Friday 30th April 2021

Ruddy Shelduck - 1 Radipole RSPB seen from the visitor centre

Nightjar - 1 Cogden

Black-winged Stilt - 2 Lodmoor RSPB Postbox Pool

Honey-buzzard - 1 Moor country Park Verwood

Hobby - 1 Durweston Bridge

Wood Warbler - 1 Cogden Beach boardwalk gully

Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Ring Ouzel - 1 Wyke Regis

Spotted Flycatcher - 2 Portland Avalanche Road Hump, 1 Portland Castle

Nightingale - 1 Luscombe NR Poole

Pied flycatcher - 1 Avalnce Road Hump Portland, 1 female Reap Lane  Portland, 1 Portland Castle

Redstart - 1 male Reap Lane Portland

Whinchat - 5 Barleycrates Quarry, 1 Avalanch Road Hump Portland

Corn Bunting - 20 King Down Nr Wimbourne

Black-winged Stilt - Lodmoor RSPB © Garry Hayman

Whinchat - Portland © Garry Hayman

Shelduck - Poole Park  ©David Wareham

Thursday 29th April 2021

Ruddy Shelduck - 1 Radipole RSPB on Buddleia Loop

Garganey - 2 Drake and female Swineham mouth of the River Piddle, 1 Radipole RSPB seen from the viewing shelter

Purple Sandpiper - 6 Lyme Regis on The Cobb

Osprey -  1 resident Poole Hbr.

Short - eared Owl - 1 Durlston CP

Wood Warbler - 1 Portland near Avalanche Road Hump

Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Worth Matravers along path to Seacombe, 1 Culverwell

Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Poole Park, 1 Durlston CP

Whitethroat - 5 Woodville

Ring Ouzel - 1 Portland Bill, 1 Suckthumb Quarry Portland

Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Portland Avalanche Road Hump

Black Redstart - 2 Portland Bill, 1 Winspit Quarry

Redstart - 1 female Suckthumb Paddocks Portland

Whinchat - 5 Barleycrates Quarry

Whitethroat - Woodville ©John Bishop

 

Chaffinch - Poole Park ©David Wareham

Wednesday 28th April 2021

Garganey - 1 Male Abbotsbury Swannery, 1male Tadnoll, 1 male Poole Park

Cattle Egret - 6 Abbotsbury Swannery

Osprey - 1 over Cerne Abbas, 1 resident Poole Hbr.

Whimbrel - 39 Wesy Bay, 5 Portland Bill, 3+ Middlebere, 2 Holes Bay

Common Sandpiper - 1 Portland Bill, 1 Littlesea The Fleet.

Wood Sandpiper - 1 1 Littlesea The Fleet.

WHISKERED TERN - 1 west West Bay

Iceland Gull - 1 Weymouth Bay presume same Bowleaze Cove later

Turtle Dove - 1 Culverwell Portland Bill

Short-eared Owl - 1 Portland Bill

Swift - 40+ Longham Lakes, 3 Arne RSPB, 1 Wareham Common, 1 Littlesea, 1 Portland Bill

Hobby - 1 Easton

Sand Martin - 21 over Wareham Common

Swallow - 75 Hengistbury Hd, 60 over Wareham Common, 40 West Bay

House Martin - 7 Wareham Common, 3 West Bay, 1 Hartland Moor

Wood Warbler - 1 West Bay

Willow Warbler - 149 Portland Bill

Blackcap - 49 Portland Bill

Lesser Whitethroat - 9 Portland Bill, 2 West Bay, 1 Littlesea, 1 Southwell, 1 Wick, 1 Poole Park, 1 Middlebere.

Whitethroat - 32 Portland Bill, 19 West Bay, 3 Southwell, 2 Middlebere

Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Culverwell, 1 Littlesea The Fleet

Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Portland Bill, 1 Southwell

Pied Flycatcher - 3 Reap Lane, 1 Southwell, 1 fem. Hengistbury Hd.

Black Redstart - 2 Portland Bill

Yellow Wagtail - 200 Portland Bill, 12 North Coastguard Portland, 4 West Bay, 4 Hengistbury Hd, 2 Easton

Tree Pipit - 5 North Coastguard Portland

Drake Garganey-Poole Park © Mike Gibbons

Tuesday 27th April 2021

Eider - 1 adult drake Lyme Regis

Long-tailed Duck - 1 imm drake Silverlake

Red-throated Diver - 1 St Aldhelm's Hd.

Great Northern Diver - 1 Portland Bill

Cattle Egret - 10 Abbotsbury Swannery

Great White Egret - 3 Christchurch Hbr.

Osprey - 1 over Lodmoor, 1 Poole Hbr.

Grey Plover - 15 past Hengistbury Hd, 13 Middlebere

Whimbrel - 28 Lytchett Bay, 24 past Charmouth, 21 St Aldhelm's Hd, 10 Hengistbury Hd.

Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Jack Snipe - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Pomarine Skua - 1 over Chesil Cove, 1 Portland Bill

Little Gull - 3 Portland Bill

Swift - 2 St Aldhelm's Hd, 1 Canford Bottom

Wryneck - 1 Watery Lane SANG (Lytchett Bay) Upton

Hobby - 1 Winfrith Heath

House Martin - 20 Frampton, 2 Upton

Ring Ouzel - 1 Verne Common Portland

Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Culverwell, 1 Verne Common

Pied Flycatcher - 2 males St. Aldhelm's Hd, 1 Hengistbury Hd.

Black Redstart - 1 Southwell Farm

Redstart - 1 St. Aldhelm's Hd.

Whinchat - 1 St. Aldhelm's Hd.

Yellow Wagtail - 1 over Stanpit Marsh, 1 St. Aldhelm's Hd.

Grey Wagtail - Near Wimborne ©Trevor Wilkinson

Great Black-backed Gull - Christchurch Harbour © David Wareham

Monday 26th April 2021

Cattle Egret - 10 Abbotsbury Swannery

Whimbrel - 10 Stanpit Marsh

Little Gull - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Hobby - 1 St Ives

Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Alner's Gorse

Ring Ouzel - 2 Verne Moat Portland

Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Portland Castle

Serin - 1 briefly Durlston CP car park.

Razorbill - Durlston Country Park © Will Bown

Sunday 25th April 2021

Brent Goose - 1 past East Bexington, 1 past Ferrybridge

Egyptian Goose - 2 Swineham meadows

Mandarin Duck - 1 male Stour Valley LNR.

Common Scoter - 27 past Cogden, 12 past Charmouth

Red-throated Diver - 1 St. Alhelm's Head, 1 West Bay

Great Northern Diver - 1 Cogden

Manx Shearwater - 55 Charmouth, 24 West Bay

Cattle Egret - 9 Abbotsbury

Glossy Ibis - 1 long stayer Stanpit Marsh

Honey Buzzard - 1 possible NE over The Eye Mead Wimborne

Red Kite - 1 Middlebere

Marsh Harrier - 1 Morden Bog

Osprey - 1 over The eye Mead Wimborne

Grey Plover - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Little Ringed Plover - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Whimbrel - 70 Rodden Hive, 30 Christchurch Hbr, 24 West Bay, 21 St Aldhelm's Hd, 23 Lytchett Fields 

                    RSPB, 18 Cogden, 12 Charmouth, 1 Abbotsbury

Bar-tailed Godwit - 28 Chesil Beach, 15 Charmouth, 1 Christchurch Hbr.

Sanderling - 7 St. Aldhelm's Hd, 3 West Bay, 1 Cogden

Common Sandpiper - 1 Abbotsbury, 1 Stour Valley LNR.

Spotted Redshank - 1 Fisherman's Dock Christchurch.

Greenshank - 5 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Pomarine Skua - 1 pale phase East Bexington

Arctic Skua - 3 East Bexington, 2 Chesil Beach

Little Tern - 26 Lodmoor RSPB

Arctic Tern - 3 Cogden

Little Gull - 3 east Ferrybridge, 3 Chesil Cove, 2 East Bexington

Yellow-legged Gull - 1 2nd/sum Cogden

Swift - 11 Charmouth, 2 St. Aldhelm's Hd, 2 Swineham GP, 2 Hengistbury Hd,

Hobby - 2-3 Midddlebere, 1 Charmouth, 1 Shapwick

Swallow - 48 St. Aldhelm's Hd, 3 Charmouth.

House Martin - 1 Hengistbury Hd,

Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Lodmoor RSPB 

Redstart - 2 Rodden Hive - 2 Wareham Forest, 1 Barn Field Hengistbury Hd.

Wheatear - 3 St. Aldhelm's Hd, 2 Lodmoor RSPB

Yellow Wagtail - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Priory Marsh

Saturday, 24th April 2021.

Swift - 100+ Longham Lakes.
Cuckoo - 2 Ferrybridge/Chesil, 1 West Knighton.
Egyptian Goose - 2 Holme Lane GP (Wareham).
Eider - 1 past Charmouth.
Grey Plover - 1 past Alum Chine, 13 Ferrybridge/Chesil
Little Ringed Plover - 1 over The Fleet.
Whimbrel - 10 past Alum Chine, 9 past Charmouth, 115 past Ferrybridge/Chesil, 

    1 heard over Lytchett Matravers at dusk.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Charmouth.
Greenshank - 1 Ferrybridge, 6 over Holme Lane (Wareham).
Arctic Skua - 4 past Ferrybridge/Chesil, 17 Portland Bill Obs.
Pomarine Skua - 1 distantly past Alum Chine, 2 Portland Bill Obs.
Great Skua - 1 from Camp Rd (Wyke Regis).
Little Gull - 26 past Chesil.
Arctic Tern - 14 past Alum Chine, 6 Ferrybridge/Chesil.
Red-throated Diver - 5 Ferrybridge/Chesil.
Black-throated Diver - 2 Portland Bill Obs.
Osprey - 2 Poole Harbour, 1 over Talbot Heath.
Red Kite - 1 Morden.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Ferrybridge/Chesil.
Merlin - 1 Ferrybridge.
Hobby - 1 Portland West Cliffs, 1 Winfrith.
White Wagtail - 2 off the sea Alum Chine.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Portland Bill Obs.
Common Redstart - 1 Portland Bill Obs, 1 Studland.
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Merley.
Whinchat - 1 Ferrybridge.
Nightingale - 1 near Hazelbury Bryan.
Serin - 1 Ferrybridge/Chesil.

Late news - Wryneck at West Parley on Thursday.

Siberian Chiffchaff, Merley © Terry Elborn

Siberian Chiffchaff, Merley © Terry Elborn

Friday, 23rd April 2021.

Swift - 1 Ferrybridge, 7 Longham Lakes.
Cuckoo - 2 Swineham.
Grey Plover - 21 past Chesil Beach, 1 Ferrybridge, 4 Stanpit.
Little Ringed Plover - 2 Swineham.
Whimbrel - 12 Christchurch Harbour, 177 past Chesil Beach, 1 Longham Lakes, 1 Poole Harbour

   (Sandbanks), 45 Portland, 5 The Fleet (Lynch Cove).
Ruff - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Greenshank - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Caspian Gull - 1 Longham Lakes.
Arctic Skua - 4 past Chesil Beach.
Pomarine Skua - 1 past Portland Bill.
Fulmar - 1 inside Christchurch Harbour.
Black-throated Diver - 1 past Hengistbury Head.
Manx Shearwater - 2 Chesil Beach.
Red Kite - 1 Stag Gate, 1 Yetminster.
Merlin - 1 off the sea Portland, 1 Portland West Cliff.
Hobby - 1 West Moors.
White Wagtail - 1 Portland West Cliff.
Common Redstart - 2 Hengistbury Head.
Whinchat - 2 Hengistbury Head.
Ring Ouzel - 1 Portland (Thumb Lane).

Late News: yesterday's movement of Bar-tailed Godwit was estimated at over 2200 in the Weymouth /Portland area.

Whimbrel, Hengistbury Head © David Wareham.

Thursday 22nd April 2021

Ring-necked Duck - 2 females still at Longham Lakes
Long-tailed Duck - 1 Silverlake
Ruddy Shelduck - 2 Silverlake
Garganey - pair at Swineham GPs
Swift - 2 Longham Lakes
Stone-curlew - 1 briefly at Cogden beach this morning before flying north
Sanderling - 1 Ferrybridge
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Common Sandpiper - 2 Longham Lakes
Bar-tailed Godwit - large numbers reported from coastal sites since yesterday afternoon including 332
over Chesil today
Cattle Egret - 14 Abbotsbury Swannery this evening, 2 Upton CP
Little Gull - 1 Hengistbury Head
Arctic Skua - 1 past Hengistbury
Black-throated Diver - 1 past St Alhelm's Head
Glossy Ibis - 1 long staying bird at Christchurch Harbour possibly departed this morning
Red Kite - 2 over Stanpit village, 1 over Lytchett Bay
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Shapwick/Tarrants Keyneston
Whinchat - 1 Wick Hams
Redstart - 1 Hengistbury Head

Grey Wagtail, Merley © Roger Peart

 

 

Long-tailed Duck, Silverlake © Geoff Upton

 

Turnstone, Christchurch Harbour © David Wareham

Wednesday, 21st April 2021.

Reeves' Pheasant - 3 Wytch Farm (Poole Harbour).
Egyptian Goose - 2 Lower Bockhampton.
Long-tailed Duck - 1 Silverlake (middle lake).
Ring-necked Duck - 2 Longham Lakes.
Mandarin Duck - 1 Stour Valley LNR.
Cuckoo - 1 Alners Gorse, 2 Wytch Farm (Poole Harbour).
Common Sandpiper - 1 Longham Lakes, 1 Silverlake (eastern lake), 1 Stour Valley LNR.
Yellow-legged Gull - 2 West Quay Rd, Poole.
Cattle Egret - 1 north over Portland Bill.
Red Kite - 1 Dewlish.
Black Redstart - 1 Durlston CP.
Wood Warbler - 1 Portland Bill.
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Radipole Lake reeling.
Ring Ouzel - 3 Weston (Portland).

Corn Bunting, Coombe Valley © Daragh Croxson

Wheatear, Coombe Valley © Daragh Croxson

Tuesday, 20th April 2021.

Long-tailed Duck - 1 Silverlake.
Ring-necked Duck - 2 Longham Lakes.
Cuckoo - 1 Lytchett Fields, 1 Morden Bog, 1 Rempstone, 1 Trigon estate.
Avocet - 1 past Portland Bill.
Grey Plover - 5 Herbury (The Fleet).
Little Ringed Plover - 8+ Lytchett Fields.
Whimbrel - 27 Herbury (The Fleet), 6 Lytchett Fields, 5 Stanpit.
Common Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Fields.
Green Sandpiper - 3 Lytchett Fields.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Greenshank - 2 Lytchett Fields.
Arctic Skua - 6 Portland Bill.
White Stork - 5 over Lower Bockhampton (late afternoon), 5 over Longham Lakes (afternoon).
Red Kite - 1 Abbotsbury, 1 Bridport, 1 Sydling St Nicholas.
Hobby - 1 Herbury (The Fleet), 1 Lytchett Fields.
White Wagtail - 2 Lytchett Fields, 1 St Aldhelms Head.
Yellow Wagtail - 2 Hengistbury Head, 8 Portland Bill.
Black Redstart - 1 St Aldhelm's Head.
Common Redstart - 1 Throop (Bournemouth).
Wheatear - 300+ Portland Bill.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Westbourne.
Whinchat - 10 Portland Bill, 1 Studland (Greenlands Farm).
Wood Warbler - 1 Hengistbury Head.
Grasshopper Warbler - several Portland Bill, 1 Rodden Hive reeling.
Ring Ouzel - 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Barleycrates Lane (Portland), 3 The Verne (Portland).

Red Kite, Abbotsbury © Sue Wingett

Dunnock, Wimborne © Roger Peart

Song Thrush, Wimborne © Roger Peart

Monday 19th April 2021

Ring-necked Duck - 2 females at Longham Lakes (one on each lake)
Garganey - pair Longham Lakes (on South Lake)
Little Ringed Plover - 7 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Spotted Redshank 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Green Sandpiper - 1 over Hengistbury Head
Purple Sandpiper - 15 Christchurch Harbour sandspit
Wimbrel - 40 Littlesea/Tidmoor, 9 past Hengistbury, 2 Ferrybridge, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Cattle Egret - 13 Abbotsbury Swannery
Little Gull - 1st winter at Lodmoor RSPB, 1 over Ferrybridge
Arctic Tern - 5 past Portland Bill
Arctic Skua - 1 over Chesil Beach
Glossy Ibis - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Osprey - 1 Middlebere, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Grasshopper Warbler - 5 Littlesea/Tidmoor, 2 Barleycrates Lane, 1 Wears Hill above Abbotsbury, 1 Ferrybridge
Ring Ouzel - 1 Portland West Cliff
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Cogden Beach
Whinchat - 3 Barleycrates Lane, 3 Littlesea/Tidmoor,  2 East Bockhampton, 1 Morden Bog, 1 Coombe Valley, 1 Swyre Head, 1 Canford Heath
Redstart - 4 Barleycrates Lane, 2 Littlesea/Tidmoor
Yellow Wagtail - 3 over Hengistbury Head, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Sunday 18th April 2021

Ruddy Shelduck - 1 Silverlake
Garganey - 2 Longham Lakes
Long-tailed Duck - 1 West Knighton, Silverlake
Stone-curlew - 1 Cheselbourne
Little Ringed Plover - 8 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Whimbrel - 5 Stanpit Marsh
Ruff - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Osprey - 1 Morden Bog NNR
Grasshopper Warbler - 2 Barleycrates Lane, Portland, 1 Poundbury, Dorchester
Ring Ouzel - 2 Barleycrates Lane, Portland, 1 St. Aldhem's Head
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Thumb Lane, Portland
Black Redstart - 2 Durlston CP, 1 Abbotsbury, 1 Culverwell, Portland
Whinchat - 5 CAmpRoad, Wyke Regis, 1 Barleycrates Lane, Portland
Yellow Wagtail - 2 Ferrybridge, 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Durlston CP, 1 Littlesea, The Fleet
Crossbill - 1 Morden Bog NNR

Stone-curlew, Cheselbourne © Svetlana Ashby

Crossbill, Morden Bog NNR © Mark Wright

Coot, Lodmoor RSPB © Pam Parsons

Saturday 17th April 2021

Grey Partridge - 2 Alners Gorse
Barnacle Goose - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Ring-necked Duck - 1 Longham Lakes
Eider - 2 off Portland Bill
Little Ringed Plover - 3 Lytchett Fields
Whimbrel - 1 Holes Bay South
Bar-tailed Godwit - 60 Littlesea, 5 Ferrybridge, 2 Lodmoor RSPB, 2 Charmouth Beach
Purple Sandpiper - 1 Portland Bill
Iceland Gull - 1 Weymouth Bay then over to Breakwater
Arctic Skua - 2 off Portland Bill
Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Cattle Egret - 13 Abbotsbury Swannery
Red Kite - 2 West of Punknowle
Wryneck - 1 still at Portland Obs Quarry
Hobby - 1 Wareham Channel
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 heard Swanage Railway Station
Ring Ouzel - 3 still Barleycrates Lane, Portland
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Reap Lane, 1 Avalanche Hump, Portland
Black Redstart - 1 Canford Cliffs
Common Redstart - 4 Reap Lane, 1 Barleycrates Lane, Portland, 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Barnacle Goose, Stanpit Marsh © Garry Hayman

Ring Ouzel, Barleycrates Lane © Pete Coe

Friday 16th April 2021

Mandarin Duck -  1 Canford School, River Stour
Ring-necked Duck - 1 Longham lakes
Whimbrel - 1 Ferrybridge
Ruff - 1 Hengistbury Head
Purple Sandpiper - 2 Hengistbury Head
Red-throated Diver - 1 West Bay
Osprey - 1 Middlebere
Red Kite - 2 West Bay
Wryneck - 1 Portland Obs Quarry
Merlin - 1 West Bay
Ring Ouzel - 4 Barleycrates Lane, Portland, 1 Lytchett Fields
Common Redstart - 1 Lytchett Fields, 1 Reap Lane, 1 Wyke Regis, Camp Road
Whinchat - 1 Ferrybridge, 1 Portland, Reap lane
Dipper - 1 Lyme Regis
Yellow Wagtail - 2 Hengistbury Head
Tree Pipit - 1 Morden Bog, towards Sherford
Serin - 1 Portland Bill, heading North

Wryneck, Portland Obs Quarry © John Wall

Whimbrel, Ferrybridge © Debbie Saunders

Thursday 15th April 2021

Long-tailed Duck - 1 Silverlake
Little Ringed Plover - 3 Lytchett Fields
Purple Sandpiper - 1 Lyme Regis
Little Stint (Unconfirmed) -1  Lodmoor RSPB
Iceland Gull - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, Postbox Pools
Great Northern Diver - 1 West Bay
Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Hen Harrier - 1 Sixpenny Handley
Red Kite - 1 Winspit
Montagu's Harrier - 1 Arne RSPB, Coombe Heath
Wryneck - 1 Portland, Obs Quarry
Chough (Unconfirmed) - 1 Portland, Southwell East Cliffs
Ring Ouzel - 3 Portland, Barleycrates Lane, 2 Nine Barrow Down
Black Redstart - 1 Portland, Reap Lane
Whinchat - 1 Portland, Reap Lane
Yellow Wagtail - 5 St. Aldhem's Head

Dunnock, Lytchett Fields © Frankie Gamble

Tree Pipit, Morden Bog © Ian Ballam

Linnet, Holton Lee © Tony Furnell

Wednesday 14th April 2021

Ring-necked Duck - 1 still at Longham Lakes
Cuckoo - 1 Studland (heard behind Shell Bay), 1 Morden Bog
Little Ringed Plover - 1 on Stilt Pool Swineham
Sanderling - 1 Ferrybridge
Glaucous Gull - 1 Portland Bill, 1 Alderney STW (Canford Heath)
Caspian Gull - 1 Alderney STW (Canford Heath)
Common Tern - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery, 3 Lodmoor RSPB
Little Tern - 1 past Chesil Cove
Puffin - 3 Dancing Ledge
Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Osprey - 1 over Sherborne
Red Kite - 1 over Bridport
Wryneck - 1 PBO Quarry
Wood Warbler - 1 this afternoon at Grove Hill Bottom (SY646884 ) near Martinstown
Ring Ouzel - 1 Southwell
Whinchat - 4 Barleycrates Quarry, 2 Reap Lane
Redstart - 2 Hengistbury Head, 1 West Bexington, 1 Durlston CP, 1 Charmouth, 1 Southwell, 1 Greenlands
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Stour Valley LNR

Wryneck, Portland Bill © Tim Downton

 

Rook, Woodville © John Bishop

Glaucous Gull, Portland Bill © Tim Downton

 

 

Tuesday 13th April 2021

Ring-necked Duck - 1 still at Longham Lakes
Cuckoo - 1 Morden Bog, 1 briefly at Wareham Common
Little Ringed Plover - 7 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Tidmoor/Littlesea
Common Sandpiper - 1 PC World Drain
Whimbrel -17 Herbury/Rodden Hive 3 over Swineham, 2 near Brownsea, 1 St Aldhelm's Head, 1 Tidmoor/Littlesea
Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Puffin - 2 Dancing Ledge
Osprey - 1 Lytchett Bay
Red Kite - 5 Wyke Down, 1 Broadstone GC
Willow Warbler - large fall this morning including at least 400 at Portland Bill, over 100 at West Bexington and over 100 Hengistbury Head
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Rodden
Ring Ouzel - 1 Barleycrates/Reap Lane
Firecrest - 1 Hengistbury Head
Whinchat - 1 between Cogden & West Bexington
Redstart - 3 Hengistbury Head, 2 Wareham Forest, 1 Easton, 1 St Aldhelm's Head, 1 Tidmoor/Littlesea, 1 Portland Castle
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Portland Castle

Ring-necked Duck, Longham Lakes © Roger Peart

 

Monday April 12th 2021

 Ring-necked Duck - female still at Longham Lakes

Long-tailed Duck - 4 briefly at the Fleet, 1st winter drake still at Silverlake

Little Ringed Plover - 8 Lytchett Fields

Whimbrel - 6 Lodmoor, 2 Lytchett Bay, 1 passed Christchurch Harbour

Ruff - 1 Stanpit

Glaucous Gull - juvenile again at Alderney sewage works, Canford Heath

Red-throated Diver - 2 passed Christchurch Harbour

Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Cattle Egret - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery

Osprey - 1 off sea at Abbotsbury Swannery

Sedge Warbler - 1 Lodmoor

Ring Ouzel - 3 still at Barleycrates Lane, Weston, Portland

Common Redstart - 1 Lodmoor,1 Christchurch Harbour

Sparrowhawk, Swanage garden  © Stephen Hobbs

Common Redstart, Portland Castle © Graham Jaggard

Sunday 11th April 2021

Garganey - 2 briefly at Christchurch Harbour
Ruddy Shelduck - 1 Silverlake
Long-tailed Duck - 1 still at Silverlake
Cuckoo - 1 heard at Morden Bog
Little Ringed Plover - 2 on Stilt Pool at Swineham, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Purple Sandpiper - 18 Hengistbury Head, 1 West Bay, 1 Sandbanks
Jack Snipe - 1 flushed at Lower Bockhampton
Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Cattle Egret - 9 near Portesham
Osprey - 1 over Weston (Portland) & Rodwell (Weymouth), 2 Arne RSPB
Hobby - 1 Hartland Moor
Merlin - 1 Hartland Moor
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Moonfleet Chickerell
Ring Ouzel - 3 Barleycrates Lane (Portland)
Redstart - 3 Portland Castle, 1 Christchurch Harbour
Black Redstart - 1 Reap Lane
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Christchurch Harbour

Yesterday: a Hobby was at Charmouth and a Pied Flycatcher at Wootton Fitzpaine.

Saturday April 10th 2021

 Little Ringed Plover - 2 Lytchett Fields, 2 Swineham

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields

Greenshank - 6 Lytchett Fields

Bonaparte's Gull - 1 Lodmoor

Glaucous Gull - juvenile Alderney Sewage works, Canford Heath

Caspian Gull - 1st winter Alderney Sewage works, Canford Heath

Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit

Osprey - 1 over Bridport, 2 Lytchett Fields

Ring Ouzel - 3 still Barleycrates Lane, Weston, Portland

Black Redstart - 1 Ferndown garden,

From yesterday:

Nightingale - 1 Alners Gorse

White Stork - Cheselbourne

Friday 9th April 2021

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 16 past Portland Bill
Ring-necked Duck - female still at Longham Lakes
Common Sandpiper - 2 PC World Drain (Holes Bay)
Purple Sandpiper - 18 Hengistbury Head
Greenshank - 8 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Ruff - 2 Stanpit
Whimbrel - 1 Littlesea (The Fleet)
Glaucous Gull - 1st winter at Alderney STW (Canford Heath)
Puffin - 1 Portland Bill
Red-throated Diver - 22 Portland Bill
Manx Shearwater - 2 Portland Bill
Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Osprey - 1 north over Portland Bill
Red Kite - 1 West Bay
Merlin - 1 Milborne St Andrew
Short-eared Owl - 1 over Hengistbury Head
Garden Warbler - 1 or 2 in Reap Lane/ Barleycrates area (Portland)
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Barleycrates Lane (Portland)
Firecrest - 1 Durlston CP
Ring Ouzel - 3 Barleycrates Lane (Portland)
Redstart - 3 Hengistbury Head, 1 on cliff near Reap Lane (Portland), 1 Stonebarrow Hill, 1 PBO, 1 Littlesea (The Fleet)
Black Redstart - 1 West Bay GC, 1 Woodville, 1 Portland Bill
Yellow Wagtail - 1 Longham Lakes, 1 Barleycrates Lane (Portland)

Black Redstart, Woodville © John Bishop

Purple Sandpiper, Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale

 

Thursday April 8th 2021

 Garganey - drake at Coward's Marsh

Long-tailed Duck - 1st winter drake still at Silverlake

Grey Plover - 2 Christchurch Harbour

Black-tailed Godwit - 3 Silverlake

Ruff - 1 Christchurch Harbour

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Coward's Marsh

Spoonbill - 1 from Coombe Heath Arne RSPB

Glossy Ibis - Stanpit

Osprey - 2 over Lytchett Bay, 1 Abbotsbury Sannery, 1 Coward's Marsh, 1 Christchurch Harbour

Ring Ouzel - 2 males still at Barleycrates Lane, Weston, Portland

Pied Flycatcher - 1 fem Wakeham, 1 Portland Castle, 1 'Bobolink' field Christchurch Harbour

Black Redstart - 1 Portland Bill, 1 Coward's Marsh

Immature Cormorant, River Stour © Roger Peart

Pied Flycatcher, Portland Castle © Peter Coe

Wednesday 7th April 2021

 Ring-necked Duck - female still at Longham Lakes

Little-Ringed Plover - 2 Stilt Pool, Swineham

Spotted Redshank - 1 Swineham Point

Great Northern Diver - 1 offshore West Bexington

Great White Egret - 1 Swineham

Osprey - 1 north over Charmouth

Short-eared Owl - 1 flew over Hengitsbury Head

Sand Martin - 50+ Swineham

Reed Warbler - 3 Swineham

Ring Ouzel - 3 still in Barleycrates Lane area of Weston, Portland

Black Restart - 1 Culverwell Portland, 1 Portland Bill, 1 Dancing Ledge

Yellow Wagtail - 1 Curlew Pool, Swineham

Cirl Bunting - 1 female still in set aside West Bexington

Mandarin Duck, Canford Sang  © Dave Harrop

Black Redstart Dancing Ledge © David Foster

Tuesday 6th April 2021

Ring-necked Duck - 1 Longham Lakes (North Lake)

Osprey - 1 Poole Harbour
Little Ringed Plover - 2 Lytchett Fields

Glaucous Gull - 1 over Westbourne

Reed Warbler - 2 Longham Lakes (yesterday)
Ring Ouzel - 3 Barleycrates Lane Weston Portland

Black Redstart - 1 Culverwell Portland

Wheatear Stanpit Marsh (C) Clinton Whale

Monday 5th April 2021

Ring-necked Duck - 1 Longham Lakes (North Lake)
Osprey - 1 Poole Harbour, 1 over Wareham Forest

Red Kite - 1 over Christchurch, 1 over Slepe Heath
Little Ringed Plover - 2 Longham Lakes, 5 Lytchett Fields, 2 Swineham/Bestwall
Cattle Egret - 23 left Abbotsbury Swannery roost this morning

Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Pied Flycatcher - 1 Hengistbury Head

Firecrest - 1 Sherford Bridge area
Ring Ouzel - 3 Barleycrates Lane Weston Portland

Pied Flycatcher Hengistbury Head (c) Mike Gibbons

Sunday 4th April 2021

Ring-necked Duck - 1 Longham Lakes (North Lake)

Osprey - 3 Poole Harbour, 1 over Gillingham, 1 over West Compton

Stone-curlew - 1 over Hengistbury Head

Little Ringed Plover - 2 Longham Lakes, 7 Lytchett Fields, 2 Swineham/Bestwall
Cattle Egret - 23 left Abbotsbury Swannery roost this morning
Red-rumped Swallow - 1 St Aldhelm's Head

Common Whitethroat - 1 West Bexington, 1 PBO
Black Redstart - 2 St Aldhelm's Head

Common Redstart - 1 St Aldhelm's Head, 1 Barleycrates Lane Weston Portland

Ring Ouzel - 2 Barleycrates Lane Weston Portland

Saturday 3rd April 2021

Ring-necked Duck - 1 Longham Lakes
White-tailed Eagle - 1 over Wyke Down

Red Kite - 2 Lytchett Fields
Osprey - 1 Wareham Forest, 2 Wareham Channel
Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Cattle Egret - 16 Portesham (yesterday evening)
White Stork - 1 over Pymore 

Red-rumped Swallow - 1 Radipole Lake RSPB
Common Whitethroat - 1 Langton Herring
Black Redstart - 1 Reap Lane Portland, 1 Weston, 1 St Aldhelm's Head, 1 Seacombe Cliff

Common Redstart - 1 St Aldhelm's Head

Pied Flycatcher - 1 Talbot Heath
Ring Ouzel - 3 Weston Portland

Ring Ouzel Portland (c) Steve Carey

Friday 2nd April 2021

Garganey - 1 Coward's Marsh

Ring - necked Duck - 1 Longham lakes still on North Lake 

Little Ringed Plover - 5 Lychett fileds RSPB, 2 Swineham Stilt Pool, 1 Lodmoor RSPB by the hump

Green Sandpiper - 1 Swineham Curlews Pool

Glaucous Gull  - 1 Portland Bill flying North

White Stork - 1 very high over Dewlish heading West probably Knapp Estate reintroduction

Osprey -  2 Poole Harbour, 1 over Sutton Poyntz, 1 over Hengisbury Head, 1 over Radipole RSPB

Hen Harrier - 1 Tarrant Rushton male flying North

Red Kite - 2 over Lodmoor RSPB, 1 over upton Country Park, 1 over Bincombe down, 1 over West Moors, 1 Slepe Heath - 1 Middlebere seen mobbing an Osprey

Hoopoe - 1 Upway, 1 Frome Whitfield on rough grass of B3143

Swallow - 15 Todber, 3 Swineham, 3 Hartland Moor, 2 East Holme, 1 Dancing Ledge

Red - rumped Swallow  - 1 Over Reap lane Portland

Willow Warbler - 2 Swineham, 2 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Lewis Gardens Ensbury Park

Garden Warbler - 1 Bradbury Rings

Ring Ouzel - 1 Barleycrates Lane Portland

Pied Flycatcher - 1 Southwell Portland

Black Redstart - 2 Burton Bradstock, 1 Longfleet School Poole, 1 Coward's Marsh, 1 Reap Lane Portland

Redstart - 1 Reap Lane Portland

Cirl Bunting - 1 West Bexington female still in set-aside field

Red Kites - Lodmoor RSPB ©Sue

Kestrel - Hambledodn Hill ©John Bishop

Skylark - Hambledon Hill ©John Bishop 

Osprey - Bincombe ©Alan Membury

Thursday 1st April 2021

Garganey - 19 Abbotsbury Swannery flew in off the sea and headed North

Little Ringed Plover - 3 Swineham Pools

Green Sandpiper - 1 Holme Lane

Glaucous Gull  - 1 East Cliffs Portland seen going North

Iceland Gull - 1 Radipole RSPB

Great White Egret - 1 Swineham 

Osprey -  1  Middlebere unringed female on nest platform, 1 Poole Harbour  CJ7 on BoPH Osprey webcam

Red Kite - 2 Over Bagwell Farm Weymouth, 1 Milborne St Andrew, 1 over A35 by Tolpuddle Jcn

Littler Owl - 1 Portland

Woodlark - 1 Near Ashmore, 1 Wareham Forest

Swallow - 6 Charmouth, 3 Arne RSPB, 1 Avon Valley flew over local school

Sedge Warbler - 1 Swineham heard singing

Firecrest - 1 Portland Bird Observatory

Ring Ouzel - 1 Studland Heath

Pied Flycatcher - 1  Portland Bird Observatory trapped & ringed

Black Redstart - Portland Reap Lane

Redstart - 1 Wimborne in private garden

Late News - Yesterday

Velvet Scoter - 1 Past Portland Bill

Hobby - 1 Wareham Forest

Garganey - Abbotsbury ©Joe Stockwell

Redstart - Wimborne © Caroline Hebditch

Cetti's Warbler - Milborne St Andrew ©Janice Beck