Sightings - Wednesday 31st July 2019

Manx Shearwater - 4 Portland Bill
Spoonbill - 6 Middlebere
Osprey - 2 West Poole Hbr.
Whimbrel - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 past Portland Bill
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Brownsea Is.
Common Sandpiper - 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Green Sandpiper - 4 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Greenshank - 7 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Arctic Skua - 2 Portland Bill
Hobby - 1 north Litton Cheney

Yellowhammer - Badbury Rings © Nick Hull

Sightings - Tuesday 30th July 2019

Manx Shearwater - 46 Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 14 past Portland Bill
Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Spoonbill - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Oystercatcher - 60 Ferrybridge
Whimbrel - 8 Ferrybridge
Turnstone - 74 Ferrybridge
Knot - 5 Ferrybridge
Green Sandpiper - 19 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Greenshank - 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Wood Sandpiper - singles at Ferrybridge, Trent, Tidmoor Range & Lytchett Fields RSPB
Arctic Skua - 2 past Portland Bill
Great Skua - 1 past Portland Bill
Yellow-legged Gull - 2 Portland Bill

Sightings - Monday 29th July 2019

Common Scoter - 22 Portland Bill
Great White Egret - 3 Lodmoor RSPB
Osprey - 2 Morden Bog
Pacific Golden Plover - 1 Possible Sunnyside Farm scrape flew S.E. towards Hartland Moor
Green Sandpiper - 8 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 3 Lodmoor RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Field RSPB
Pied Flycatcher - 1 juv Durlston CP.

Sightings - Sunday 28th July 2019

Common Quail - 2 Cranborne
Manx Shearwater - 7 past Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 3 past Portland Bill
Spoonbill - 1 Middlebere
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Portland Bill
Yellow Wagtail - 1 Portland Bill

Sightings - Saturday 27th July 2019

Garganey - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Cattle Egret - 1 Christchurch Harbour briefly this morning
Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Middlebere
Spoonbill - 4 Brownsea Island
Osprey - 2 Morden Bog, 1 Wareham Channel
Whimbrel - 7 Stanpit, 2 Hengistbury
Sanderling - 1 Stanpit, 1 Hengistbury
Common Sandpiper - 3 Stanpit
Green Sandpiper - 1 Wick, 1 Stanpit
Greenshank - 2 Brownsea Island, 1 Hengistbury

Peregrine at Lansdowne, Bournemouth © David Wareham

Sightings - Friday 26th July 2019

Manx Shearwater - 4 Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater- 5 Portland Bill
Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Spoonbill - 7 Brownsea Island
Hobby - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Little Ringed Plover - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Whimbrel - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Hengistbury, 1 Stanpit
Sanderling - 3 Ferrybridge, 2 Hengistbury
Common Sandpiper - 3 Stanpit, 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Green Sandpiper - 20 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Holten Lee
Greenshank - 9 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Hengistbury
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Portland Bill

Sightings - Thursday 25th July 2019

Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Osprey - 1 Middlebere
Little Ringed Plover - 6 West Bexington, 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Whimbrel - 2 Middlebere, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Common Sandpiper -  3 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Green Sandpiper - 19 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Greenshank - 7 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 4 Middlebere, 1 Brownsea Island
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Sightings - Wednesday 24th July 2019

Eider - 1 still from the Cobb at Lyme Regis
Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Osprey - 1 over Wareham Channel
Little Ringed Plover - 2 over Hengistbury Head, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Whimbrel - 1 Ferrybridge
Sanderling - 2 Ferrybridge
Common Sandpiper -  2 Hengistbury Head, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Green Sandpiper - 21 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1+ Stanpit
Greenshank - 1 Hengistbury Head
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Brownsea Island
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 trapped at Portland Bill

Sightings - Tuesday 23rd July 2019.

Spoonbill - 7 Brownsea Lagoon.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB.
Common Sandpiper - 4 Lytchett Fields RSPB.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB.
Greenshank - 6 Lytchett Fields RSPB.
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB.

Sightings - Monday 22nd July 2019.

Common Scoter - 5 past Portland Bill.
Great Crested Grebe - 1 settled off Portland Bill.
Manx Shearwater - 3 past Portland Bill.
Balearic Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill.
Spoonbill - 7 Brownsea Lagoon.
Bittern - 1 Lodmoor RSPB.
Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB.
Whimbrel - 6 Christchurch Harbour.
Common Sandpiper - 2 Lodmoor RSPB.

Sightings - Sunday 21st July 2019.

Common Scoter - 1 Brands Bay.
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB.
Whimbrel - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 2 Studland.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB.
Spoonbill - 7 Brownsea Lagoon.

Common Tern – Lodmoor RSPB © David Wareham. 

Sightings - Saturday 20th July 2019.

Osprey - 1 over Lytchett Bay(LS7), 1 over Middlebere.
Little Ringed Plover - 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB.
Whimbrel - 5 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Sanderling - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Greenshank - 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB.
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB.
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB.
Little Gull - 2 Ferrybridge.

Sightings - Friday 19th July 2019

Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Whimbrel - 4 over Farrington (near Child Okeford), 1 Christchurch Harbour
Sanderling - 1 Ferrybridge
Common Sandpiper - 3 Lodmoor RSPB
Little Gull - 1 Ferrybridge

Sightings - Thursday 18th July 2019

Great White Egret - 3 Lodmoor RSPB
Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Osprey - at least 2 in Poole Harbour
Whimbrel - 4 Stanpit, 2 Middlebere
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Greenshank - 4 Middlebere, 1 Stanpit
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 past West Bexington

Great Crested Grebe at Radipole RSPB © David Wareham

Reports of interest, Wednesday 17th July 2019.

Common Scoter - 1 Bramble Bush Bay.
Balearic Shearwater - 16 past Portland Bill.
Spoonbill - 6 Brownsea Island.
Little Ringed Plover - 6 Lytchett Bay RSPB, 2 Sunnyside Farm.
Greenshank - 5 Lytchett Bay RSPB.
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Bay RSPB.
Little Gull - 1 Ferrybridge.
Yellow Wagtail - 1 Shell Bay.
Redstart - 1 Shell Bay.
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 was ringed at Portland Bill.
Hawfinch - 1 Oldhill (Portland).

Reports of interest, Tuesday 16th July 2019.

Little Ringed Plover - 1 Lytchett Bay RSPB.
Greenshank - 1 Lytchett Bay RSPB.
Grasshopper Warbler - 2 Durlston CP.




Stock Dove nr Wimborne © Roger Peart.

Woodpigeon nr Wimborne © Roger Peart.

Sightings - Monday 15th July 2019

Quail - 2 or 3 singing near Witchampton this morning
Balearic Shearwater - 1 Portland Bill
Great White Egret - 3 Lodmoor RSPB
Spoonbill - 6 Brownsea Island, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Little Ringed Plover - 5 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Stanpit
Whimbrel - 3 Stanpit, 1 Portland Bill
Common Sandpiper - 7 Lodmoor RSPB, 5 Stanpit, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Green Sandpiper - 4 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 3 Lodmoor RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Greenshank - 9 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Little Gull - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Late news : an unseasonal Fieldfare was photographed in Verwood on 30th June

Fieldfare in Verwood on 30th June 2019 © Alan Bentley

Sightings - Sunday 14th July 2019

Spoonbill - 6 Brownsea Island, 1 over Abbotsbury Swannery
Greenshank - 1 Ferrybridge
Little Gull - 1 Ferrybridge
Cuckoo - 1 over Three Legged Cross
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Durlston CP

Reports of interest, Saturday 13th July 2019.

Spoonbill - 6 Brownsea Island.
Osprey - 2 Poole Harbour.
Hobby - 1 Badbury Rings.
Little Ringed Plover - 3 Lytchett Bay RSPB.
Whimbrel - 3 Ferrybridge.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Bay RSPB.
Green Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Bay RSPB.
Greenshank - 3 Lytchett Bay RSPB.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay RSPB.        .
Little Gull - 1 Ferrybridge.

Reports of interest, Friday 12th July 2019.

Balearic Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill.
Spoonbill - 5 Brownsea Island.
Marsh Harrier - 1 over Holton Pools, 2 at a Poole Harbour roost this morning.
Little Ringed Plover - 4 Lytchett Bay RSPB.
Whimbrel - 2 Brands Bay, 1 Middlebere.
Green Sandpiper - 7 Lytchett Bay RSPB.    
Greenshank - 3 Lytchett Bay RSPB, 2 Middlebere.
Little Gull - 1 Ferrybridge.
Sedge Warbler - autumn passage is beginning, with the first ringing reports from Lytchett Heath and Portland.
Hawfinch - 1 Portland Bill.

Collared Doves in Wimborne © Roger Peart.

Sightings - Thursday 11th July 2019


Great Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Marsh Harrier - 1 Wareham Channel
Whimbrel - 4 Fisherman's Dock Christchurch
Dunlin - 12 Fisherman's Dock Christchurch
Common Sandpiper - 4 Fisherman's Dock Christchurch, 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Hawfinch - 1 Portland Bill Obs.

Swallow - Edmondsham © Roger Peart

Sightings - Wednesday 10th July 2019

Osprey - 1 Arne RSPB, 1 Swineham GP.
Little Ringed Plover - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Whimbrel - 1 Mudeford Quay, 1 Lytchett Bay
Common Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Green Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Greenshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Hawfinch - 1 Portland Bill Obs

Sightings - Tuesday 9th July 2019

Marsh Harrier - 1 Lytchett Bay
Osprey - 1 Lytchett Bay
Little Ringed Plover - 3 Ferrybridge
Whimbrel - 4 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Studland
Common Sandpiper - 2 Stanpit Marsh
Green Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Greenshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Hawfinch - 1 Portland Bill Obs.

Adult male Stonechat - Hengistbury Heaad © David Wareham

Sightings - Monday 8th July 2019

Quail - 1 calling Cranborne, 1 Winfrith Heath
Balearic Shearwater - 2 past Portland Bill
Great Egret - 1 Radipole Lake RSPB
Little Ringed Plover - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 2 Ferrybridge
Whimbrel - 4 Stanpit Marsh
Common Sandpiper - 2 Stanpit Marsh, 4 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Green Sandpiper - 5 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett FieldsRSPB
Greenshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Hawfinch - 1 Portland Bill Obs.

Juv Stonechat - Hengistbury Head © David Wareham

Sightings - Sunday 7th July 2019

Great White Egret - 1 Radipole Lakes RSPB
Osprey - 2 over Morden Bog, 1 over Arne RSPB, 1 Lulworth Lake
Hobby - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Spoonbill - 5 Brownsea Island
Little Ringed Plover - 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Whimbrel - 1 Brand's Bay
Curlew - 97 Brand's Bay
Common Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Green Sandpiper - 16 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Hawfinch - 1 Portland Bird Observatory

Sightings - Saturday 6th July 2019

Manx Shearwater - 6 Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 1 Portland Bill
Osprey - 2 Wareham Channel
Spoonbill - 5 Brownsea Island
Common Sandpiper - 4+ Abbotsbury Swannery

Yesterday : An adult Black-crowned Night Heron was briefly at Abbotsbury Swannery but no further sightings since yesterday morning.

Linnet at Hengistbury Head © David Wareham

Reports of interest, Friday 5th July 2019.

Spoonbill - 5 Brownsea Island.
Osprey - 1 Ridge, 1 Wareham Channel.
Hobby - Up to 6 Lower Bryanston included a ringed bird.
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Lytchett Bay RSPB.
Common Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Bay RSPB, 4 Wareham Channel (from boat).
Greenshank - 1 Lytchett Bay RSPB.
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Bay RSPB in summer plumage, 1 Wareham Channel (from boat).

SERIN - 1 Portland Bill.

Hobby at Bryanston © Mike Colman

Reports of interest, Thursday 4th July 2019.

Spoonbill - 6 Brownsea Island.
Common Sandpiper -  1 Stanpit Marsh.
Green Sandpiper - 7+ Lytchett Bay RSPB, 2 Stanpit Marsh.
Greenshank - 1 Stanpit Marsh.
Herring Gull - a ringed adult at Portland Bill.
Yellow-Legged Gull - 1 juv Portland Bill.
Little Owl - 1 West Orchard.
RED-BACKED SHRIKE - 1 on the southern edge of Martin Down may be in Dorset.
SERIN - 1 Portland Bill.

Late news:  Quail heard near Badbury Rings yesterday.

Sightings - Wednesday 3rd July 2019.

Quail - 1 Long Crichel.
Hobby - 9+ Fromme Valley, Nr. Bovington.
Spoonbill - 6 Brownsea Lagoon.
Ringed Plover - 2 Portland Bill.
Common Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Portland Bill.
Green Sandpiper - 6 Lytchett Fields RSPB.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB.
Greenshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB.
Great Skua - 1 past Portland Bill.
Arctic Skua - 1 past Portland Bill.
Little Owl - 1 Holton Lee.
Serin - 2 m f Portland Bird Observatory.

Sightings - Tuesday 2nd July 2019.

Quail - 1 W. Lulworth.
Balearic Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill.
Spoonbill - 6 Brownsea Lagoon.
Little Ringed Plover - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB.
Common Sandpiper - 3 Longham Lakes.
Green Sandpiper - 5 Lytchett Fields RSPB.
Greenshank - 1 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB.
Arctic Skua - 1 past Portland Bill.
Cuckoo - 1 juv. Chrsitchurch Harbour.
Serin - 1 f Portland Bird Observatory.

Sightings - Monday 1st July 2019.

Great White Egret - 1 Middlebere.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB.
Hobby 1 - Middlebere.
Spoonbill - 5 Brownsea Lagoon.
Little Ringed Plover - 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB.
Common Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB.