Dorset Birds: September 2018

Sightings - Sunday 30th September 2018.

Cattle Egret - 2 Priory Marsh.
Great White Egret - 2 Coward's Marsh.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Holton Lee, 1 Priory Marsh.
Hobby - 2 Radipole Lake RSPB.
Avocet - 350 Middlebere.
Black-tailed Godwit - c700 Middlebere.
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Christchurch Harbour.
Grey Phalarope - 1 Lodmoor RSPB.
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 Lodmoor RSPB.
Turtle Dove - 1 Portland Bill.
Wryneck - 1 Easton.
Skylark - 90 St. Aldhelm's Head.
Wheatear - 7 St. Aldhelm's Head, 2 Stanpit Marsh.

Little Grebe – Lodmoor RSPB © David Wareham.

Sightings - Saturday 29th September 2018.

Grey Partridge - 4 St. Aldhelm's Head.
Cattle Egret - 2 Stanpit Marsh, 1 briefly Portland Bill.
Hen Harrier - 1 Butterstreet Cove.
Golden Plover - 1 over White Nothe.
Grey Phalarope - 1 Lodmoor RSPB.
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 Lodmoor RSPB.
Fieldfare - 6+ near Kingston Lacey.
Firecrest - 4 Avalanche Road.
Lapland Bunting - 1 White Nothe.

Lesser Yellowlegs – Lodmoor RSPB © David Wareham.

Stonechat – Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale.

Ruff – Lodmoor RSPB © David Wareham.

Sightings - Friday 28th September 2018

Cattle Egret - 1 Abbotsbury

Great White Egret - 1 Holes Bay, 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Osprey - 1 Abbotsbury, 1 Radipole RSPB

Merlin - 1 St.Aldhelm's Head

Hobby - 1 Radipole RSPB

Golden Plover - 2 over St.Aldhelm's Head

Grey Phalarope - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Green Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 still at Lodmoor RSPB

Whinchat - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery

Common Rosefinch - 1 trapped at Portland Bill

Curlew at Stanpit © Clinton Whale

Wheatear at Stanpit © Clinton Whale

Lesser Yellowlegs at Lodmoor RSPB © Janice Grove

Greenshank and Lesser Yellowlegs at Lodmoor RSPB © Janice Grove

Grey Phalarope © Paul Dibben

Sightings - Thursday 27th September 2018

Cattle Egret - 19 Abbotsbury Swannery early morning
Spoonbill - 31 Shipstal (Arne RSPB), 12 Brownsea Island
Osprey - 1 over Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Hobby - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Longham Lakes
Whimbrel - 1 Stanpit
Grey Phalarope - 1 Swanage Bay, 1 Herbury (The Fleet)
Green Sandpiper - 8 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 still at Lodmoor RSPB
Roseate Tern - 1 off Salterns Marina (Poole Harbour)
Woodlark - 1 Portland Bill
Spotted Flycatcher - 4 Durlston CP
Yellow Wagtail - 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Stanpit

Little Egret at Hengistbury Head © David Wareham

Lady Amherst's-type Pheasant in private garden, Cerne Abbas © Nicola Duckworth

Sightings - Wednesday 26th September 2018

Garganey - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Cattle Egret - 7 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Abbotsbury
Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Rodden Hive
Hen Harrier - 1 female reported at Beaminster Down
Osprey - 1 Herbury/Rodden Hive
Spotted Crake - 1 still at Lodmoor RSPB, 1 probable in flight at Stanpit Marsh
Common Crane - 2 Arne RSPB (from Coombe Heath)
Grey Phalarope - 2 Herbury (The Fleet), 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Green Sandpiper - 6 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 still at Lodmoor RSPB
Caspian Gull - 1 first winter at Portland Bill
Red-backed Shrike - 1 female Seacombe Valley
Firecrest - 2 Hengistbury Head
Red-rumped Swallow - 1 reported over Hengistbury Head
Spotted Flycatcher - 2 Durlston CP
Redstart - 1 Durlston CP
Whinchat - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Tree Sparrow - 1 Portland Bill
Yellow Wagtail - 4 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Hawfinch - 1 over Wick Fields (Hengistbury)

Lesser Yellowlegs at Lodmoor RSPB © Derek Fowler

Ringed Plover at Hengistbury Head © David Wareham

Sightings - Tuesday 25th September 2018

Cattle Egret - 1 between Martinstown and Maiden Castle
Common Crane - 2 private site Poole Harbour
Marsh Harrier - 2 Middlebere
Osprey - 1 Lodmoor
Knot - 11 Middlebere
Lesser Yellowlegs -1 Lodmoor
Grey Phalarope -1 Herbury Gore, 1 Abbotsbury
Swallow - 1000 plus over Christchurch Harbour, 6/8000 with House Martins over West Bexington
Spotted Crake - 1 Lodmoor

Grey Phalarope © Freddy Alway

Sanderlings Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale

Sightings - Monday 24th September 2018

Common Scoter - 15 Weymouth Bay

Common Crane - 2 over Poole Harbour entrance

Spotted Crake - 1 Lodmoor

Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 Lodmoor

Grey Phalarope - 1 Herbury Gore, 1 Brownsea Island lagoon

Short-eared Owl - 1 Weymouth Bay

Meadow Pipit - 1000 over Hengistbury Head

Northern Wheatear - 24 St Aldhelm's Head

Rosy Starling - 1 Blacknor Portland

Lesser Yellowlegs Lodmoor © Roger Hewitt

Grey Phalarope Herbury Gore © Jayson Grove

Peregrine Falcon Bournemouth © David Wareham

Sightings - Sunday 23rd September 2018

Garganey - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery
Cattle Egret - 1 Moonfleet Manor The Fleet, 1 Central Marsh Christchurch Harbour
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery, then Lodmoor
Grey Phalarope - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Works Cove Herbury Gore, 1 Lodmoor
Redshank - 162 Lytchett Fields
Ruff - 2 Christchurch Harbour

Lesser Yellowlegs Lodmoor © Edmund Mackrill

Sightings - Saturday 22nd September 2018

Garganey - 1 Longham Lakes
Spotted Crake - 1 Lodmoor
Cattle Egret - 1 Radipole Lake, 1 Parky Meade Rail Christchurch Harbour
Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor
Grey Phalarope - 5 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Brownsea Island lagoon, 1 West Bexington,
1 Cuttcleaves Cove The Fleet
Black Tern - 1 past Hengistbury Head
Arctic Tern - 1 Mudeford Quay
Meadow Pipit - 4000 over Christchurch Harbour
Firecrest - 5 Christchurch Harbour

Sightings - Friday 21st September 2018

Cattle Egret - 3 Lodmoor RSPB, 3 Radipole Lake RSPB
Leach's Petrel - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Spotted Crake - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Grey Phalarope - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery, 2 Blacknor, 2 Lyme Regis Cobb, 1 Cuttcleaves Cove, 1 Rodden Hive, 1 Chesil Cove.
Knot - 1 Rodden Hive

Spotted Crake - Lodmoor RSPB © Roger Hewitt

Cattle Egret - Lodmoor RSPB © Roger Hewitt

Sightings - Thursday 20th September 2018

Cattle Egret - 7 Abbotsbury near the lime kiln, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Spoonbill - 30 Shipstal Point, Arne RSPB
Spotted Crake - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Balearic Shearwater - 12 past Portland Bill
Knot - 5 Middlebere
Little Stint - 1 Middlebere
Pectoral Sandpiper - 1 briefly Lodmoor RSPB
Grey Phalarope - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Cutcleaves Cove (Wyke Regis), 2 Lyme Regis Cobb
Arctic Tern - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Pectoral Sandpiper - Lodmoor RSPB © Dave Chown

Sightings - Wednesday 19th September 2018

Cattle Egret - 7 left the Abbotsbury roost this morning, 5 Radipole Lake RSPB, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB.
Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB.
Black Tern - 1 Chesil Cove.
Grey Phalarope - 1 Lyme Regis Cobb, 1 Ferrybridge.

Sightings - Tuesday 18th September 2018

Cattle Egret - 6 Abbotsbury Swannery, 4 Portesham, 4 Radipole Lake RSPB
Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Balearic Shearwater - 14 past Portland Bill, 1 past Lyme Regis
Spotted Redshank - 8 Middlebere, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Osprey - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Cattle Egret x3 - Portesham © Sue Wingett

Wheatear - Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale

Sightings - Monday 17th September 2018

Cattle Egret - 8 Radipole Lake RSPB, 1 Barrs Lane, Charmouth, 2 Abbotsbury Swannery,
Osprey - 1 Canford Bottom

Sandwich Tern - Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale

Sightings - Sunday 16th September 2018

Cattle Egret - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery, 2 Nottington, 2 Portesham
Great White Egret - 2 over Holes Bay, Poole Harbour
Spoonbill - 20 Arne RSPB
Osprey - 1 Rodden Hive, Chesil Beach
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit Marsh, Christchurch
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Golf Course Embankment, Christchurch

Ringed Plover - Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale

Sightings - Saturday 15th September 2018.

Balearic Shearwater - 2 past Portland Bill

Cattle Egret - 2 By old railway line at Portesham, 2 NW over Abbotsbury Swannery

Wood Sandpiper - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Spotted Redshank - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Balearic Shearwater - 2 past Portland Bill

Dunlin Stanpit Marsh - © Clinton Whale

Sightings - Friday 14th September 2018

Common Scoter - 11 Portland Bill

Cattle Egret - 5 Abbotsbury Swannery, 4 Radipole Lake RSPB

Curlew Sandpiper 2 Juvs - Standpit Marsh
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Parky Meade Rail, Christchurch
Grey Phalarope - 1 Portland
Arctic Skua - 2 Portland Bill

Kestrel - Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Sightings - Thursday 13th September 2018

Wigeon - 25 Stanpit
Bittern - 1 Radipole
Cattle Egret - 3 Ogber
Spoonbill - 1 Middlebere
Marsh Harrier - 1 Stanpit, 1 Middlebere, 1 West Harbour, Poole
Ringed Plover - 50 Ferrybridge
Grey Plover - 5 Middlebere
Knot - 16 Middlebere, 8 over Hengistbury Head, 1 Ferrybridge
Sanderling - 6 Stanpit, 5 Ferrybridge, 1 Lytchett Fields
Dunlin - 65 Hengistbury Head, 50 Ferrybridge
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit
Green Sandpiper - 1 Middlebere
Spotted Redshank - 1 Stanpit
Greenshank - 2 Hengistbury Head, Holloways Dock
Short-eared Owl - 1 yesterday Portland
Tree Pipit - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery
Yellow Wagtail - 4 Hengistbury Head
Redstart - 4 Hengistbury Head, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Whinchat - 1 Stanpit, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Fieldfare - 4 Arne
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Durlston
Spotted Flycatcher - 5 Hengistbury Head, 1 Portland
Pied Flycatcher - 1 PC World drain, Holes Bay
Tree Sparrow - 1 Hengistbury Head

Good numbers of Willow Warblers recorded today.

Other news - Second male Osprey S1 has made it to Gambia.

Sightings - Wednesday 12th September 2018

Spoonbill - 19 from Shipstal Hide, Arne
Osprey - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Middlebere
Avocet - 85 Brownsea
Sanderling - 4 Ferrybridge
Curlew Sandpiper - 3 juvs Brownsea
Dunlin - 87 Brownsea, 70 Ferrybridge, 60 Hengistbury Head
Knot - 4 Ferrybridge
Green Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields
Greenshank - 9 Brownsea, 2 Hengistbury Head
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields
Yellow-legged Gull - 2 first winters Portland Bill, 2 first winters Mudeford Quay
Redstart - 1 Badbury Rings

Osprey - Middlebere © Phyl England

Sightings - Tuesday 11th September 2018

Common Scoter - off Mudeford Quay
Manx Shearwater - 1 Portland
Balearic Shearwater - 1 off Mudeford Quay
Great White Egret - 1 - Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Portland
Spoonbill - 1 Stanpit
Marsh Harrier - 1 Middlebere, 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Hobby - 1 Middlebere, 1 Stanpit
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Mudeford
Little Gull - 1 off Mudeford Quay
Black Tern - 1 off Mudeford Quay
Sandwich Tern - 57 off Mudeford Quay
Knot - 1 Stanpit
Curlew Sandpiper - 13 Brownsea, 1 Middlebere
Common Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Greenshank - 2 Middlebere
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Middlebere
Black-tailed Godwit - 540 Middlebere
Ruff - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Dunlin - 30 Hengistbury Head sandspit
Sanderling - 4 Hengistbury Head sandspit

Sanderling - Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale

Sightings - Monday 10th September 2018

Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Cattle Egret - 3 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 possibly 2 Radipole Lake RSPB
Spoonbill - 1 Brownsea
Marsh Harrier - 1 Wick, 1 Holton Lee
Osprey - 1 Middlebere, 1 Holton Lee
Sanderling - 1 Stanpit
Knot - 1 Ferrybridge
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields, 1 Stanpit
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Brownsea
Mediterranean Gull - 1 leucistic individual Radipole
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Durlston

Sightings - Sunday 9th September 2018

Balearic Shearwater - 14 Portland Bill
Great White Egret - 2 Radipole RSPB, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Spoonbill - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Osprey - 1 Piddle Valley Swineham
Ruff - 2 Lodmoor
Curlew Sandpiper - 3 Brownsea Is, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Great Skua - 1 Portland Bill
Little Gull - 1juvenile Ferrybridge
Caspian Gull - 1 juvenile Lodmoor RSPB
Firecrest - 3 Brownsea Is near Castle.
Yellow Wagtail - 30 Piddle Valley Swineham

Sightings - Saturday 8th September 2018

Common Scoter - 6 west St. Aldhelm's Hd.
Balearic Shearwater - 6 St. Adhelm's Hd.
Bittern - 1 Radipole Lake RSPB
Cattle Egret - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 2 Coward's Marsh, 2 Stanpit Marsh
Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor, 1 Radipole Lake RSPB, 1 Arne RSPB, 1 Lytchett Bay
Spoonbill - 1 Stanpit
Osprey - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Coombe Arne RSPB
Marsh Harrier - 1 Holton Lee
Ruff - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Curlew Sandpiper - 3 Brownsea Is, 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Hobby - 4 Verwood
Whitethroat - 9 Ringstead, 3 Stanpit Marsh, 2+ Sunnyside Fm
Redstart - 3 Sunnyside Fm, 2 Portland Bill, 1 Ringstead
Whinchat - 2 Sunnyside Fm, 2 Abbotsbury Swannery
Yellow Wagtail - 18 Portland Bill, 8+ Sunnyside Fm. 2 St. Adhelm's Hd.
Grey Wagtail - 7 Portland Bill, 2 Ringstead

Sightings - Friday 7th September 2018

Balearic Shearwater - 131 Portland Bill
Great White Egret - 1 Radipole Lake
Spoonbill - 13 Shipstal Arne, 5 Brownsea Is, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Osprey - 1 Middlebere, 1 Lytchett Bay
Whimbrel - 4 Stanpit March, 1 Middlebere
Knot - 14 Middlebere
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Middlebere
Little Stint - 1 Brownsea Is.
Common Sandpiper 1 Stanpit Marsh
Spotted Redshank - 2 Brownsea Is, 1 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB.
Merlin - 1 Ferrybridge
Hobby - 1 Forston
Whitethroat - 11 Christchurch Hbr.
Wood Warbler - 1 Portland Bill
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Portland Bill
Whinchat - 2 Christchurch Hbr.
Yellow Wagatil - 11 Christchurch Hbr.

Sightings - Thursday 6th September 2018

Garganey - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Cattle Egret - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB.
Spoonbill - 15 Brownsea Is, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Marsh Harrier - 2 Lytchett Bay
Osprey - 4 seen from Arne RSPB, 1+ Lytvhett Bay
Ruff - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Brownsea Is.
Little Stint - 1 Brownsea Is.
Common Sandpiper - 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB.
Green Sandpiper - 7 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Greenshank - 5 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 4 Middlebere, 1 past Durlston CP.
Nightjar - 2 Durlston CP.
Wryneck - 1 Suckthumb Quarry Portland
Hobby - 1 Greenland's Fm.
Blackcap - 120+ Durlston CP, 5 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Lesser Whitethroat - 8 Durlston CP.
Whitethroat - 50+ Durlston CP.
Spotted Flycatcher - 3 Arne RSPB, 3 Upton CP, 2 Durlston CP, 2 Winspit, 2 Rushcombe, 1 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Redstart - 5 Durlston CP, 1 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Winspit, 1 Rushcombe.
Whinchat - 2 Durlston CP, 2 Stanpit Marsh
Wheatear - 5 Reap Lane, 3 Stanpit Marsh
Grey Wagtail - 5 Durlston CP.
Yellow Wagtail - 20+ LytchettFields RSPB, 13 Greenlands Fm, 4 Ferrybridge, 2 Reap Lane Portland
Ortolan Bunting - 1 St. Aldhelm's Hd. nr. Haysom Quarry

Reports of interest, Wednesday 5th September 2018

Manx Shearwater - 18 Portland Bill.
Balearic Shearwater - 8 Portland Bill.
Spoonbill - 5 over Hengistbury, 1 Stanpit.
Marsh Harrier - 2 Lytchett RSPB.
Osprey - 2 Lytchett RSPB.
Hobby - 1 Portland (Barleycrates Lane), 1 Studland.
Merlin - 1 Portland Bill.
Whimbrel - 1 Stanpit.
Knot - 3 Lytchett RSPB, 1 Stanpit.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Stanpit.
Greenshank - 7 Lytchett RSPB, 1 Portland Bill, 1 Stanpit.
Yellow Wagtail - 19 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Ferrybridge, 8 Lytchett RSPB, 59 Portland Bill, 31 Ringstead, 8 Studland.
Alba wagtail - 9 Portland Bill.
Redstart - 5 Portland, 1 Ringstead.
Whinchat - 1 Lytchett RSPB.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Portland Bill.
Spotted Flycatcher - 2 Christchurch Harbour, 4 Studland.
ORTOLAN - 2 Fancy's Farm (Portland).

Hirundines were on the move today with substantial numbers reported from several coastal sites.
Note: The elevated number of Osprey in Poole Harbour at present is due to the Osprey translocation scheme which is being carried out by the Birds of Poole Harbour charity and The Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation. For more information on this project follow the link below.
https://www.birdsofpooleharbour.co.uk/osprey-translocation-project-schools-summer

Reports of interest, Tuesday 4th September 2018.

Marsh Harrier - 1 Stanpit, 1 Wick.
Whimbrel - 2 Stanpit.
Knot - 20 Hengistbury sandspit.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Longham Lakes.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Hengistbury Head.
Yellow-Legged Gull - 1 Mudeford Quay.
WRYNECK - 1 Wick.
Yellow Wagtail - 10 Christchurch Harbour.
Redstart - 1 Portland.
Whinchat - 3 Fancy's Farm (Portland), 2 Stanpit.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Portland Bill.
Spotted Flycatcher - 2 Christchurch Harbour, 5 Portland.
ORTOLAN - 2 Fancy's Farm (Portland).

Reports of interest, Monday 3rd September 2018.

Spoonbill - 7 Brownsea Island.
Red Kite - 1 Lytchett RSPB.
Osprey - 2-3 Lytchett RSPB.
Hobby - 1 Hengistbury Head.
Grey Plover - 1 Durlston NR.
Whimbrel - 1 Stanpit.
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Brownsea Island.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Ferrybridge.
Greenshank - 8 Brownsea Island, 2 Hengistbury Head, 3 Lytchett RSPB, 1 Stanpit.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Brownsea Island.
Little Stint - 1 Brownsea Island.
STONE CURLEW - 1 Durlston area.
Yellow-Legged Gull - 1 Brownsea Island.
WRYNECK - 1 Portland Bill.
Yellow Wagtail - 9 Christchurch Harbour, 2 Durlston NR, 2 Ferrybridge, 50+ Forston, 1 St Aldhelms's Head.
Redstart - 2 Ashley Chase, 14 Durlston NR, 1 Martinstown, 2 St Aldhelms's Head.
Whinchat - 1 Ashley Chase, 5 Martinstown, 2 St Aldhelms's Head.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Durlston NR.
Spotted Flycatcher - 9 Ashley Chase, 4 Durlston NR, 1 Wick.
Wood Warbler - 1 Portland Bill.
ORTOLAN - 1 Ferrybridge, 2 Fancy's Farm (Portland).

Note: The elevated number of Osprey in Poole Harbour at present is due to the Osprey translocation scheme which is being carried out by the Birds of Poole Harbour charity and The Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation. For more information on this project follow the link below.
https://www.birdsofpooleharbour.co.uk/osprey-translocation-project-schools-summer

Sightings - Sunday 2nd September 2018

Pintail - 5 Brand's Bay
Garganey - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery
Manx Shearwater - 1 Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 2 Portland Bill
Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Radipole RSPB
Spoonbill - 1 Stanpit
Osprey - 2 Lytchett Bay, 1 juv Brand's Bay
Whimbrel - 1 Christchurch Harbour 1 Portland Bill
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 juv still on Brownsea Island lagoon
Sanderling - 2 Ferrybridge
Common Sandpiper - 2 Longham Lakes, 2 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Ferrybridge
Spotted Redshank - 1 Middlebere
Greenshank - 1 Brand's Bay
Short-eared Owl - 1 Portland Bill
Wryneck - 1 Wick Fields (Hengistbury)
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Durlston CP, 2 Portland Bill
Redstart - 3 Durlston CP, 1 Studland
Whinchat - 9 Portland Bill, 4+ Studland
Yellow Wagtail - 4 Portland Bill, 4 Wick, 1 Durlston CP

Note:
The elevated numbers of Osprey in Poole Harbour at present is due to the Osprey translocation scheme which is being carried out by the Birds of Poole Harbour charity and The Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation, for more information on this project follow the link below.
https://www.birdsofpooleharbour.co.uk/osprey-translocation-project-schools-summer

Sightings - Saturday 1st September 2018

Great White Egret - 1 briefly at Christchurch Harbour, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Spoonbill - 19 Brownsea Island, 2 Middlebere, 1 Hengistbury
Osprey - 1 over Weymouth Bay, 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Brand's Bay
Whimbrel - 2 Brand's Bay
Knot - 13 briefly at Ferrybridge, 4 Brownsea Island
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 juv Brownsea Island
Common Sandpiper - 2 Longham Lakes
Green Sandpiper - 1 Wick
Spotted Redshank - 1 heard at Hengistbury, 1 Brownsea Island
Greenshank - 15 Brownsea Island, 4 Christchurch Harbour ( 3 at Stanpit, 1 at Wick)
Short-eared Owl - 1 Durlston CP
Nightjar - 2 ringed at Durlston CP
Wryneck - 1 Hengistbury Head
Blackcap - 55 ringed at Durlston CP
Grasshopper Warbler - 2 ringed at Durlston CP
Redstart - 5 Greenlands Farm
Whinchat - 13 Wallsend Cove, Portland, 5 Ringstead, 2 Greenlands Farm
Blue-headed Wagtail - a probable at Abbotsbury Swannery briefly this evening
Hawfinch - 1 over Durlston CP

Yesterday: A blue-headed Wagtail trapped and ringed at Hengistbury yesterday evening.

Note:
The elevated numbers of Osprey in Poole Harbour at present is due to the Osprey translocation scheme which is being carried out by the Birds of Poole Harbour charity and The Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation, for more information on this project follow the link below.
https://www.birdsofpooleharbour.co.uk/osprey-translocation-project-schools-summer