Balearic Shearwater - c.20 Portland Bill.
Spoonbill - 15 Brownsea Island.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Christchurch Hbr, 1 Coombe Heath, 1 Middlebere.
Osprey - 1+ Christchurch Hbr, 1+ Lytchett Bay, 4-6 elsewhere in Poole Harbour.
Hobby - 1 Brownsea Island, 2 Middlebere.
Whimbrel - 2 Christchurch Hbr.
Ruff - 4 Lodmoor, 2 RSPB Lytchett Fields.
Knot - 19 Brownsea Island, 6 Christchurch Hbr, 2 Ferrybridge, 1 Lodmoor.
Spotted Redshank - 7 Brownsea Island
Greenshank - 6 Christchurch Hbr, 3 Middlebere.
Green Sandpiper - 2 RSPB Lytchett Fields.
Common Sandpiper - 5 Brownsea Island, 6 Christchurch Hbr, 3 Lodmoor, 2 RSPB Lytchett Fields.
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Brownsea Island
Bee-Eater - 1 heard over Hengistbury Head.
Swift - 2 Broadstone.
Cuckoo - 1 Coombe Heath
Yellow Wagtail - 55 Christchurch Hbr, 1 Middlebere.
Wryneck - 1 Ringstead Bay.
Redstart - 1 Durlston NNR, 1 Middlebere.
Whinchat - 1 Brownsea Island, 4 Christchurch Hbr, 1 Tarrant Rushton airfield.
Bluethroat - 1 ringed at Lytchett Bay.
Grasshopper Warbler - 3 Portland Bill.
Melodious Warbler - 1 Portland Bill.
Firecrest - 1 Brownsea Island
Late news: 63 Egyptian Geese at Coward's Marsh on Thursday is a Dorset record for the species.
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