Thursday 31st December 2020

A Happy New Year to one and all!
Here's to a time in the not too distant future with non social distancing birding!

White-fronted Goose - 16 still at Silverlake
Egyptian Goose - 9 Holme Lane GP, 3 Holme Bridge
Scaup - 4 Brand's Bay
Velvet Scoter - 1 passed West Bay
Long-tailed Duck - 1 Silverlake
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour
Black-necked Grebe - 12 Portland harbour
Spotted Redshank - 1 Wytch Lake
Red-throated Diver - c.23 between West Bexington and Cogden
Black-throated Diver - 2 Portland Harbour
Great Northern Diver - 3 Brand's Bay, 1 Baiter Park Poole
Glossy Ibis - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Spoonbill - 24 Arne RSPB
Cattle Egret - 12 Lytchett Bay NR, 5 Buckland Ripers
Siberian Chiffchaff -1 Langton Herring, 1 Stour Valley LNR
Black Redstart - 1 Portland cemetery 

Fieldfare Stour Row © John Bishop


Wednesday 30th December 2020

 Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 2 behind Moonfleet Manor
White-fronted Goose - 16 flew towards Silverlake from stubble field (50.7052 - 2.3456 )
Velvet Scoter - 1 drake, Tidmoor Point Fleet
Long-tailed Duck - 3 Tidmoor Point Fleet, 1 Silverlake
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour
Slavonian Grebe - 3 Tidmoor Point Fleet, 1 Portland Harbour
Black-necked Grebe - 8 Portland Harbour, 7 Studland Bay
Iceland Gull - 1 Weymouth Harbour
Great Northern Diver - 3 Portland Harbour, 3 Tidmoor Point Fleet
Black-throated Diver - 2 Portland Harbour
Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Spoonbill - 24 Arne RSPB
Cattle Egret - 5 Moreton, 1 Preston seafront
Great White Egret - 7 Longham Lakes, 2 over Sixpenny Handley
Black Redstart - 1 Peveril Point Swanage, 1 Blacknor Portland
Brambling - 6 south of Frogmore Farm, West Morden


Purple Sandpiper, Turnstone, Lyme Regis © Roger Boswell



Tuesday 29th December 2020

Russian White-fronted Goose - 16 Puddletown Forest area (please keep to footpaths; view from footpath which runs parallel to/north of the railway, NE of Silverlake) and Silverlake
Long-tailed Duck -  1 Silverlake, 3 off Hive Point Chickerell
Scaup - 2 Postbox Pool Lodmoor RSPB
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Bincleaves Corner Portland Harbour
Purple Sandpiper - 9 Portland Bill 
Golden Plover - 150 Monkeys Jump area
Iceland Gull - 1st winter Town Bridge area Weymouth Harbour
Great White Egret - 1 Moors Valley CP
Cattle Egret - 2 flew to roost past Lytchett Bay, 2 north-west of Baker's Arms roundabout
Bittern - 1 Radipole Lake RSPB
Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Crossbill - 25 Affpuddle Woods

Monday 28th January 2020

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 1 Langton Herring
BLACK BRANT - 1 Langton Herring
Russian White-fronted Goose - 16 Puddletown Forest area (please keep to footpaths)
Long-tailed Duck - 1 off south side of Brownsea Island, 1 Silverlake, 4 Tidmoor Point
Velvet Scoter - 1 Tidmoor Point
Scaup - 4 Jerry's Point
Red-throated Diver - 1 Studland Bay
Slavonian Grebe - 3zTidmoor Point, 1 off Furzey Island 
Purple Sandpiper - 15 Lyme Regis
Razorbill - 250 off St Aldhelm's Head
Iceland Gull - 1st winter Town Bridge area Weymouth Harbour
Spoonbill - 22 Shipstal Point RSPB Arne
Great White Egret -  7 Longham Lakes, 1 Dorchester water meadows
Cattle Egret - 10 south of Waddock Cross, 16  Abbotsbury area along disused railway

Sunday 27th December 2020


Russian White-fronted Goose - 16 Silverlake (please keep to footpaths)
Long-tailed Duck - 1 Poole Harbour entrance, 1 Silverlake
Scaup - 3 Jerry's Point, 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Black-necked Grebe - 27 roosted at Studland this evening (17 in Studland Bay plus 10 Brands Bay)
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour near Bincleaves
Golden Plover - c300 by A35 near Monkeys Jump (Dorchester)
Green Sandpiper - 3 by R. Piddle at Athelhampton, 1 Bride Valley Fish Farm
Purple Sandpiper - 2 Sandbanks
Ring-billed Gull
- adult in Lytchett Bay this afternoon then flew towards Wareham Channel
Iceland Gull - 1st winter west past Ringstead Bay and at Weymouth Harbour
Red-throated Diver - 1 past Branksome Chine
Black-throated Diver - 1 or 2 past Branksome Chine
Great Northern Diver - 8 past Branksome Chine, 7 Poole Harbour, 1 Studland Bay
Great Skua - 1 Hengistbury
Glossy Ibis
- 1 still at Stanpit
Spoonbill - 4 Lytchett Bay
Great White Egret - 1 Moors Valley CP, 1 on R. Frome at Woodsford Bridge then flew up river
Cattle Egret - 2 flew over Lytchett Bay towards roost in Holes Bay
Merlin - 1 Wimborne bypass
Black Redstart - 1 Peveril Point, 1 Weymouth in Cassiobury Rd/Charles St area


Saturday 26th December 2020

Pale-bellied Brent - Ferrybridge
Long-tailed Duck - imm drake still Silverlake on middle lake (please keep to footpaths)
Black-necked Grebe - 3 Studland Bay
Golden Plover - c75 West Compton
Ring-billed Gull - Adult in pre-roost at Lytchett Bay then flew towards Wareham Channel
Iceland Gull - juv still Weymouth Harbour by Town Bridge early pm
Spoonbill - 10 Lytchett Bay
Cattle Egret - 9 Winkton
Great White Egret - 5 Longham Lakes, 1 Waddock Cross
Hen Harrier - male nr Bere Regis
Short-eared Owl - Gussage Down
Black Redstart - 2 Peveril Point, Swanage, 1 Maiden Newton
Crossbill - c70 Affpuddle Forest nr Culpepper's Dish

Kestrel, Abbotsbury © Janice Grove



Friday 25th December 2020

Pale-bellied Brent - 3 The Fleet at Moonfleet
Russian White-fronted Goose - 16 briefly Silverlake, 1 Puddletown
Long-tailed Duck - 4 Weymouth Bay, 1 still Silverlake
Goosander - 1 Lodmoor
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour
Black-necked Grebe - 3 Portland Harbour, 7 Studland Bay
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour 
Iceland Gull - 1 still Weymouth Bay
Great Northern Diver - 6 Portland Harbour
Glossy Ibis - 1 still Stanpit Marsh
Cattle Egret - 7 Nottington
Great White Egret - Lower Bockhampton

Cattle Egrets, Nottington © Paul Harris


Thursday 24th December 2020

The Dorset Bird Club would like to wish all members and visitors to our daily blog, a safe and enjoyable Christmas

Whooper Swan - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Russian White-fronted Goose - 7 Silverlake at midday then flew north
Long-tailed Duck - 1 Silverlake
Scaup - 4 Jerry's Point
Black-necked Grebe - 3 Jerry's Point, 2 Portland Harbour, 1 Studland Bay
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour from Sandsfoot Castle
Sanderling - 30 Bramble Bush Bay
Purple Sandpiper -10 on the Cobb at Lyme Regis
Iceland Gull - 1 juvenile Portland Harbour
Great Northern Diver - 5 Jerry's Point
Glossy Ibis - 1 still at Christchurch Harbour
Spoonbill - 6+ Holes Bay
Great White Egret - 7 Longham Lakes
Cattle Egret - 7 NW of Winkton, 6+ at Holwell Farm near Buckland Ripers (later 5 in Nottington),         1 left roost in Lytchett Bay
Hen Harrier - 2 over Trigon Heath (Wareham Forset)

Purple Sandpiper, Lyme Regis © Paul Harris

Treecreeper, Woodville © John Bishop

 

Wednesday 23rd December 2020

Long-tailed Duck - 2 off Brownsea Island
Scaup - 2 Jerry's Point
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Jerry's Point
Woodcock - 1 Lower Waterston (near Puddletown), 1 near Netherbury
Iceland Gull - 1 juvenile east past West Bexington
Red-throated Diver - 1 past West Bexington
Great Northern Diver - 5 Jerry's Point
Glossy Ibis - 1 Wick Hams/Stanpit
Bittern - 1 Radipole Lake RSPB
Cattle Egret - 9 at Holwell Farm near Buckland Ripers

Tuesday 22nd December 2020

Scaup - 4 Lodmoor RSPB, 2 from Jerry's Pt.
Long-tailed Duck - 4 Chickrell Hive Pt.
Common Scoter - 6 off Knoll Beach Studland
Velvet Scoter - 1 Tidmoor Pt.
Great Northern Diver - 5 Jerry's Pt, 1 Littlesea & 1 Tidmoor Pt. on The Fleet
Spoonbill - 27 west over Swineham GP.
Red-necked Grebe - 1 off The Underbarn Portland
Slavonian Grebe - 3 Tidmoor Pt.
Black-necked Grebe - 2 off Knoll Beach Studland
Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail Middlebere
Woodcock - 2 near Tarrant Rushton old airfield
Kittiwake - 400 off Durlston CP.
Iceland Gull - 1 Portland Hbr, 1 Durlston CP, 1 Radipole Lake (opposite tennis courts)


Robin Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale



















Redwing Bournemouth © David Wareham









Monday 21st December 2020

Eygptian Goose - 4 in field near Bog Lane
Green-winged Teal - 1 Longham Lakes
Scaup - 3 off Jerry's Point
Red-throated Diver - 6 west Hengistbury Hd.
Black-throated Diver - 1 west past Ferrybridge
Great Northern Diver - 3 off Jerr's Pt, 2 Studland Bay, 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Cattle Egret - 4 in field near Waddock Cross, 2 over east Lytchett Bay late p.m.
Great White Egret - 4 Longham Lakes, 1 Moor Crichel, 1 from Jerry's Pt.
Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Hengistbury Hd, 1 Studland Bay
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Jerry's Pt.
Green Sandpiper - 3 Silverlake, 1 Waddock Cross
Jack Snipe - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 with 257 Lesser Black-backed Gull Wyke/Bottlebush Down
Iceland Gull - 1 Weymouth Hbr.
Lesser Redpoll - 14 Silverlake

Iceland Gull - Weymouth Hbr. © Richard Saunders





Dark-bellied Brent Goose - Baiter Park © Richard Saunders




Sunday 20th December 2020

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 13 Rodden Hive
Black Brant - 2 Rodden Hive, 1 Brand's Bay
Ruddy Shelduck -  1 between Burton & Sopley
Eider - 3 past Durlston CP
Long-tailed Duck - 3 off Brownsea Island, 1 Silverlake
Scaup - 4 Jerry's Point, 4 Lodmoor RSPB
Black-necked Grebe - 8 Jerry's Point, 3 Studland Bay
Purple Sandpiper - 3 Hengistbury Head, 1 Sandbanks
Green Sandpiper - 3 Silverlake, 2 Bere Regis CBs
Iceland Gull - 1 juvenile Weymouth Bay
Mediterranean Gull - 1600+ roosting Weymouth Bay
Red-throated Diver - 2 Durlston CP, 2 Hengistbury Head
Great Northern Diver - 2 Brand's Bay, 2 Jerry's Point, 1 from Baiter Sluice, 1 Portland Harbour
Bittern - 1 Turlin Moor NR this afternoon
Spoonbill - 20 Shipstal Point at Arne RSPB
Cattle Egret - 2 Lytchett Bay, 1 between Burton & Sopley
Merlin - 1 west of Dorchester by A35
Woodlark - 18 opposite Norris Mill Farm (near Lower Bockhampton)
Firecrest - 2 Durlston CP, 1 Stour Valley LNR, 1 Bere Regis CBs, 1 Corfe Castle garden
Black Redstart - 1 Ferrybridge at Smallmouth

Blackcap, Bournemouth © David Wareham

Kestrel, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale


Saturday, 19th December 2020.

Long-tailed Duck - 1 still at Silverlake - view only from public rights of way.
Goosander - 2 Lower Bockhampton.
Red-necked Grebe - 1 probable west of Branksome Chine, 1 Shell Bay (Studland).
Black-necked Grebe - 9 off Middle Beach (Studland).
Grey Phalarope - 1 over Ferrybridge toward Chesil Cove.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Woodsford in a field.
Great Northern Diver - 2 Bramble Bush Bay, 5 off Studland.
Glossy Ibis - 1 still Christchurch Harbour.
Marsh Harrier - 6+ western Poole Harbour.
Hen Harrier - 1 Briantspuddle Heath, 1 Hartland Moor.
Merlin - 1 Dorchester, 1 East Almer, 1 Hartland Moor.
Firecrest - 1 Redhill Common (Bournemouth), 3 South Beach (Studland).

Late news: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker near Moreton on Thursday.

Dartford Warbler, Boscombe Overcliff © Paul Godier.















Redwing, Bournemouth © David Wareham



Friday, 18th December 2020.

Barnacle Goose - 11 in Christchurch Harbour were thought to be wild birds.
Long-tailed Duck - 1 Silverlake - view from public rights of way only.
Goosander - 2 Silverlake - view from public rights of way only. 
Red-necked Grebe - 4 on the sea off Branksome Chine.
Black-necked Grebe - 1 off Jerry's Point (Brands Bay), 1 Portland Harbour.
Purple Sandpiper - 2 Pilot's Point (Studland).
Great Northern Diver - 1 off Hengistbury Beach Huts, 4 Brands Bay, 3 Studland Bay.
Black-throated Diver - 1 west off Branksome Chine.
Great Skua - 1 past Durlston CP.
Iceland Gull - 1 off Portland Bill was probably not the recent Weymouth bird.
Little Gull - 1 past Durlston CP.
Cattle Egret - 2 near the A35 Bakers Arms roundabout.
Merlin - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Hartland Moor.

Thursday 17th December 2020

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 7 Rodden Hive
Black Brant - 1 Rodden Hive
Russian White-fronted Goose - 16 on eastern lake at Silverlake (only seen in the morning)
Ruddy Shelduck - 5 near Winkton
Long-tailed Duck - 2 Rodden Hive, 1 Silverlake
Scaup - 4 Jerry's Point, 4 Lodmoor RSPB
Velvet Scoter - 1 on the Fleet at Littlesea
Goosander - 7 Silverlake
Slavonian Grebe - 1 on the Fleet at Littlesea
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Shell Bay
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Shell Bay
Sanderling - 5 Brownsea Island lagoon, 15 Sandbanks
Dunlin - 3900+ on Brownsea Island lagoon
Purple Sandpiper - 1 Sandbanks
Spotted Redshank - 2 Brownsea Island lagoon
Iceland Gull - 1 juvenile still in Weymouth Harbour/Radipole RSPB area, 1 West Bexington Mere
Red-throated Diver - 5 Hengistbury Head, 1 Weymouth Bay
Great Northern Diver - 6 Poole Harbour, 3 Weymouth Bay, 3 on the Fleet at Littlesea
Glossy Ibis - 1 still at Stanpit
Great White Egret - 1 Moors Valley CP, 1 over Studland
Hen Harrier - 1 East Bexington
Short-eared Owl - 1 Middlebere
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Rose-coloured Starling -1 Easton (Portland)
Black Redstart - 1 Blacknor (Portland)

Iceland Gull, Radipole RSPB © Edmund Mackrill

 

Wednesday 16th December 2020

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 2 Ferrybridge
Ruddy Shelduck - 5 South Bockhampton
Scaup - 3 Jerry's Point
Black-necked Grebe - 2 Jerry's Point
Little Gull - 1 Portland Harbour from Ferrybridge
Black-throated Diver - 2 past Branksome Chine, 1 north of Brownsea Island
Red-throated Diver  - 6 from Branksome Chine
Great Northern Diver - 2 Jerry's Point
Cattle Egret - 8 in field NW of Winkton
Rose-coloured Starling -1 still at Easton (Portland)

Tuesday 15th December 2020

Barnacle Goose - 11 Langton Herring
Ruddy Shelduck - 5 South Brockhampton
Scaup - 4 Lodmoor, 3 Jerry's Point
Long-tailed Duck - 1 Jerry's Point, 1 Silverlake
Velvet Scoter - 1 Tidmoor Point Fleet
Black-throated Diver - 2 Portland Harbour
Great Northern Diver - 4 Portland Harbour, 4 Jerry's Point, 4 Brownsea Island NT
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Jerry's Point, 1 Portland Harbour
Black-necked Grebe - 2 Jerry's Point, 4 Studland Bay, 5 Portland Harbour
Western Cattle Egret - 3 Buckland Ripers, 8 West Elworth Portesham, 25 Old railway Portesham, 
2 Lytchett Bay
Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Hen Harrier - 1 Ringtail Arne Moors
Purple Sandpiper - 1 Sandbanks
Spotted Redshank - 2 Brownsea Island NT
Iceland Gull - 1 Weymouth Harbour
Water Pipit - 1 Lodmoor, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Rosy Starling - 1 Channel View Road Easton Portland

Monday 14th December 2020

 Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 1 Ferrybridge
Ruddy Shelduck - 5 Winkton
Green-winged Teal - 1 Longham Lakes
Scaup - 3 Lodmoor, 4 Jerry's Point
Velvet Scoter - 1 drake on Fleet at Hive Point, 1 passed Hengitsbury Head
Great Northern Diver - 3 Portland Harbour, 3 Jerry's Point, 2 Studland Bay
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Jerry's Point
Black-necked Grebe - 6 Portland Harbour, 2 Studland Bay
Bittern - 1 Radipole Lake
Western Cattle Egret - 8 Winkton
Great Egret - 7 Longham Lakes
Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Purple Sandpiper - 19 Highcliffe
Iceland Gull - 1 Weymouth Harbour
Black Redstart - 1 Portland Castle
Rose-coloured Starling - 1 Channel View Road Easton Portland

Purple Sandpipers, Highcliffe © Clinton Whale





Sunday 13th December 2020

 Ruddy Shelduck - 6 Winkton
Great Northern Diver - 3 Portland Harbour
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour
Black-necked Grebe - 4 Portland harbour
Sooty Shearwater - 1 passed Portland Bill
Golden Plover - 300+ Monkeys Jump
Iceland Gull - 1 Radipole Lake
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Pennsylvania Castle wood Portland


Iceland Gull RSPB Lodmoor © Geoff Barlow















Pintail Holes Bay © Brian Smith


Saturday 12th December 2020

 Bean Goose - 3 Winkton, Christchurch
Black Brant - 1 Tidmoor Point Fleet
Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 3 Tidmoor Point Fleet
Green-winged Teal - 1 Longham Lakes
Greater Scaup - 4 Jerry's Point
Eider - 1 Lyme Regis Harbour
Velvet Scoter - 1 Tidmoor Point Fleet
Goosander - 3 Silverlake
Great Northern Diver - 3 Jerry's Point, 3 Tidmoor Point Fleet, 1 Weymouth Harbour
Red-necked Grebe 1 Portland Harbour
Slavonian Grebe - 2 Tidmoor Point, Fleet
Black-necked Grebe - 2 Middle Beach Studland
Western Cattle Egret - 2 Lytchett Bay
Great White Egret - 6 Longham Lakes
Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Spotted Redshank - 6 Middlebere
Iceland Gull - 1 Portland Harbour
Water Pipit - 2 Bere Regis
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Pennsylvania Castle Wood Portland
Dusky Warbler - probable heard cress beds Bere Regis
Rosy Starling - 1 Church View Road Easton Portland

Velvet Scoter Tidmoor Point© Steven Carey

Blackcap Bournemouth garden © David Wareham




Friday 11th December 2020

Long-tailed Duck - 2 Tidmoor Point The Fleet, 3 off Jerry's Point, 1 central Poole Harbour
Velvet Scoter - 1 Tidmoor Point The Fleet
Eider  - 1 Lyme Regis
Pintail - 140 Brand's Bay
Scaup - 4 off Jerry's Point, 4 Lodmoor RSPB
Great Northern Diver - 8 Poole Harbour, 1 River Frome Wareham
Slavonian Grebe - 3 Tidmoor Point The Fleet
Black-throated Diver - 1 Whitley Bay Poole Harbour
Great Egret -  1 Moors Valley CP
Cattle Egret - 4 Hengistbury Head with the Glossy Ibis
Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Sanderling - 23 Bramble Bush Bay
Swallow - 1 Blacknor Portland
Black Redstart - 1 Church Ope Cove
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Pennsylvania Castle Wood

Eider Lyme Regis (C) Roger Boswell


Thursday 10th December 2020

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 5 Ferrybridge, 8 Chickerell Hive
Green-winged Teal - 1 Longham Lakes
Goosander - 4 Silverlake
Long-tailed Duck - 1 Chickerell Hide
Velvet Scoter - 1 Chickerell Hide
Spoonbill - 29 Shipstal Point RSPB Arne
Great Egret - 4 Longham Lakes
Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Black Redstart - 1 West Bexington
Marsh Tit - 3 Athelhampton Water Meadows
Rosy Starling - 1 Channel View Road Easton Portland
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Pennsylvania Castle Wood
Corn Bunting - 50 Cheselbourne

Wednesday 9th December 2020

Green-winged Teal - 1 Longham Lakes
Velvet Scoter - 1 The Fleet at Chickerell
Greater Scaup - 4 off Jerry's Point Poole Harbour
Long-tailed Duck - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Silverlake 
Goosander - 9 Silverlake
Slavonian Grebe - 3 Tidmoor, Littlesea
Black-throated Diver - 2 Portland Harbour
Cattle Egret - 2 flew towards Holes Bay from Lytchett Bay
Little Egret - 29 flew towards Holes Bay from Lytchett Bay
Great Egret - 6 Longham Lakes
Iceland Gull - 1 Weymouth Harbour
Black Redstart - 1 Blacknor Portland
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Pennsylvania Castle Wood

Tuesday 8th December 2020

Barnacle Goose - 10 Rodden Hive
Eider - 1 Lyme Regis Harbour
Ferruginous Duck - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery yesterday in area with no access but not today
Velvet Scoter - 2 Tidmoor, Littlesea
Long-tailed Duck - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Rodden Hive 
Slavonian Grebe - 2 Tidmoor, Littlesea
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour
Black-throated Diver - 3 Portland Harbour
Hen Harrier - 2 females, West Poole Harbour
Golden Plover - 700 Mainden Castle
Black Redstart - 1 Blacknor Portland, 1 Chickerell at Moonfleet Manor Hotel, 1 Peveril Point
Rosy Starling - 1 Easton Portland at Channel View
Siberian Chiffchaff - Kinson STW, Stour Valley LNR
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Pennsylvania Castle Wood
Firecrest - 1 Studland near the Stables

Kingfisher Poole Park (C) Clinton Whale







Monday 7th December 2020

Green-winged Teal - 1 Longham Lakes on South Lake
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour from Sandsfoot Castle
Black-necked Grebe - 3 Portland Harbour
Dunlin - good counts of 607 at Lytchett Fields RSPB, 223 at Stanpit
Purple Sandpiper - 2 Peveril Point
Green Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Jack Snipe - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 West Bexington
Iceland Gull - 1 still in Portland Harbour area
Black-throated Diver - 2 Portland Harbour off Billy Winters
Great Northern Diver - 1 Portland Harbour
Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit Marsh near car park
Spoonbill - 25 Shipstal Point, Arne RSPB
Cattle Egret - 2  north of Bockhampton Dairy Farm near Winkton
Great White Egret - 6 Longham Lakes
Merlin - 1 Stanpit
Firecrest - 1 Upton Park CP
Black Redstart - 2 Blacknor (Portland), 1 Peveril Point

Yesterday : 2 Firecrest at PCW drain, 2 Black Redstarts at West Bexington and 1 at Lyme Regis churchyard.

Sunday 6th December 2020

Black Brant - 1 Rodden Hive
Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 2 Rodden Hive
Eider - drake in Lyme Regis harbour
Green-winged Teal - 1 Longham Lakes on South Lake
Scaup - 4 Brand's Bay
Long-tailed Duck - 1 Rodden Hive, 1 Silverlake
Goosander - 4 Silverlake
Black-necked Grebe - 4 Portland Harbour, 4 Jerry's Point, 4 Studland Bay
Purple Sandpiper - 11 Lyme Regis
Green Sandpiper - 1 Northbourne STW
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Iceland Gull - 1 commuting between Portland Harbour and Radipole Lake RSPB
Black-throated Diver - 2 Portland Harbour
Great Northern Diver - 4 Jerry's Point, 1 Studland Bay, 1 Holes Bay opposite Mercedes Garage, 1 Portland Harbour
Glossy Ibis - 1 still at Stanpit Marsh
Spoonbill - 3 Lytchett Bay, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Cattle Egret - 19 near Portesham, 3 near Holwell Farm at Buckland Ripers
Great White Egret - 5 Longham Lakes, 1 Moors Valley CP, 1 Littlesea (Studland)
Hen Harrier - 2 (ringtail and male) Wareham Channel, 1 ringtail Stanpit area
Merlin - 1 Wareham Channel
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Langton Herring (north of The Works at Herbury)
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Northbourne STW
Black Redstart -1 Broadwey

Eider, Lyme Regis © Geoff Barlow

Moorhen, Martinstown © Nick Priddle

Cattle Egret, between Portesham & Abbotsbury © Janice Beck


 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday 5th December 2020

Black Brant - 1 still on The Fleet at Rodden Hive
Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 6 Rodden Hive
Green-winged Teal - drake still Longham Lakes on South Lake by large island.
Long-tailed Duck - drake Rodden Hive
Glossy Ibis - 1 still Stanpit Marsh on North Marsh
Great White Egret - 4 Longham Lakes
Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail still Christchurch Harbour

Long-tailed Duck, Rodden Hive © Paul Harris
















Sparrowhawk, Wareham © Richard Saunders

Friday 4th December 2020

Black Brant - 2 on The Fleet (Chickerell Hive Point & Rodden Hive)
Pale-bellied Brent - 15 on The Fleet (inc 9 Butterstreet Cove)
Velvet Scoter - drake still The Fleet (Tidmoor Point / Chickerell Hive Point)
Glossy Ibis - 1 still Stanpit Marsh
Great Northern Diver - 7 Weymouth Bay, 1 Holes Bay
Slavonian Grebe - 3 Littlesea
Hen Harrier - 1 Christchurch Harbour (radio tagged, hatched in Cumbria this year)
Merlin - 1 Hartland Moor, 1 Langton Herring, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Avocet - 320 Middlebere
Iceland Gull - 1 Newton's Cove (viewed from Bowleaze Cove)
Rose-coloured Starling - still Easton, Portland
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Langton Herring in clump by The Works

Hen Harrier, Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale


Thursday 3rd December 2020

Scaup - 3 from Jerry's Point
Common Scoter - 3 from Jerry's Point
Great Northern Diver - 3 off Jerry's Point
Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Jerry's Point
Hen Harrier - 1 Priory Marsh 
Iceland Gull - 1 Weymouth Hbr & Radipole Lake RSPB
Merlin - 1 Hartland Moor
Black Redstart - 1 Peveril Point

Iceland Gull - Radipole Lake RSPB © Dave Chown




Cormorant - Weymouth Harbour © Richard Saunders





Goldfinch - Sherborne garden © Peter Clinch





















Wednesday 2nd December 2020

Whooper Swan - 4 Abbotsbury Swannery, 2 west past Easton Portland
Pale-bellied Brent - 1 Ferrybridge
Black Brant - 2 Butterstreet Cove, 1 Tidmoor Pt The Fleet. 1 Portland Hbr.
Scaup - 4 Jerry's Point
Long-tailed Duck - 2 Jerry's Pt, 1 1st/w drake Silver Lake
Common Scoter - 6 off Middle Beach, 3 off Jerry's Pt.
Velvet Scoter - 1 drake Tidmoor Point The Fleet
Red-throated Diver - 1 Portland Hbr.
Black-throated Diver - 2 Portland Hbr.
Great Northern Diver - 6 Portland Hbr, 5 Jerry's Pt, 2 Middle Beach, 1 Tidmoor Pt,
Cattle Egret - 22 Abbotsbury Swannery, 10 Hengistbury Hd.
Great White Egret - 1 Moors Valley CP, 1 Furzey Island
Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Portland Hbr.
Slavonian Grebe - 3 Tidmoor Point The Fleet
Black-necked Grebe - 10 off Knoll & Middle Beach, 9 Portland Hbr.
Hen Harrier - 1 male Rodden Hive, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Spotted Redshank - 4 Middlebere
Mediterranean Gull - 400 Ferrybridge
Iceland Gull - 1 Radipole Lake / Weymouth Hbr area.
Swallow - 1 Corfe Castle
Black Redstart - 2 eastern shore Portland Bill

Red-necked Grebe - Portland Harbour © Edmund Mackrill

Black Brant - Portland Hbr © Edmund Mackrill

Great Northern Diver - Weymouth Harbour © Richard Saunders

Great Crested Grebe - Longham Lakes © Brian Smith

Tuesday 1st December 2020

Whooper Swan - 4 Abbotsbury Swannery
Black Brant - 2 Butterstreet Cove The Fleet.
Scaup - 4 Abbotsbury Swannery, 3 Bramble Bush Bay
Long-tailed Duck - 1 Butterstreet Cove The Fleet
Velvet Scoter - 1 drake Tidmoor Point The Fleet
Black-throated Diver - 2 Portland Hbr.
Bittern - 1 Radipole Lake RSPB
Red-throated Diver - 4 past Portland Bill, 1 Portland Hbr, 1 past Mudeford Quay
Black-throated Diver - 2 Portland Hbr.
Great Northern Diver - 7 Portland Hbr, 1 Littlesea the Fleet, 1 Cogden, 1 off Mudeford Quay
Cattle Egret - 9 Hengistbury Hd.
Great White Egret - 1 Bramble Bush Bay
Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit Marsh, 1 over Middlebere
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Portland Hbr.
Slavonian Grebe - 2 Tidmoor Point The Fleet
Black-necked Grebe - 11 Portland Hbr, 4 off Middle Beach & 2 South Beach Studland, 5 Cogden
Red Kite - 9 Wyke Down, 1 Holton Lee
Hen Harrier - Milborne St Andrew
Green Sandpiper - 1 Holton Lee, 1 Wimborne St. Giles 
Spotted Redshank - 3 Middlebere
Greenshank - 4 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Iceland Gull - 1 Radipole Lake / Weymouth Hbr area.
Short-eared Owl - 1 in off sea Portland Bill
Merlin - 1 Hartland Moor, 1 Tidmoor Point, 1 Portland Bill
Swallow - 2 Ferrybridge, 1 Tilly Whim Durlston CP, 1 Langton Matravers, 1 Portland Bill
Pallas's Warbler - 2 Private garden Weston Portland
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Langton Herring
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Langton Herring
Marsh Warbler - 1 probable Durlston CP SW of Castle.
Black Redstart - 1 St. Mary's Churchyard Wareham, 1 Tilly Whim DCP, 2, Peveril Point, 2 Littlesea The Fleet, 1 Portland Bill
Water Pipit - 1 Holton Lee, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Crossbill - 20+ Morton Forest

Marsh Warbler - Durlston CP © Steve Smith





Marsh Warbler - Durlston CP © Steve Smith



































Hen Harrier - Morden Bog ©Tony Minvella




















Drake Velvet Scoter - Tidmoor Point © Vaughan Ashby



Shylark & Merlin - Tidmoor Point © Vaughan Ashby



Common Crossbill - Morton Forest © Paul Harris



















Monday 30th November 2020

Black Brant - 1 Cuttcleaves Cove The Fleet
Scaup - 1 fem off Jerry's Point
Long-tailed Duck - 3 from Jerry's Point, 1 off Hive Point The Fleet
Velvet Scoter - 1 drake Tidmoor Point The Fleet
Great Northern Diver - 5 from Jerry's Point, 1 Holes Bay, 1 Weymouth Hbr.
Cattle Egret - 9 Bockington Dairy Fm nr. Winkton (SZ175968)
Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Spoonbill - 31 Arne RSPB
Slavonian Grebe - 2 Tidmoor Point The Fleet
Black-necked Grebe - 4 off Middle Beach Studland, 2 from Jerry's Point
Red Kite - 3 Wyke Down, 1 Cashmoor
Purple Sandpiper - 9 Highcliffe
Spotted Redshank - 5 Middlebere, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Jack Snipe - 1 Stanpit Marsh on new scrape.
Iceland Gull - 1 imm Radipole Lake & Weymouth Hbr.
Merlin - 1 Holton Lee, 1 Arne RSPB
Rose-Coloured Starling - 1 Easton Portland
Black Redstart - 1 Peveril Point, 1 St. Mary's Church Wareham
Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Pale-bellied Brent Goose The Fleet © Freddy Alway
























Iceland Gull - Radipole Lake © Dave Chown

Glossy Ibis - Stanpit Marsh © Mike Hetherington

Purple Sandpiper - Highcliffe © Clinton Whate

Sunday 29th November 2020

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 5 Ferrybridge
Green-winged Teal - 1 Longham Lakes
Scaup - 4 Jerry's Point
Long-tailed Duck - 3 Jerry's Point
Goosander - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Black-necked Grebe - 2 Portland Harbour, 1 Poole Harbour
Iceland Gull - 1 Portland Harbour
Black-throated Diver - 5 Poole Harbour, 1 Portland Harbour
Great Northern Diver - 5 Studland Bay, 1 Portland Harbour
Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Cattle Egret - 9 Stanpit Marsh
Great White Egret - 5 Longham Lakes
Hen Harrier - 1 Cranborne
Red Kite - 2 Witchampton
Merlin - 1 West Bexington, 1 Riversmeet Meadow (Stanpit)
Short-eared Owl - 1 West Bexington
Pallas's Warbler - 2 again in private garden Weston (Portland)
Barred Warbler - 1 in private garden Langton Maltravers
Rose-coloured Starling - 1 juvenile still at Easton
Firecrest - 2 Hengistbury, 1 Stour Valley LNR
Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Black Redstart - 2 Peveril Point, 1 Durlston NNR, 1 Bridport

Saturday, 28th November 2020.

Grey Partridge - 10 St Aldhelm's Head.
Whooper Swan - 4 Abbotsbury Swannery.
Black Brant - 1 Ferrybridge.
Black-necked Grebe - 6 Portland Harbour.
Golden Plover - 130 over Bride Valley Fish Farm, 2 over Durlston CP.
Knot - 2 Ferrybridge.
Green Sandpiper - 2 Bride Valley Fish Farm.
Great Northern Diver - 1 past Hengistbury Head.
Red-throated Diver - 2 past Hengistbury Head.
Iceland Gull - 1 Portland Harbour outer breakwaters.
Glossy Ibis - 1 left the Hengistbury roost this morning.
Cattle Egret - 9 left the Hengistbury roost this morning.
Hen Harrier - 1 Horse Down, Manswood.
Merlin - 1 St Aldhelm's Head.
Swallow - 1 Durlston CP
Firecrest - 1 Bride Valley Fish Farm, 1 Durlston CP, 3+ Hengistbury Head.
Rose-coloured Starling - 1 juv still on Portland (Channel View Road area in private gardens).
Black Redstart - 1 Peveril Point, 2 Tilly Whim.

Friday, 27th November 2020.

Black-necked Grebe - 1 Poole Harbour (Jerry's Point).
Grey Plover - 4 Hengistbury Head, 4 Middlebere, 2 Poole Harbour (Jerry's Point).
Woodcock - 2 Farrington.
Spotted Redshank - 3 Middlebere.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Farrington.
Great Northern Diver - 4 Poole Harbour (Jerry's Point).
Iceland Gull - 1 Portland Harbour.
Spoonbill - 1 Poole Harbour (Round Island).
Marsh Harrier - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Wick.
Siberian-type Chiffchaff - 1 Hengistbury Head.
Rose-coloured Starling - 1 juv still on Portland (Channel View Road area in private gardens).
Black Redstart - 2 Durlston CP.

Sparrowhawk, Canford Cliffs, Wednesday © Dave Mobbs
Sparrowhawk, Canford Cliffs © Dave Mobbs

Oystercatcher, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale.
Oystercatcher, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale.








Thursday 26th November 2020

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 8 Ferrybridge
Scaup - 4 Jerry's Point
Garganey - 1 drake at south end of Sutton Bingham Reservoir
Long-tailed Duck - 2 Jerry's Point, 1 Silverlake
Red-necked Grebe - 1 from shelter at Lodmoor RSPB
Black-necked Grebe - 6 Jerry's Point, 3 Portland Harbour
Sanderling - 9 Jerry's Point
Glaucous/Iceland Gull - 1 seen distantly at entrance to Portland Harbour
Black-throated Diver - 2 Portland Harbour
Great Northern Diver - 4 Jerry's Point
Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Cattle Egret - 9 at Hengistbury roost
Great White Egret - 1 Jerry's Point
Hen Harrier - 1 female west end of Poole Harbour
Red Kite - 6 near Compton Abbas airfield
Marsh Tit - 1 Sherford Bridge
Swallow - late records of 4 over Durlston NNR this morning, 1 at Ferrybridge
Pallas's Warbler - 2 in a Weston (Portland) garden this afternoon
Rose-coloured Starling - 1 juvenile still at Easton
Firecrest - 4 Durlston NNR
Black Redstart - 2 Durlston NNR

Pallas's Warbler, Weston © Duncan Walbridge

 

Wednesday, 25th November 2020.

Long-tailed Duck - 1 still at Silverlake.  Access via public rights of way only.
Black-necked Grebe - c.6 Portland Harbour.
Great Northern Diver - 2 Weymouth Bay (Bowleaze).
Black-throated Diver - 2 Weymouth Bay (Bowleaze).
Red-throated Diver - 1 Portland Harbour.
Glaucous Gull - a large white-winged gull possibly of this species in Portland Harbour.
Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit, roosting on Hengistbury.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Rose-coloured Starling - 1 juv still on Portland (Channel View Road area in private gardens).
Snow Bunting - 1 Hengistbury sandspit on fenceposts.

Please be aware that Silverlake is a private site with minimal access and large areas of the site are unsafe.

Tuesday, 24th November 2020.

Whooper Swan - 1 Abbotsbury.
Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 6 Rodden Hive.
Egyptian Goose - 22 Silverlake.
Emperor Goose - 1 Stanpit, presumably an escape.
Goosander - 2 Silverlake.
Long-tailed Duck - 1 still at Silverlake.
Golden Plover - 69 Maiden Castle.
Green Sandpiper - 2 Silverlake.
Greenshank - 2 Brands Bay.
Great Northern Diver - 2 Mudeford Quay.
Red-throated Diver - 1 Ferrybridge, 1 Hengistbury Head.
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Stanpit.
Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit, roosting on Hengistbury.
Cattle Egret - 9 roosting on Hengistbury.
Bittern - 1 Lodmoor.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Abbotsbury, 1 Hengistbury Head.
Red Kite - 1 Bulbarrow.
Merlin - 1 Maiden Castle.
Wheatear - 1 Ferrybridge is very late in the year.
Pallas's Warbler - 1 Portland Bill.
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Portland (Foundry Close).
Firecrest - 2 Hengistbury Head.
Rose-coloured Starling - 1 juv still on Portland (Channel View Road area in private gardens).
Black Redstart - 2 Portland (Blacknor), 1 Swanage Sailing Club.
Serin - 1 over Portland Bill.


Red-necked Grebe, Lodmoor © Vaughan Ashby.

Black-tailed Godwit, Upton Country Park © Clinton Whale.
Black-tailed Godwit, Upton Country Park © Clinton Whale.