake
Red-breasted Merganser - 9 Bramble Bush Bay
Marsh Harrier - 11 from West Roost, Poole Harbour
Hen Harrier - 1 Portland Bill, 1 Lytchett Bay
Red Kite - 1 Fleetsbridge, 1 Hartland Moor
Continental Coal Tit - 1 Portland Bird Obs
Fieldfare - 2 over Easton, Portland
Redwing - 10 over Easton, Portland
Black Redstart - 3 Portland Bill, 1 Private Garden, Bridport
Dipper - 1 Bridport, 1 Lyme Regis
Snow Bunting - 1 Redhorn Point, 1 Portland Bird Obs

Yesterday:

Merlin - 2 Portland Bill
Woodlark - 1 Portland Bill

Wednesday 3rd November 2021

Mandarin - 1 female Abbotsbury Swannery
Scaup - 1 Brands Bay
Goosander - 1 male Shell Bay, 1 female Middlebere
Wood Pigeon - 13,750 SW off Studland, 12,750 Abbotsbury Swannery, 5950 West Bay
Great White Egret - 1 Brands Bay
Marsh Harrier - 3 Middlebere
Hen Harrier - 1 Portland Bill
Red Kite - 1 Blandford
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Wareham Channel & on Brownsea Lagoon
Rough-legged Buzzard - 1 Two Mile Copse, Lodmoor
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Portland Bird Obs
Water Pipit - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery
Brambling - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery
Lesser Redpoll - 21 West Bay, 2 over Studland
Snow Bunting - 1 Redhorn Point, 1 West Bay, 1 Portland Bird Obs

Yesterday:

Common Rosefinch - 1 Durlston CP


Black Redstart © Philip Cheeseman

Tuesday 2nd November 2021

Barnacle Goose - 1 Holes Bay
Scaup - 1 off Goathorn, 1 Redhorn Point
Wood Pigeon - 3,700 over West Bay
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Holes Bay
Great White Egret - 1 Poole Harbour
Hen Harrier - 2 Arne Moors, 1 Middlebere Channel
Merlin - 1 Lytchett bay, 1 Poole Harbour (possibly same bird), 1 West Bay
Starling - 7,000 over West Bay
Jackdaw - 1100 over Lodmoor RSPB
Continental Coal Tit - 1 Portland Bird Obs
Woodlark - 1 West Bay
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Firecrest - 1 Studland, 1 Radipole RSPB
Black Redstart - 1 Portland
Brambling - 65over Charmouth, 2 over Westbourne, 2 over Piddle Valley
Hawfinch - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Lesser Redpoll - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Snow Bunting - 1 Redhorn Point, 1 Tumbledown Farm, Radipole Village

Yesterday:

Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Portland Bill
Arctic Skua - 1 off Portland Bill
Red-throated Diver - 2 off Portland Bill

Monday 1st November 2021

Barnacle Goose - 1 Holes Bay
Egyptian Goose - 30 Broompound Farm, Moreton
Ruddy Shelduck - 1 Broompound Farm, Moreton
Scaup - 5 off Goathorn, 1 Redhorn Point
Wood Pigeon - 38,000 over Portland Bill, 5500 West past Hengistbury Head
Avocet - 56 Holes Bay
Spotted Redshank - 1 Brands Bay
Great White Egret - 3 Middlebere Channel, 3 Longham Lakes, 1 Brands Bay
Hen Harrier - 2 Arne Moors, 1 Middlebere Channel
Bearded Tit - 1 Longham Lakes
Firecrest - 1 Slough Lane, Lytchett Fields, 1 Wakeham, Portland, 1 Wick
Redwing - 12 inland from Stanpit Marsh
Water Pipit - 1 flyover at Longham Lakes
Brambling - 10 over Charmouth
Greenland Redpoll - Cogden Beach (east end of Burton Mere from coast path)
Lesser Redpoll - 4 Wakeham, Portland, 1 Longham Lakes
Snow Bunting - 1 Redhorn Point

Sunday 31st October 2021

Scaup - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery

Great White Egret - 1 Middlebere

Spoonbill - 9 Middlebere

Hen Harrier - 1 male/1ringtail Middlebere, 1 ringtail Slepe Heath

Ruff - 1 Middlebere

Spotted Redshank - 5 Middlebere

Green Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB on new Dragonfly pools.

Woodcock - 2 Slepe Heath

Kittiwake - 63 Durlston CP.

Firecrest - 3 Durlston CP.

Black Redstart - 1 fem type Bridport (private garden)

Whinchat - 1 remains at Lytchett Fields RSPB

Wheatear - 1 Durlston CP, 1 The Verne Portland

Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Gillingham on Shreen Way floodplain

Brambling - 1 Church Knowle, 2 Wakeham Portland

Saturday 30th October 2021

Barnacle Goose - 12 Rodden Hive

Black Brant - 1 Ferrybridge

Egyptian Goose - 26 near Moreton

Scaup - 1 Silverlake, 1 fem Abbotsbury Swannery

Goosander - 1 redhead Silverlake

Balearic Shearwater - 1 Portland Bill

Cattle Egret - c30 Abbotsbury Swannery

Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Spoonbill - 3 rownsea Is, 1 Stanpit Marsh

Black-necked Grebe - 5 Brand's Bay, 2 Abbotsbury Swannery

Red Kite - 2 Wyke Down, 1 Stubhampton

Marsh Harrier - 1 Wyke Down

Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail Wyke Down, 1 over sea off East Cliff Portland

Little Stint - 1 1st/w Brownsea Is.

Spotted Redshank - 1 Brownsea Is, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Greenshank - 2 Redhorn Quay

Mediterranean Gull - 652 Portland Bill

Caspian Gull - 1 1st/w Portland

Woodpigeon - 8550 Portland Bill, 450 St. Aldhelm's Head

Merlin - 1 Portland Bill

Hoopoe - 1 remain at Upton allotments

Woodlark - 3 over Portland Bird Obs

Skylark - 75 Portland Bill

Swallow - 1 Portland Bill

Starling - 600 Portland Bill, 380 St. Aldhelm's Head

Redwing - 1 grounded in Poole

Black Redstart - 1 Portland Bill

Common Redstart - 1 Portland Bill

Wheatear - 1 Portland Bill

'alba' Wagtails - 75 Portland Bill, 12 St Adhelm's Hd.

Water Pipit - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Brambling - 25 Portland Bill

Chaffinch - 350 Portland Bill

Hawfinch - 1 west over Portland Bill

Linnet - 410 Portland Bill, 200 St Adhelm's Hd.

Goldfinch - 750 Portland Bill, 50 St Adhelm's Hd.

Snow Bunting - 1 over west Easton Portland

Friday 29th October 2021

Black Brant - 1 Ferrybridge

Scaup - 1 Brand's Bay, 1 fem Abbotsbury Swannery

Common Scoter - 15 Hengistbury Head

Balearic Shearwater - 9 Portland Bill

Cattle Egret - 30 Abbotsbury Swannery

Spoonbill - 4 Brownsea Island

Black-necked Grebe - 4 Brand's Bay, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

White-tailed Eagle - 1 imm from IOW Middlebere Lake later near Brenscombe Farm.

Hen Harrier - 1ad male/1 Ringtail Hartland Moor, 1 Ringtail Wyke Down, 1 Ringtail Portland Bill

Spotted Redshank - 1 Brownsea Island

Greenshank - 9 Brownsea Island, 1 Holloway's Dock Christchurch

Jack Snipe - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Arctic Skua - 1 Portland Bill

Kittiwake - 14 Hengistbury Hd.

Yellow-legged Gull - 1 1st/W Fisherman's Bank Christchurch

Hoopoe - 1 Upton Allotments please view from car park or from SANG.

Merlin - 1 Slepe Heath, 1 Tidmoor, 1 Portland Bill

Swallow - 1 Puncknowle

Redwing - 9 Portland Bill

Black Redstart - 4 Portland Bill

Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Brambling - 10 Portland Bill