Reports of interest, Tuesday 31st July 2018.

Manx Shearwater - 42 Portland Bill.
Balearic Shearwater - 3 Portland Bill.
Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor.
Black Kite - an unconfirmed sighting over Slepe Heath this morning.
Whimbrel - 1 Ferrybridge, 1 Holloway's Dock (Hengistbury), 7 Stanpit.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor.
Common Sandpiper - 3 Ferrybridge, 6+ Lodmoor, 2 Stanpit.
Greenshank - 2 Holloway's Dock (Hengistbury).
Sedge Warbler - 7 Lodmoor, 3 Portland Bill.
Lesser Whitethroat - 3 Lodmoor, 1 Portland Bill.

Mediterranean Gull at Radipole © David Wareham

Whimbrel at Holloway's Dock © Clinton Whale

Greenshank at Holloway's Dock © Clinton Whale
 
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Reports of interest, Monday 30th July 2018.

Manx Shearwater - 68 Portland Bill.
Balearic Shearwater - 3 Portland Bill.
Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor.
Whimbrel - 8 past Hengistbury sandspit, 6 Stanpit.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor.
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit.
Common Sandpiper - 3 Stanpit.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Stanpit.
Greenshank - 2 Holloway's Dock (Hengistbury).
Great Skua - 1 Portland Bill.
Arctic Skua - 1 past Hengistbury sandspit, 1 Portland Bill.
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Reports of interest, Sunday 29th July 2018.

Manx Shearwater - 1+ Durlston CP, 1+ Hengistbury Head, count of 42 per hour Portland Bill.
Balearic Shearwater - 34+ Portland Bill.
Great Shearwater - 1 Portland Bill.
Sooty Shearwater - 3 Portland Bill.
Whimbrel - 10 Ferrybridge, 18 Portland Bill.
Great Skua - 8 Portland Bill.
Yellow-Legged Gull - 1 Ferrybridge, 12 Portland.
Redstart - 1 Lambert's Castle.

Ringed Black-Tailed Godwit at Stanpit © Clinton Whale
 
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Reports of interest, Saturday 28th July 2018.

Storm Petrel - 1 Hengistbury Head.
Manx Shearwater - 239 past Portland Bill in 1 hour.
Balearic Shearwater - 26 past Portland Bill.
CORY'S SHEARWATER - 1 possible past Portland Bill.
Osprey - 3 RSPB Lytchett Bay.
Whimbrel - 2 Portland Bill, 6 Stanpit.
Common Sandpiper - 2 Christchurch Harbour.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Holton Lee.
Greenshank - 3 Christchurch Harbour.
Arctic Skua - 1 pale-phase Ferrybridge.
Yellow-Legged Gull - 6 Portland sites.
Yellow Wagtail - 1 Holton Lee.

Late news:  A Great Shearwater from a boat east of Portland yesterday.

Juvenile Stonechat at Hengistbury Head © John Wareham

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Sightings - Friday 27th July 2018

Garganey - 1 over Abbotsbury Swannery
Osprey - 1 Middlebere
Sanderling - 6 Hengistbury Head, 3 Abbotsbury Swannery
Common Sandpiper - 4 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Greenshank - 2 Hengistbury Head

Juvenile Siskin in Wareham garden © Clive Hargrave

Greenshank at Holloway's Dock, Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale
Sanderling, Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale

Greenshank at Holloway's Dock, Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale
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Sightings - Thursday 26th July 2018

Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Spoonbill - 1 Arne RSPB
Osprey - 1 Middlebere
Little Ringed Plover - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Whimbrel -8 Stanpit
Knot - 1 Stanpit
Ruff - 2 Stanpit (Fisherman's Bank)
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Sanderling - 2 Ferrybridge
Common Sandpiper - 5 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 4 Lodmoor RSPB, 2 Stanpit
Green Sandpiper - 10+ Lytchett Fields RSPB, 2 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Holton Lee
Spotted Redshank - 2 Corfe Channel
Greenshank - 10 Corfe Channel, 6+ Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Middlebere, 1 Stanpit, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Ashtree Meadow (Christchurch)
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Sightings - Wednesday 25th July 2018

Cattle Egret - 1 Arne RSPB early morning from Coombe Heath
Osprey - 1 Arne RSPB
Whimbrel - 20+ Stanpit
Knot - 3 Stanpit
Sanderling - 2 Abbotsbury
Common Sandpiper - 3 Stanpit
Green Sandpiper - 20 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Abbotsbury, 1 Holton Lee
Greenshank - 1 Stanpit
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Abbotsbury
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Sightings - Tuesday 24th July 2018

Cattle Egret - 1 Arne RSPB
Osprey - 1 Arne RSPB
Sanderling -  3 Abbotsbury
Greenshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Common Sandpiper - 7 Abbotsbury
Green Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
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Sightings - Monday 23rd July 2018.

Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Fleet area.
Dunlin - 19 including 1st juvenile Lytchett Fields RSPB.
Little Stint - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB.
Greenshank - 10 Lytchett Fields RSPB.
Redshank - 100+ including many juveniles.
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 juvenile Fleet area.
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Sightings - Sunday 22nd July 2018.

Osprey - 1 over Brownsea Lagoon.
Whimbrel - 6 Stanpit Marsh.
Knot - 1 Stanpit Marsh.
Common Sandpiper - 4 Stanpit Marsh.
Little Tern - 85 Ferrybridge including at least 5 juveniles.
Arctic Tern - 1 Brownsea Lagoon.

Black-tailed Godwits – Hengistbury © Clinton Whale.

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Sightings - Saturday 21st July 2018.

Balearic Shearwater - 3 past Portland Bill.
Purple Heron - 1 Littlesea.
Spoonbill - 1 Middlebere.
Osprey - 1 Middlebere.
Avocet - 1 Middlebere(limping).
Whimbrel - 1 Ferrybridge.
Knot - 4 Ferrybridge.
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Crown Estate Fields, Portland. Ringed at Portland Observatory earlier this year.

Stonechat – Middlebere © Trevor Wilkinson.

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Sightings - Friday 20th July 2018.


Black-necked Grebe - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery.
Great White Egret - 6 over Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 NE over Christchurch Harbour.
Purple Heron - 1 juv briefly Littlesea.
Little Ringed Plover - 1 heard over Stanpit Marsh.
Whimbrel - 10 Stanpit Marsh.
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor RSPB.
Common Sandpiper - 2 Stanpit Marsh.
Roseate Tern - 2 Brownsea Lagoon.

Sandwich Tern – Brownsea Lagoon © Clinton Whale.

Sandwich Tern with chick – Brownsea Lagoon © Clinton Whale.

Linnet – Hengistbury Head © David Wareham.





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Sightings - Thursday 19th July 2018

Goosander - 2 Rodden Hive
Great Egret - 1 Abbotsbury
Purple Heron - Little Sea (seen at 1430)
Osprey - 1 Wareham Channel
Whimbrel - 2 Lytchett Fields
Common Sandpiper - 3 Abbotsbury, 2 Lytchett Fields
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Abbotsbury
Green Sandpiper - 20 Lytchett Fields
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Sightings - Wednesday 18th July 2018

Mute Swan - 319 Christchurch Harbour
Purple Heron -1 Little Sea, Studland
Osprey - 1 over Briantspuddle
Curlew Sandpiper - 3 Lodmoor
Roseate Tern - 2 Brownsea Island lagoon

Purple Heron Little Sea (last night) copyright Steve Smith

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Sightings - Tuesday 17th July 2018

Egyptian Goose - 8 Longham Lakes
Osprey - 1 Coombe Heath
Purple Heron - 1 Littlesea Studland
Cattle Egret - 1 Littlesea Studland
Red Kite - 1 Lytchett Fields
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields
Common Sandpiper - 9 Stanpit Marsh

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Sightings - Monday 16th July 2018

Purple Heron - 1 juv Littlesea, Studland this evening
Red Kite - 1 Avon Causeway
Osprey - 1 Middlebere
Green Sandpiper - 23 Lytchett Fields
Common Sandpiper - 4 Lytchett Fields, 9 Stanpit Marsh
Greenshank - 6 Lytchett Fields
Spotted Redshank - 1 Brownsea Island lagoon

Juvenile Kestrel Hengistbury Head copyright David Wareham

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Sightings - Sunday 15th July 2018

Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Spoonbill - 1 Middlebere
Osprey - 1 Poole Harbour
Spotted Redshank - 2 Brownsea Lagoon
Greenshank - 7 Middlebere
Roseate Tern - 1 Poole Harbour

Late news for yesterday: Pomarine Skua on Abbotsbury Beach.

Whitethroat - Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale

Whimbrel - Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale

Peregrine - Durlston CP © Lee



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Sightings - Saturday 14th July 2018

Garganey - 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Great White Egret - 7 briefly on Lytchett Fields RSPB
Spoonbill - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Osprey - 2 Middlebere
Roseate Tern - 2 Brownsea Lagoon
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Brownsea Lagoon, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Spotted Redshank - 1 Middlebere
Greenshank - 5 Middlebere

Song Thrush - Hengistbury Head © David Wareham

Yellowhammer - Ringstead Bay © Bill Robins




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Sightings - Friday 13th July 2018

Great White Egret - 1 Middlebere
Spoonbill - 1 Middlebere
Linnet - Hengistbury Head © David Wareham

juv Kestrel - Durlston CP © Clive Hargrave

juv Kestrels - Durlston CP © Clive Hargrave

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Sightings - Thursday 12th July 2018

Spoonbill - 2 Middlebere
Great White Egret - 1 Brand's Bay
Green Sandpiper - 26 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 2 Brand's Bay
Ruff - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Hobby and Buzzard © Clive Hargrave

Skylark - Hengistbury Head © David Wareham

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Sightings - Wednesday 11th July 2018.

Garganey - 1 - Standpipt Marsh, Christchurch
Cory's Shearwater - 1 reported 2.5 miles south of Bridport 1 mile off West Bay this evening
Great White Egret - 1 Middlebere
Spoonbill - 2 - Middlebere
Little Ringed Plover - 1 - juv, Brownsea Island Lagoon
Knot - 1 - Brownsea Island Lagoon
Greenshank 4 - Brownsea Island Lagoon


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Sightings - Tuesday 10th July 2017.

Osprey - 1 flew over Swineham GP
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Green Sandpiper - 1 Holton Lees
Greenshank - 1 Holton Lees
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Arctic Tern - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Whitethroat - Standpit © Clinton Whale

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Sightings - Monday 09th July 2018.

Dunlin - 9 Holloways Dock, Hengistbury.

Sandwich Terns - Hengistbury © Clinton Whale


Dunlin - Hengistbury © Clinton Whale





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Sightings - Sunday 8th July 2018

Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Island
Marsh Harrier - 1 south over Portland Bill
Whimbrel - 2 Stanpit, 1 Holloway's Dock, Hengistbury Head
Common Sandpiper - 4 Stanpit

Spotted Flycatcher at Witchampton © Brian Smith

Stonchats on Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale

Whimbrel on Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale
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Sightings - Saturday 7th July 2018

Few reports today eyes on the World Cup perhaps.

Spoonbill - 1 adult Brownsea Is.
Avocet - 6 Brownsea Is. Lagooon
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Brownsea Is. lagoon
Whimbrel - 2 Fisherman's Bank Christchurch.
Sanderling - 2 Fisherman's Bank Christchurch
Common Sandpiper - 10 north shore Brownsea Is. 4 Fisherman's Bank Christchurch

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Sightings - Friday 6th July 2018

Whooper Swan - 1 still Abbotsbury Swannery
Manx Shearwater - 21 past Abbotsbury Beach
Osprey - 1 Arne RSPB a.m, 1 briefly Wareham Forest.
Little Ringed Plover - 1 juv. Stanpit Marsh
Whimbrel - 2 Stanpit Marsh
Green Sandpiper - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Greenshank - 2 Middlebere
Little Gull - 1 Portland Bill
Hobby - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Yellow Wagtail - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Also a mixed flock of 200+ hirundine head towards West Bexington past Abbotsbury Beach.
Kestrel - 1 of 5 Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale

House Martin - Southbourne © Clinton Whale

House Martin - Southbourne © Clinton Whale

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Sightings - Thursday 5th July 2018

Very few reports today.

Cuckoo - 1 adult Middlebere, 1 juvenile Hartland Moor.
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Sightings - Wednesday 4th July 2018

Spoonbill - 2 Lytchett Bay
Little Ringed Plover - 6 Lodmoor, 2 Ferrybridge a.m.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Lodmoor
Green Sandpiper - 1 Lytchet Fields RSPB
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Linnet - Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale


Juvenile Robin - Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

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Reports of interest, Tuesday 3rd July 2018.

Hobby - 2 Stoborough, 1 Longham Lakes.
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Longham Lakes, 12 RSPB Lytchett Fields.
Grey Plover - 1 RSPB Lytchett Fields.
Whimbrel - 1 RSPB Lytchett Fields, 2 Stanpit.
Common Sandpiper - 2 RSPB Lytchett Fields.
Green Sandpiper - 17 RSPB Lytchett Fields.
Greenshank - 2 RSPB Lytchett Fields, 2 Stanpit.
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Reports of interest, Monday 2nd July 2018.

Spoonbill - 1 Brownsea Island.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Lodmoor.
Hobby - 1 Holt Heath.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Hengistbury Head sandspit.
Cuckoo - 1 Radipole Lake.

Young Jackdaws at Bournemouth Hospital © Clinton Whale

Common Tern at Lodmoor © Clive Hargrave

Common Tern at Lodmoor © Clive Hargrave

Lapwing at Lodmoor © Clive Hargrave

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Reports of interest, Sunday 1st July 2018.

Quail - 1 calling Charminster/Charlton Down area.
Grey Plover - 1 Stanpit.
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Ferrybridge.
Whimbrel - 3 Stanpit.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit.
Spotted Flycatcher - 4 Wareham Forest.
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