Wednesday 30th September 2020

Red-throated Diver - 1 Camp Road The Fleet
Whooper Swan - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery
Balearic Shearwater - 6 past Portland Bill 

Sooty Shearwater - 9 past Portland Bill
White Stork - 1 off the A31 near Bere Regis
Great Egret - 4 Lodmoor RSPB

Osprey - 2 over Broadway/Upwey
Merlin - 1 Christchurch Harbour

Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Stanpit Marsh

Knot - 27 Holes Bay
Long-billed Dowitcher - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB at mid-day (not seen this afternoon)

Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Arctic Tern - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Arctic Skua - 1 Hengistbury Head

Little Gull - 1 Hengistbury Head

Kittiwake - 37 Camp Road The Fleet
Lapland Bunting - 1 Christchurch Harbour

Redpoll - 93 Christchurch Harbour 

Linnet - 520 Christchurch Harbour 

Tuesday 29th September 2020

Great Northern Diver - 2 East Bexington

Whooper Swan - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 2 Cutcleaves Cove The Fleet

Balearic Shearwater - 77 past Portland Bill (119 past yesterday), 4 past East Bexington

White Stork - 1 off the A31 near Bere Regis
Great Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Middlebere
Hobby - 1 South Haven

Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 3 Stanpit Marsh

Little Stint - 1 Ferrybridge

Dunlin - 468 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Long-billed Dowitcher - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB (not seen this afternoon)

Whinchat - 5 Crouch Hill Christchurch Harbour

Great Egret Lodmoor (c) Clinton Whale

Little Stint Ferrybridge (c) Will Bown

Monday 28th September 2020

Whooper Swan - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery

Teal - 438 Lytchett Bay

Balearic Shearwater - 60 past Portland Bill
Cormorant - 250 Middlebere

White Stork - 1 off the A31 near Bere Regis
Great Egret - 2 over Southwell Portland, 1 Middlebere, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Merlin - 1 White Nothe, 1 Herbury Gore

Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 2 Middlebere

Black-tailed Godwit - 1290 Hole Bay

Knot - 50 Holes Bay
Siberian Lesser Whitethroat - 1 probable ringed at PBO 

Firecrest - 1 Middlebere track
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Grove Stadium/St Peter's Church Portland
Rosy Starling - 1 Easton

 

Late News for Thursday 24th September

Chough - 1 Lyme Regis Golf Club

Sunday 27th September 2020

Great Northern Diver - 1 East Bexington
Great Egret - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Middlebere, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Cattle Egret - 4 Radipole Lake RSPB, 3 Nottington, 2 Swineham
Honey Buzzard - 1 over Radipole Lake RSPB
Red Kite - 1 Lulworth
Osprey - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Middlebere
Merlin - 1 Monkey Jump/Maiden Castle area, 1 East Bexington, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Hen Harrier - 1 Middlebere
Dunlin - 308 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Little Stint - 1 Ferrybridge
Short-eared Owl - 2 Durlston
Ring Ouzel - 1 Durlston
Whinchat - 5 Lulworth, 3 Witchampton/Crichel area

Turnstone, Christchurch Harbour © David Wareham 

Saturday 26th September 2020

Little Stint - 2 Ferrybridge
Pectoral Sandpiper - 1 juvenile still on the Stilt Pools at Swineham
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Cattle Egret - 1 Swineham, 1 West Hams/Stanpit
Osprey - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Merlin - 1 trapped & ringed at PBO, 1 St Aldhelm's Head
Hobby - Chuch Ope Cove (Portland)
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Sturminster Marshall GP
Firecrest - 1 East Bexington
Whinchat - 1 Hog Hill
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Sturminster Marshall GP, 1 the Grove (Portland)
Yellow Wagtail - 1 near Westbrook Farm, Upwey
Meadow Pipit - 940 over High Angle Battery (Portand), 507 over St Aldhelm's Head, 191 over East Bexington
Siskin - 111 over East Bexington
Lapland Bunting - 1 over High Angle Battery (Portand)

Dunlin yesterday at Christchurch Harbour © David Wareham

Wheatear, Stanpit © Dave Hill

Friday 25th September 2020

Great Northern Diver: 1 West Bexington/ Cogdon Beach
Cattle Egret: Bestwall RSPB - one still with cattle
Cattle Egret: Abbotsbury Swannery - 10 late afternoon
Ruddy Shelduck: 1 West Knighton - still at Silverlake at West Knighton GPs
Curlew Sandpiper: Stanpit Marsh - 5 off of Fisherman’s Bank
Spotted Redshank: 1 Stanpit
Pectoral Sandpiper:1  Swineham GPs - juvenile still on Stilt Pools
Little Stint: 2 Ferrybridge
Wood Sandpiper: 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB - still on New Pools then flew towards French's Pools

Grey Plover, Lodmoor RSPB © Clinton Whale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday 24th September 2020

Cattle Egret: Bestwall RSPB
Great Egret: 3 Lodmoor RSPB
Great Egret: Lytchett Fields RSPB
Ruddy Shelduck: West Knighton GPs (Silverlake)
Spotted Redshank: Swineham GPs
Spotted Redshank: Lytchett Bay
Little Stint: 2 Ferrybridge
Pectoral Sandpiper: Swineham GPs
Jack Snipe: Swineham GPs
Wood Sandpiper: Lytchett Fields RSPB
Grey Phalarope: 1 Chesil Cove 
Yellow-legged Gull: Lytchett Bay
Caspian Gull: Abbotsbury Swannery - 1st-winter briefly then flew down the Fleet

Wednesday 23rd September 2020

Great White Egret - 2 Arne
Cattle Egret - 1 Radipole Lake RSPB, 1 Swineham Gravel Pits, 1 Abbotsbury
Spoonbill - Brownsea Island
Little Stint - 3 Abbotsbury
Pectoral Sandpiper - 1 Swineham Gravel Pits
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Bay, 11 Stanpit
Yellow Wagtail - 6+ Crouch Hill
Garden Warbler - 1 West Lulworth
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Radipole Lake RSPB
Rosy Starling -1  Portland
Lapland Bunting - 1 Portland, 1 West Knighton

Rock Pipit, Christchurch Harbour © David Wareham

Tuesday 22nd September 2020

Nightjar - 1 trapped & ringed at Durlston CP
Grey Plover - 3 Lodmoor RSPB
Ruff - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Curlew Sandpiper - 5 Christchurch Harbour
Little Stint - 2 Ferrybridge

Pectoral Sandpiper - 2 juveniles still on the Stilt Pools at Swineham

Spotted Redshank - 5 Middlebere, 1 Stanpit

Spoonbill - 1 Arne Bay

Yellow-legged Gull - 4 Swineham

Arctic Tern - 1 Longham Lakes

Cattle Egret - 1 Swineham, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Middlebere

Osprey - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 over Kimmeridge

Red Kite - 1 Wyke Down

Grasshopper Warbler - 2 trapped & ringed at Durlston CP

Rose-coloured Starling - 1 juvenile at Weston (Portland)

Whinchat - 1 Gussage Hill

Raven -40+  near Ibberton Long  Down

Meadow Pipit - 37 trapped & ringed at Durlston CP

Crossbill - 5 Middlebere

Siskin - 82+ Middlebere

 

Chiffchaff, Stanpit © Dave Hill

Dunlin, Stanpit © Dave Hill

 

Monday 21st September 2020

Ruddy Shelduck - 1 Silverlake
Grey Plover - 3 Lodmoor RSPB
Ruff - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Lodmoor RSPB, 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB (French's Pools)

Little Stint - 1 Ferrybridge

Buff-breasted Sandpiper - 1 still at SY958768, St Aldhelm's Head. Please keep to public rights of way. Do not enter private fields

Pectoral Sandpiper - 2 juveniles still on the Stilt Pools at Swineham

Cattle Egret - 2 Swineham

Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB

Honey-buzzard - 1 flew out to sea at Durlston CP

Osprey - 1 over Portland Bill

Harrier sp - a ringtail south over Portland Bill

Red Kite - 1 over Poole

Hobby - 1 over R.Stour by Canford School, 1 Rodden Hive

Short-eared Owl - 1 over car park at St Alhelm's Head

Ring Ouzel - 3 Ballard Down, 1 over Lodmoor RSPB

Raven - 34 in groups of 5 & 8 over Longham Lakes

Crossbill - 7 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Lapland Bunting - 1 Ringstead

Vis mig records today included:

Swallow - 2500+ Rodden Hive, 580 Christchurch Harbour

House Martin -800+ Rodden Hive, 150 Christchurch Harbour

Tree Pipit - 3 Ballard Down

Meadow Pipit - 260 Christchurch Harbour

Redpoll - 103 Ballard Down, 6 Ringstead, 5 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Rodden Hive

Crossbill - 17 Ballard Down

Siskin - 300+ Ballard Down, 240 Christchurch Harbour

 

Lapland Bunting, Ringstead © Dave Chown

Lapland Bunting, Ringstead © Dave Chown

 

 

Dartford Warbler, Hengistbury Head © David Wareham

Osprey, Lodmoor RSPB © Clinton Whale

 

Sunday 20th September 2020

Golden Plover - 4 St Aldhelm's Head

Ruff - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Knot 27 Holes Bay

Curlew Sandpiper - 3 Lodmoor RSPB, 2 Stanpit

Little Stint - 1 Ferrybridge, 1 Stanpit

Buff-breasted Sandpiper - 1 St Aldhelm's Head, on coastal path south of Royal Marines Monument

Pectoral Sandpiper - 2 juveniles still on the Stilt Pools at Swineham

Spotted Redshank - 1 Stanpit

Spoonbill - 3 Stanpit

Cattle Egret - 6 Buckland Ripers, 3 Swineham

Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Poole Harbour on Corfe River, 1 Radipole Lake RSPB

Osprey - 1 Lytchett Bay

Marsh Harrier - 1 male past Hengistbury Head

Hen Harrier - 1 male past Hengistbury Head

Red Kite - 2 Wyke Down

Short-eared Owl - 1 Portland Bill

Rose-coloured Starling - 1 juvenile at Weston (Portland)

Ring Ouzel - 1 Hengistbury

Spotted Flycatcher - 2 Bincombe

Redstart -1 Bincombe, 1 Gussage Hill

Whinchat  - 1 Eggardon Hill, 1 Wyke Down

Vis mig records today included:

Swallow - 5100 Christchurch Harbour, 697 Portland, 232 South Haven

House Martin - 4200 Christchurch Harbour, 60 Portesham

Yellow Wagtail - 21 Christchurch Harbour

Tree Pipit - 4 Christchurch Harbour, 3 Ballard Down, 1 Portland

Meadow Pipit - 1200 Christchurch Harbour, 588 Portland, 160 South Haven, 30 Portesham

Redpoll - 28 Ballard Down, 12 Christchurch Harbour, 9 South Haven

Crossbill - 42 Ballard Down, 3 South Haven, 1 Bincombe

Siskin - 2530 Ballard Down, 1120 Christchurch Harbour, 1010 South Haven, 87 Portland, 61 Bincombe

Lapland Bunting - 1 Christchurch Harbour

Buff-breasted Sandpiper, St Aldhelm's Head © Steve Smith

Curlew Sandpipers, Lodmoor RSPB © Clinton Whale

Ruff, Lodmoor RSPB © Clinton Whale

Saturday 19th September 2020

Grey Partridge - 10 St Aldhelm's Head

Golden Plover - 5 St Aldhelm's Head, 3 Eggardon Hill

Ruff - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Stanpit

Curlew Sandpiper - 8 past & 1 feeding at Hengistbury, 2 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Ferrybridge

Little Stint - 1 Ferrybridge, 1 south end of Sutton Bingham Reservoir

Pectoral Sandpiper - 2 still on the Stilt Pools at Swineham

Spotted Redshank - 1 Stanpit

Cattle Egret - 1 Swineham

Great White Egret - 1 Swineham

Red Kite - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Osprey - 1 Wareham Channel, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Short-eared Owl - 1 Lodmoor RSPB 

Merlin - 1 St Aldhelm's Head, 1 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Durlston CP

Sand Martin - 75 Durlston CP, 18 Ballard Down

Swallow - 6700 Durlston CP, 800 West Bay, 238 St Aldhelm's Head

House Martin - 5600 Durlston CP,  1500, West Bay, 262 St Aldhelm's Head

Firecrest - 1 Southwell (Portland), 1 Durlston CP

Rose-coloured Starling - 1 Southwell (Portland)

Ring Ouzel - 4 Lambert's Castle

Spotted Flycatcher - 17 West Bay, 3 Southwell (Portland), 2 St Aldhelm's Head, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Redstart - 2 West Bay, 1 St Aldhelm's Head, 1 Durlston CP

Whinchat  - 2 Christchurch Harbour, 1 West Bay, 1 Stanpit, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Yellow Wagtail - 7 Durlston CP, 5 Ballard Down, 5 West Bay

Tree Pipit - 18 West Bay

Meadow Pipit - 530 West Bay, 447 Ballard Down, 270 Durlston CP, 230 West Bay

Redpoll - 12 Ballard Down, 2 St Aldhelm's Head

Crossbill - 65 Ballard Down, 2 Durlston CP

Linnet - 305 St Aldhelm's Head, 50 Durlston CP

Siskin - 3221 Ballard Down, 1930 Durlston CP, 184 West Bay, 98 St Aldhelm's Head

Lesser Redpoll - 3 Durlston CP,  2 St Aldhelm's Head, 1 West Bay

Lapland Bunting - 1 over Portland 

Rose-coloured Starling, Portland on 17th Sept © Derek Lightstone

Friday 18th September 2020

Cattle Egret - 8 Abbotsbury Swannery, 2 Bestwell Meadows, 1 Wareham Causeway

Great White Egret - 2 over the River Piddle Wareham, 2 west past Cogden, 1 Lodmoor RSPB

White Stork - 1 west over Littlesea, 1 west Langton Hive, 1 Abbotsbury Swanner 

Osprey - 1 Arne RSPB

Ruff - 2 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Fisherman's Walk Christchurch Hbr.

Curlew Sandpiper - 4 Christchurch Hbr, 4 Lodmoor RSPB, 2 Lytchett Bay

Little Stint - 1 Ferrybridge

Pectoral Sandpiper - 2 on the Stilt Pools Wareham Meadows

Spotted Redshank - 1 Fisherman's Bank Christchurch Hbr.

Hobby - 1 over Baker's Arms roundabout Lytchett Minster, 1 Rodden Hive, 1 juv West Bexington

Sand Martin - 14 Ballard Down

Swallow - 570 Hengistbury Hd, 160 South Haven

House Martin - 350 Hengistbury Hd.

Rosy Starling - 1 imm on roof at Haylands Portland

Yellow Wagtail - 46 Hengistbury Hd.

Grey Wagtail - 5 Ballard Down, 5 Hengistbury Hd.

Meadow Pipit - 315 Hengistbury Hd,  93 Ballard Down, 87 South Haven, 44 St. Aldhelm's Hd.

Redpoll - 8 St Aldhelm's  Hd, 2 Cogden, 1 South Haven

Crossbill - 13 over Ballard Down

Siskin - 2632 Ballard Down, 435 Hengistbury Hd, 60 St. Adhelm's Hd, 46 Cogden

Stonechat - Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale

Thursday 17th September 2020

Brent Goose - 2 west past Hengistbury Hd.

Garganey - Hengistbury Hd.

Cattle Egret - 2 Abbotsburry Swannery

Great White Egret - 1 Moors Valley CP, 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 roosting Slepe Heath

Spoonbill - 20 Arne RSPB (Shipstal Pt.)

Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Bay, 2 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Ferrybridge, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Rodden Hive, 1 Holloway's Dock Christchurch Hbr.

Little Stint - 1 Ferrybridge

Pectoral Sandpiper - 2 Wareham Meadows on Stilt Pools.

Merlin - 1 Hengistbury Hd.

Hobby - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 over Goathorn

Woodlark - 1 Ferrybridge

Sand Martin - 15 Hengistbury Hd

Swallow - 1000 Rodden Hive, 700 Hengistbury Hd, 190 South Haven

House Martin - 4500 Hengistbury Hd, 600 Rodden Hive

Rosy Starling - 1 Weston Portland

Pied Flycatcher - 1 St. Aldhelm's Hd.

Yellow Wagtail - 60 Hengistbury Hd, 22 Wick Fm, 4 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Grey Wagtail - 12 Hengistbury Hd.

Redpoll - 5 Hengistbury Hd.

Siskin - 745 South Haven, 600 Hengistbury Hd

Lapland Bunting - 1 over South Haven Studland

Curlew - Stanpit Marsh © Dave Hill

Kestrel - Stanpit Marsh © Dave Hill

Wednesday 16th September 2020

Cattle Egret - 6 Abbotsbury, 2 Wareham Meadow by Stilt Pools

Great White Egret - 4 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Stanpit Marsh

White Stork - 1 Winterborne Kingston, 1 Tolpuddle

Spoonbill - 41 Brownsea is. 4 Middlebere, 3 Abbotsbury Swannery

Osprey - 3-4 Poole Hbr - 2 Lytchett Bay, 1 Wareham Channel and 2 Arne

Black-winged Stilt - 2 seen to fly into Christchurch Hbr.

Curlew Sandpiper - 6 Brownsea Is, 4 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Lodmoor, 1 Rodden Hive

Ruff - 2 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Stanpit Marsh

Little Stint - 1 Brownsea Is, 1 Ferrybridge

Pectoral Sandpiper - 1 Wareham Meadows on Swineham Pool later on the Stilt Pools.

Spotted Redshank - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Hobby - 2 Canford School

Sand Martin - 50+ Abbotsbury Swannery

Swallow - 1000+ Abbotsbury Swannery

House Martin - 2000 Portland Bill, 500 Hengistbury Hd.

Yellow Wagtail - 50 Abbotsbury Swannery, 46 Rodden Hive, c30 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 15 Stanpit Marsh, 3 St Aldhelm's Hd.

Grey Wagtail - 8 Hengistbury Hd.

Pied/White Wagtails - 30+ Abbotsbury Swannery

Meadow Pipit - 200+ St Aldhelm's Hd, 20+ Lytchett Fields RSPB.

Linnet - 200+ St. Aldhelm's Hd.

Lapland Bunting  - 2 over Hengistbury Hd.

Ortolan Bunting - 1 Tidmoor Range.

Tuesday 15th September 2020

Ruddy Shelduck - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Balearic Shearwater - 54 Portland Bill

Cattle Egret - 3 off New Barn Rd Abbotsbury, 2 Wareham Meadows behind the Curlews

Great Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Radipole Lake RSPB

Spoonbill - 35 Brownsea Is, 3 flew north over Rodwell, 1 Middlebere

Black Kite - 1 possibly this species west between Norden & the Purbeck Ridge

Red Kite - 1 over Bridport West Golf Course, 1 over Christchurch Hbr.

Osprey - 3+ Lytchett Bay, 1 Wareham Channel, 1 Middlebere

Ruff - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Curlew Sandpiper - 4 Middlebere, 4 Stanpit Bight, 1 Ferrybridge

Little Stint - 2 Ferrybridge

Pectoral Sandpiper - 2 Wareham Meadows on the Stilt Pools view from the river walk.

Green Sandpiper - 2 Bride Valley Fish Farm

Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Middlebere, 1 Stanpit Marsh

Turtle Dove - 1 Portland Bill in the Top Fields

Firecrest - 4 Talbot Heath

Sand Martin - 15 Hengistbury Hd.

Swallow - 200 Hengistbury Hd.

House Martin - 2-3000 Hengistbury Hd, 2000 Winspit Valley

Barred Warbler - 1 probable juv Two Rivers Path Swineham Pt. SY940878

Redstart - 1 Slepe Heath, 1 Winspit Valley

Wheatear - 5 Hengistbury Hd, 2 Maiden Castle, 2 Bride Valley Fish Farm, 1 Slepe Heath 

Yellow Wagtail - 20 over Hengistbury Hd, 12 Talbot Heath, 5 Winspit Valley

Pectoral Sandpiper - Wareham Meadows © Clive Hargrave

Yellow-legged Gull - Wareham Meadows © Clive Hargrave

Monday 14th September 2020

Little Stint - 1 Ferrybridge
Golden Plover - 1 Eggardon Hill
Pectoral Sandpiper - 2 Swineham on Stilt Pool
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Butterstreet Cove (The Fleet), 1 Ferrybridge, 1 Brand's Bay
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor RSPB on North Scrape
Glossy Ibis - 1 briefly at Lytchett Fields RSPB this morning
Great White Egret - 3 over Abbotsbury Swannery, 2 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Avon Causeway
Cattle Egret - 6 Abbotsbury Swannery, 2 Bestwell RSPB,                                                                              1 Bride Valley Fish Farm (near Puncknowle)
Osprey - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery, 2 Lytchett Bay
Honey-buzzard - 1 north over Portland Bill
Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 The Northe (Weymouth)
Wryneck - 1 Arne RSPB on Raptor Trail
Redstart - 1 Durlston CP
Whinchat - 1 Bride Valley Fish Farm (near Puncknowle), 1 Eggardon Hill

Yesterday : A juvenile Rosy Starling at Portland Bill 

Pectoral Sandpipers at Swineham © David Foster

Pectoral Sandpipers at Swineham © David Foster

Sunday 13th September 2020

Grey Partridge - 1 St Aldhelm's Head
Ruddy Shelduck - 9 on the Fleet from Chickerell Hive Point
Garganey - 1 Brand's Bay
Nightjar - 2 trapped and ringed at Durlston CP
Sanderling - 8 Ferrybridge
Little Stint - 1 Ferrybridge
Pectoral Sandpiper - 1 Swineham
Curlew Sandpiper - 5 Stanpit, 2 Ferrybridge
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Stanpit
Cattle Egret - 2 Swineham, 3 Abbotsbury Swannery
Osprey - 3+ in Poole Harbour area, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Merlin - 1 St Aldhelm's Head
Firecrest - 1 Hengistbury Head
Whinchat - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Wick
Grasshopper Warbler - 2 trapped and ringed at Durlston CP
Blackcap - 67 trapped and ringed at Durlston CP
Lapland Bunting - 1 St Aldhelm's Head

In Lyme Bay from surveyors research cruise:
120 Balearic Shearwater
300 Manx Shearwater
1 Sooty Shearwater
11 Storm Petrel
13 Arctic Skua
1 or 2 Pomarine Skua
1 Great Skua
1 probable Long-tailed Skua
1 Puffin

Lapland Bunting at St Aldhelm's Head © Steve Smith

 

Saturday 12th September 2020

Black-necked Grebe - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Little Stint - 1 Ferrybridge
Ruff - 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Pectoral Sandpiper - 1 Swineham GPs
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Ferrybridge
Greenshank - 15 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Spoonbill - 25 Brownsea Island lagoon, 1 Middlebere
Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Cattle Egret - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Swineham
Osprey - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Firecrest - 2 Eype
Whinchat - 1 St Aldelm's Head
Yellow Wagtail - 30+ Martinstown
Ortolan Bunting - 1 over West Morden calling

Friday 11th September 2020

Grey Partridge - 9 St Aldhelm's Head.
Black-Necked Grebe - 1 Swineham, a very early autumn record.
Great White Egret - 1 Lytchett Fields departed NW.
Cattle Egret - 1 Hengistbury.
Marsh Harrier - 7 Poole Harbour.
Hobby - 1 Holton Lee, 1 Middlebere.
Golden Plover - 1 St Aldhelm's Head.
Knot - 2 Ferrybridge, 7 Christchurch Hbr.
Ruff - 1 Swineham.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Middlebere, 2 Stanpit.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Middlebere, 1 over Wick.
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Stanpit.
Common Sandpiper - 2 Christchurch Hbr.
Pectoral Sandpiper - 1 Arne Moors then Swineham.
Little Stint - 1 Ferrybridge.
Yellow-Legged Gull - 3 Swineham.
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - 1 East Parley.
Wryneck - 1 Cogden.
Yellow Wagtail - 2 Eggardon Hill, 30+ Holton Lee, c12 Maiden Castle area, 9 Middlebere, 

                           2 Swineham.
Wheatear - 4 Christchurch Hbr, 6 Eggardon Hill, 8 Maiden Castle, 3 Stanpit.
Redstart - 1 Eggardon Hill.
Whinchat - 5 Christchurch Hbr, 1 East Parley.
Spotted Flycatcher - 3 Christchurch Hbr, 2 Eggardon Hill.
Garden Warbler - 1 Christchurch Hbr.
Western Bonelli's Warbler - 1 Portland (Southwell Gardens, flew towards Eight Kings Quarry).
Firecrest - 1 Cogden.
Corn Bunting - 1 Stanpit is very unusual for the area.

Stonechat at Stanpit © Dave Hill

 

 

 

Wheatear at Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Bar-tailed Godwit at Ferrybridge © Will Bown

Thursday 10th September 2020

Great Northern Diver - 1 Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 6 Portland Bill
Merlin - 2 over Durlston CP
Sanderling - 8 Ferrybridge
Little Stint - 1 Ferrybridge
Pectoral Sandpiper - 1 probable seen from Swineham
Spotted Redshank - 1 Stanpit
Common Sandpiper - 2 Stanpit
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit
Short-eared Owl - 1 Tidmoor Point (on the Fleet)
Swallow - 12,500 estimated over Hengistbury, 650 Portland Bill, 400 over Durlston CP
Whitethroat - 25 Durlston CP, 2 Charmouth
Lesser Whitethroat -3 Durlston CP
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Durlston CP
Redstart - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Winspit, 1 Badbury Rings, 1 St Aldhelm's Head
Whinchat - 2 Eype Mouth, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Durlston CP, 1 Badbury Rings,                                         1 Christchurch Harbour
Wheatear - 24 Reap Lane (Portland), Eype Mouth, 8 St Aldhelm's Head, 8 Christchurch Harbour,                     4 Durlston CP, 2 Ferrybridge, 1 Badbury Rings
Spotted Flycatcher - 3 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Durlston CP
Pied Flycatcher - 2 Easton (Portland)
Yellow Wagtail - 80+ Kimmeridge, 10 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 7 Eype Mouth,                                                     8 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Winspit
Ortolan Bunting - 1, possibly 2 at King Barrow Quarries (Portland)
Siskin - 570 over South Haven, 420 over Durlson CP, 75 Portland Bill, 70+ over Charmouth,                             60 Wick, 18 over Eype Mouth

Little Stint at Ferrybridge © Pete Coe

 

Wednesday 9th September 2020.

Eider - 1 off Lyme Regis harbour.
Spoonbill - 2+ Middlebere.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Middlebere, 1 Wick, 1 Worgret Heath.
Osprey - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Wareham Channel.
Hobby - 1 west over the sea past Hengistbury.
Golden Plover - c15 over East Parley.
Knot - c15 north Holes Bay, 2+ Middlebere.
Dotterel - 1 White Nothe.
Black-Tailed Godwit - 1073 north Holes Bay is a very good count for September.
Ruff - 1 Middlebere.
Greenshank - 1 Longham Lakes.
Spotted Redshank - 2 Middlebere.
Common Sandpiper - 2+ Stanpit.
Kingfisher - 1 Portland Bill was caught and ringed.
Yellow Wagtail - 80+ Wareham Common, 17 Stanpit, 40+ Wimborne Eye Mead, 27 White Nothe.

Wheatear - 1+ Durlston CP, 3 Hengistbury, 2 Lyme Regis, 8 Stanpit, 10 White Nothe.
Whinchat - 3 Hengistbury, 1 Lytchett Fields, 1 Stanpit.
Swallow - thousands departed south over Hengistbury.
Whitethroat - 1 Wareham Common.
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Longham Lakes, 1 Wareham Common.

Dotterel, White Nothe © Dave Chown

Dotterel, White Nothe © Dave Chown

Wheatear at Lyme Regis © Roger Boswell

Tuesday 8th September 2020.

Brent Goose - 1 Stanpit.
Barnacle Goose - 1 Lodmoor.
Great White Egret - 2+ Lodmoor.
Marsh Harrier - 2 Middlebere.
Goshawk - 1 west over Portland (Easton).
Osprey - 1 Ferrybridge, 2 Lytchett Bay, 1 Middlebere, 1 Wareham Channel.
Hobby - 2 south over Portland (Reap Lane).
Knot - 2 Stanpit.
Ruff - 1 Lodmoor.
Greenshank - 5 Middlebere, 2 over Wick.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Stanpit.
Common Sandpiper - 4 Stanpit.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor, 2 Middlebere, 1 Stanpit.
Curlew Sandpiper - 4+ Brownsea Island, 4 Stanpit.
Wryneck - 1 Charmouth West Cliff.
Yellow Wagtail - 6+ Maiden Castle, 8 Wick.
Wheatear - 2 Hengistbury, 6 Stanpit, 3 Wick, 1 Winspit.
Redstart - 1 Hengistbury, 1 Stanpit.
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Ham Common, 1 Lodmoor.
Whinchat - 1 Hengistbury, 1 Stanpit.
Garden Warbler - 1 Charmouth West Cliff.