Sightings - Thursday 30th April 2020

Great Northern Diver - 2 past Portland Bill
Eider - 1 Charmouth
Arctic Skua - 3 past Portland Bill
Great Skua - 1 Charmouth, 2 past Portland Bill
Pomarine Skua - 1 past Portland Bill
Hoopoe -  1 Swanage
Firecrest - 1 Bournemouth

Kingfisher Christchurch copyright Clinton Whale

Sightings - Wednesday 29th April 2020

Common Scoter - 250 past Chesil Cove, 30 past Hengistbury Head

Black-throated Diver - 2 Ferrybridge

Red-throated Diver - 63 past Chesil Cove, 1 Ferrybridge

Puffin - 3 Ferrybridge 

Pomarine Skua - 1 Ferrybridge, 1 Chesil Cove

Great Skua - 7 Ferrybridge, 5 Chesil Cove

Arctic Skua - 4 Ferrybridge, 3 Chesil Cove

Gannet - 750 past Chesil Cove

Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Radipole Lake, 1 Hengistbury Head

Wood Warbler - 1 Hengistbury Head

Blackcap - 45 Hengistbury Head

Blue Tit copyright Dave Hill

Pheasant at Moreton copyright John Dadds

Sightings - Tuesday 28th April 2020

Dunlin - 68 Lodmoor, 68 Lytchett Bay
Whimbrel - 6 Lytchett Bay
Little Tern - 12 Weymouth Bay
Swifts - becoming more widespread
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Pennsylvania Castle Wood

Sightings - Monday 27th April 2020

Dark-bellied Brent Goose - 3 remain Stanpit Marsh
Red-throated Diver - 7 past Portland Bill
Red Kite - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Whimbrel - 22 Portland Bill, 10 Stanpit Marsh, c8 Lytchett Bay
Bar-tailed Godwit - 10past Portland Bill
Arctic Skua - 1 Portland Bill
Little Tern - 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Cuckoo - singles recorded from Lytchett Bay, Piddles Wood, Hengistbury Hd, Iford, Holt Heath & Talbot Heath.
Swift - 4 over Wareham Common
Hobby - 1 Portland Bill
Lesser Whitethroat - 4 Lorton Meadows
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Portland Bill
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Wareham Common
Pied Flycatcher - 2 Portland Bill
Whinchat - 1 Sturminster Newton
Tree Pipit - 1 Wick Christchurch

Can I request if you are sending in photographs to be included here could you please include the location where the shots were taken please. Thank you.

Sparrowhawk over Dave Hill's garden

Sandwich Tern over Dave Hill's garden

Sightings - Sunday 26th April 2020

Dark-bellied Brent Goose - 3 Stanpit Marsh
Whimbrel - 5 Stanpit Marsh, 3 past Durlston CP.
Manx Shearwater - 143 Portland Bill
Bar-tailed Godwit - 20 past Durlston CP, 9 Stanpit Marsh
Arctic Skua - 1 Portland Bill
Great Skua - 3 Portland Bill
'Commic' Terns - 350 past Portland Bill
Cuckoo - singles at High Hall, Holt Heath, Hengistbury Hd, Stourpain
Hobby - 1 Portland Bill
Wood Warbler - 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Lesser Whitethroat - 5 Durlston CP, 1 Milborne St Andrew
Sedge Warbler - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Portland Bill
Redstart - 2 Portland Bill
Whinchat - 1 Stanpit, 1 Hengistbury Hd, 1 Portland Bill
Yellow Wagtail - 4 Durlston CP.
Tree Pipit - 1 Durlston CP.

Late news from yesterday
Garganey - past Portland Bill
Velvet Scoter - 1 past Chesil Cove
Hoopoe - 1 Portland Bill

Swift - Lodmoor © Joe Kaplonek

Fem Stonechat - Christchurch © Clinton Whale

male Stonechat - Wimborne © Roger Peart

Raven - Portesham © Janice Beck

Sightings - Saturday25th April 2020

Red Kite - 1 Holt Heath
Osprey - 1 Lytchett Bay & Poole Hbr.
Whimbrel - 6+ Lytchett Bay
Arctic Skua - 2 Durlston CP.
Sandwich Tern - 30 Brownsea Is.
Common Tern - 40+ Brownsea Is.
Cuckoo - 1 Sherborne, 1 Puddletown, 1 St Catherine Hill, 1 Lytchett Bay early a.m.
Hobby - 1 Durlston CP.
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Lytchett Bay
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Reap Lane Portland
Black Redstart - 1 Wareham
Wheatear - 2 Rodden, 2 Portland Bill, 1 Holt Heath
Yellow Wagtail - 3 Durlston CP, 2 over Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Reap Lane Portland
Tree Pipit - 5 Durlston CP.
Hawfinch - 1 Portland Bill

Late News from Yesterday - Quail - 1 Cranborne

Common Whitethroat - Oakley © Roger Peart

Reed Warbler - Marnhull © John Bishop

Sandwich Tern © Janice Beck

Sightings - Friday 24th April 2020

Brent Geese - 3 remain at Stanpit Marsh
Red Kite - 1 Fiddleford
Whimbrel - 12 Stanpit Marsh
Common Sandpiper - 3 Fiddleford
Spotted Redshank - 1 recorded NocMig last night Lytchett Bay.
Cuckoo - heard Carey Wareham, Upton Heath Wareham Forest, Maston/Piddles Wood, West Compton.
Nightjar - 1 recorded NocMig Rodwell last night.
Ring Ouzel - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Avalanche Rd. Hump

Late News from Yesterday
Black Guillemot - 1 past Portland Bill
Hoopoe - 1 reported private garden Branksome Chine

Jay - Tuckton garden © Dave Hill

Common Whitethroat - Rodden Hive © Sue Wingett

Red-breasted Merganser - Rodden Hive © Sue Wingett

Sightings - Thursday 23rd April 2020

Great Northern Diver - 3 Charmouth
Cattle Egret - 1 Frome Valley
White Stork - 1 flew north of Wimborne
Red Kite - 1 Canford Heath, 1 Swanage, 1 over A37 at Stagg's Folly (nr Cattistock),
      1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Weymouth
Hobby - 1 over Portland
Cuckoo - 2 Upton area, 1 still at Iford, 1 Wimborne, 1 Stour Valley LNR
Hoopoe -1 Portland
Bee-eater - 1 over Blacknor (Portland)
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Coombe Valley
Ring Ouzel - 1 Bincombe
Fieldfare - 1 Stour Valley LNR
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Portland

Last night: a Nightingale heard singing in Broadstone

Cetti's Warbler, Oakley © Roger Peart

Otter, R. Stour at Oakley © Roger Peart

Whitethroat, Oakley © Roger Peart

Wren, Oakley © Roger Peart

Sightings - Wednesday 22nd April 2020

Red Kite - 6 north of Lytchett Bay,  2 Sherborne, 1 Lytchett Matravers, 1 Dewlish,                               1 Harmans Cross, 1 Bournemouth
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Wareham Meadows
Cuckoo - 1 still at Iford, 1 west of Poundbury, 1 Bishop's Caundle, 1 Moors Valley, 1 Durlston CP
Short-eared Owl - 1 Arne Moors (also one in off yesterday at Portland Bill)
Hoopoe -1 Portland
Firecrest -  1 Meyrick Park
Garden  Warbler - 1 Sherborne,1 Durlston CP
Spotted Flycatcher - 2 Sherborne
Whinchat - 5 Portland, 1 Wareham Common

Chaffinch at Merley Hall © Roger Peart

Mallard family at Christchurch © Clinton Whale

Medeterranean Gull at Merley © Roger Peart

Sightings - Tuesday 21st April 2020

Red Kite - 2 Upton, 1 Winterborne Kingston, 1 Studland
Osprey - 1 Lytchett Bay
Hobby - 1 over Corfe Mullen, 1 St Ives
Whimbrel - 6 Lodmoor RSPB, 3 Charmouth, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 1  Lytchett Fields RSPB
Greenshank - 8 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Cuckoo - 1 Wimborne, 1 Iford
Swift - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 2 Oakley, 2 Kimmeridge, 2 near Kingston, 1 Wick, 1 St Ives
Woodchat Shrike - 1 Portland Bill

Yesterday: a Purple Heron flew up the Frome Valley

Nuthatch in Woodville © John Bishop

Wheatear in Martinstown © Mark Pemberton

Heron in Tuckton © Dave Hill

Sightings - Monday 20th April 2020

Black Kite - 1 probable over Portland this morning
Red Kite - 1 St Ives
Osprey - 1 Lytchett Bay
Whimbrel - 22+ Stanpit, 4 Rodden Hive, 1 Old Harry Rocks area
Ruff - 2 Stanpit
Greenshank - 1 Stanpit
Sandwich Tern - 60 Rodden Hive
Nightjar - 1 Brownsea Island
Swift - 2 Swineham
Hoopoe -1 Portland
Firecrest - 4 Delph Wood
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Durlston CP
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Wick
Redstart - 2 Durlston CP

Robin at Woodville © John Bishop

Chaffinch at Pamphill © Brian Smith

Wheatear at Merley © Roger Peart

Reports of interest, Sunday 19th April 2020.

Great Northern Diver - 1 in full summer plumage Portland Bill.
Manx Shearwater - 1 Charmouth.
Red Kite - 1 Merley, 1 Ulwell, 1 Upton.
Hobby - 1 Portland (Blacknor).
Grey Plover - 1 Stanpit.
Whimbrel - 1 Charmouth, 3 Stanpit.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit.
Pomarine Skua - 1 Portland Bill.
Swift - 1 Charmouth.
Cuckoo - 1 Badbury Rings, 1 Iford, 1 Sherborne, 1 West Parley.
Common Redstart - 3 Durlston CP, 2 Portland Bill, 1 Portland (Suckthumb Quarry).
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Portland (private garden).
Nightingale - 1 Durlston CP.
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Durlston CP.
Firecrest - 1 Creekmoor, 6 Meyrick Park.

Little Egret at Merley © Roger Peart

Jackdaw in Woodville © John Bishop

 

 

Goldcrest in North Wootton © Ian Tinsley

Chiffchaff in Tuckton © Dave Hill

Reports of interest, Saturday 18th April 2020.

Little Ringed Plover - 1 Lodmoor.
Whimbrel - 2 Bestwall, 8 Lytchett Bay.
Knot - 1 Lodmoor.
Greenshank - 1 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Lodmoor, 1 Lytchett Bay.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor.
Lesser Black-Backed Gull - 2 Merley.
Swift - 2 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Durlston CP, 2 Swineham, 1 Wimborne.
Cuckoo - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Moors Valley, 1 Redcliff.
Yellow Wagtail - 13 Christchurch Harbour, 2 Durlston CP, 4 Portland.
Common Redstart - 2 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Durlston CP, 4 Portland Bill.
Whinchat - 2 Christchurch Harbour, 3 Durlston CP, 1 Stour Valley LNR.
Pied Flycatcher - 3+ Christchurch Harbour, 1 Durlston CP, 2 Portland Bill, 1 Portland (Blacknor).
Nightingale - 1-2 Durlston CP, 1 Portland (private garden).
Ring Ouzel - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Lesser Whitethroat - 2 Portland Bill.       
Garden Warbler - 1 Lodmoor, 5 Portland Bill.
Sedge Warbler - 2 Portland Bill, 7+ Swineham.
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Lodmoor.
Firecrest - 1 Christchurch Harbour.

Stonechat at Christchurch © Clinton Whale

Chiffchaff in Woodville © John Bishop

Reports of interest, Friday 17th April 2020.

Manx Shearwater -7 Durlston CP.
Spoonbill - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Swineham.
Merlin - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Grey Plover - 1 Durlston CP, 3 Stanpit.
Whimbrel - 3 Durlston CP, 1 Peveril Point.
Ruff - 2 Stanpit.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Hurn.
Great Skua - 2 Durlston CP.
Arctic Skua - 1 Durlston CP.
Arctic Tern - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Swift -    1 Swineham GPs.
Yellow Wagtail - 10+ Christchurch Harbour.
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Christchurch Harbour.

Reports of interest, Thursday 16th April 2020.

Common Scoter - 158 Portland Bill.
Velvet Scoter - 2 Portland Bill.
Hobby - 1 Portland Bill.
Grey Plover - 1 Stanpit.
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Wareham Common.
Whimbrel - 1 Lytchett Bay, 115 Portland Bill, 10 Stanpit.
Ruff - 2 Stanpit.
Common Sandpiper - 2 Peveril Point.
Green Sandpiper - 2 RSPB Lytchett Fields, 2 R. Allen nr Wimborne.
Greenshank - 2 RSPB Lytchett Fields.
Spotted Redshank - 2 RSPB Lytchett Fields.
Arctic Skua - 1 Portland Bill.
Swift - 1 Portland West Cliffs.
Whinchat - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Grasshopper Warbler - 2 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Portland (Reap Lane).
Firecrest - 1 Hengistbury Head.
Serin - 1 Portland Bill.

Sightings - Wednesday 15th April 2020.

Great White Egret - 2 over Christchurch Harbour.
Osprey - 1 over Lytchett Fields RSPB.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Portland Bill.
Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail Ferrybridge.
Red Kite - 1 over Hardy's Monument.
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB.
Common Sandpiper -1 Blandford.
Pomarine Skua - 1 past Portland Bill.
Cuckoo - 1 Throop.
Short-eared Owl - 1 Milborne St. Andrew.
Hobby -1 Corfe Castle.
Hooded Crow - 1 Portland Bill.
Willow Warbler - 2 Wick.
Whitethroat - 5 Wick, 1 Portland.
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Parley Common, 1 Talbot Heath.
Redstart - 2 Portland.
Tree Pipit - 2 Parley Common.
Crossbill - c20 Meyrick Park.

Buzzard – Christchurch © Clinton Whale. 

Blackcap female  - Bournemouth © David Wareham.  

Great Black-backed Gull – Tuckton © Dave Hill. 

Magpie – Tuckton © Dave Hill.

Mediterranean Gull – Merley Hall Farm © Roger Peart.

Wheatear – Dorchester © Derek Fowler.

Sightings - Tuesday 14th April 2020.

Little Ringed Plover - 2 Wareham Common.
Ruff - 2 Stanpit Marsh.
Common Sandpiper -1 Lodmoor RSPB.
Green Sandpiper - 2 Lodmoor RSPB.
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor RSPB.
Cuckoo - 1 Portland Bill.
Hooded Crow - 1 Portland.
Willow Warbler - 1 Wick Fields.
Sedge Warbler - 5 Lake Gates Meadows, 1 Longham Lakes.
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Portland Bill.
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Durlston.
Firecrest - 1 Rushcombe LNR.
Black Redstart - 1 Blacknor, 1 Portland Bill.

Grey Heron – Christchurch © Clinton Whale.

Great Tit – Tuckton © Dave Hill.

House Sparrow – Bournemouth © David Wareham.

Egyptian Goose family – Longham Lakes © Alan Pearce. 

Sightings - Monday 13th April 2020.

Barnacle Goose - 1 Dorchester Water Meadows.
Red Kite - 2 over Lytchett Fields RSPB, 2 over Spetisbury, singles over Ashington, Broadmayne, Corfe Castle, East Bockhampton, Langton Matravers, Martinstown, Morden Bog, Rushcombe, Stour Valley LNR, Trailway(North Dorset) & Wareham.
Little Ringed Plover - 2 Wareham Common, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Spetisbury.
Green Sandpiper - 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB.
Pomarine Skua - 1 past Portland Bill.
Cuckoo - 1 Throop.
Merlin - 1f in off sea Portland Bill.
Hooded Crow - 1 Crown Estate Field, Portland.
Sedge Warbler - 6 Spetisbury, 3 Longham Lakes.

Fieldfare – Merley ©Roger Peart.

Fighting Robins – Lyme Regis © Roger Boswell.  

Wren – Tuckton © Dave Hill.   

Whitethroat – Christchurch ©Clinton Whale.

Sightings - Sunday 12th April 2020.

Egyptian Goose - 1 pair with a very young gosling Longham Lakes.
Velvet Scoter - 4 off Chesil Beach.
Red Kite - 3 over Durlston, 2 over Talbot Woods, 1 over Ansty, 1 over St. Ives.
Purple Sandpiper - 12 Lyme Regis.
Turtle Dove - 1 Tolpuddle.
Cuckoo - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Sunnyside Farm, 1 Studland.
Hoopoe - 1 over Weston.
Sedge Warbler - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Portland Bill.
Whitethroat - 1 Corfe Castle Common, 1 Stour Valley Way.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Fortuneswell, 1Southwell School.
Black Redstart - 1 Wakeham.
Redstart - 1 Broadcroft Quarry, Portland, 1 Wakeham.
Dipper - 2 Lymes Regis.
Linnet - 40+ Durlston CP.

Black-headed Gull -  Canford © Roger Peart.

Dunnock – Wimborne © Roger Peart.

Cattle Egrets – in an Abbotsbury field ©Jayson Grove.  

Marsh Tit – Cheselbourne © Vaughan Ashby.