Monday 31st May 2021

Red Kite - 4 Bridport, 1 RSPB Lodmoor, 3 Litton Cheney
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit
Rosy Starling - 1 visiting a bird table in Easton this am
Ring Ouzel - 1 Christchurch Harbour

Sunday 30th May 2021

Red Kite - 4 Bridport, 3 Worth Matravers, 2 Chapman's Pool, 1 Kimmeridge, 1 Ridge, 1 Parkstone, 1 Ballard Down, 1 Lilliput 
Arctic Skua - 1 Portland Bill
Red-backed Shrike - 1 Culverwell Portland

Saturday 29th May 2021

Red Kite - 8 along the Purbeck coast lunchtime, 2 earlier, 9 over Parkstone early afternoon
Woodchat Shrike - Portland - SW of Nicodemus Knob, access south from Fancy's Farm or north from the Borstal

Friday 28th May 2021

Barnacle Goose - 2 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Silverlake 
Cuckoo - 1 Southover nr Tolpuddle
Red-throated Diver - 1 off Cogden Beach
Red Kite - 2 through West Bexington NR
Black kite - 1 Burton seen heading West
Nightingale - 1  near Portland Obs
Tree Sparrow - 1 Briefly at St Aldhelms Head
Common Rosefinch - Durlston Country Park

Yesterday: 
Pomarine Skua - Pass Portland Bill
Wood Warbler - Christchurch Harbour Salt Hurns

Great Spotted Woodpecker - Bog Lane Greenspace


Thursday 27th May 2021


Brent Goose - 4 Brands Bay
Barnacle Goose - 1 Silverlake still
Iceland Gull - 1 juv Lodmoor RSPB
Wood Warbler - 1 Arne RSPB 
Spotted Flycatcher - 5  The Hump Portland
Yellow Wagtail - Waddock Cross Watercress beds

Yesterday: Serin - 1 Durlston Country Park 

Raven - Bournemouth  © David Wareham 

Wednesday 26th May 2021

Grey Partridge - 2 St Aldhelms 
Egyptian Goose - 2 East Holme
Sanderling - 21 Ferrybridge
Bonaparte's Gull - 1 2cy Lodmoor RSPB
Osprey - 2 Poole Hbr.
Hobby - 1 Lodmoor flew in off the sea
Yellow Wagtail - Waddock Cross cress beds

Turnstone - Lyme Regis  © Garry Hayman

Tuesday 25th May 2021

Sanderling - 21 South Haven Studland
Manx Shearwater - 7 Portland Bill.
Storm Petrel - 1 Portland Bill.
Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor RSPB West Scrape
Osprey - 3 Poole Hbr.
Bonaparte's Gull - 1 2cy Lodmoor RSPB
Iceland Gull - 1 Juv at Lodmoor RSPB West Scrape
Garden Warbler - 1 Stour Valley LNR Aboretum
Redstart - 1 Wareham Forest

Fulmar - Durlston Country Park  © Garry Hayman




Grey Wagtail - Lyme Regis © Garry Hayman



Monday 24th May 2021

Common Scoter - 22 past Hengistbury Hd, 17 past Camp Road.
Great Northern Diver - 1 past  Hengistbury Hd
Manx Shearwater - 1 past Hengistbury Hd.
Storm Petrel - 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Osprey - 2 Poole Hbr.
Arctic Skua - 2 past Camp Road.
Bonaparte's Gull - 1 2cy Lodmoor RSPB
Iceland Gull - imm past Lodmoor RSPB
Pied Flycatcher - 1 St. Aldhelm's Hd.

2cy Bonaparte's Gull - Lodmoor RSPB © David Foster


Lesser Whitethroat - Lodmoor RSPB © David Foster




Sunday 23rd May 2021

Great Northern Diver - 2 Portland Bill, 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Manx Shearwater - 95 St. Adhelm's Hd, 64 Durlston CP, 55 Hengistbury Hd, 19 West Bay, 7 West Bexington
Storm Petrel - 5 West Bay, 2 West Bexington, 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Osprey - 2 Poole Hbr.
Pomarine Skua - 1 past Portland Bill
Arctic Skua - 3 West Bexington, 2 St. Aldhelm's Hd, 2 Portland Bill, 1 West Bay, 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Long-tailed Skua - 1 Portland Bill 
Great Skua - 1 Portland Bill
Bonaparte's Gull - 1 2cy Lodmoor RSPB
Iceland Gull - imm past Greenhill
Hobby - 1 Longham Lakes, 1 Kingston Maurward

Spoonbill - Lodmoor RSPB © David Foster

















Leucistic Starling - Three Legged Cross © Richard Zamit
















Saturday 22nd May 2021

Eider - 1 drake  Lyme Regis Hbr.
Common Scoter - 60 Hengistbruy Hd, 18 Cogden
Great Northern Diver - 4 Ferrybridge, 2 West Bay, 1 Cogden
Manx Shearwater - 4 Cogden
Storm Petrel - 2 Portland Bill, 1 West Bay
Purple Sandpiper - 15 Lyme Regis on The Cobb
Bonaparte's Gull - 1 2CY Lodmoor RSPB
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 2CY nr. Burton Bradstock
Crossbill - 12 St. Catherine's Hill

Common Whitethroat - Durlston CP. © Nick Hull


Friday 21st May 2021

Common Scoter - 24 past Hengistbury Hd.
Manx Shearwater - 7 Hengistbury Hd.
Great White Egret - 1 Barn Bight Hengistbury Hd.
Whimbrel - 3 Hengistbury Hd.
Sanderling - 90 Ferrybridge, 20 Hengistbury Hd.
Storm Petrel - 1 SW from Chesil Cove, 1 W Camp Rd.
Pomarine Skua - 1 past Camp Road
Arctic Skua - 3 SW Chesil Cove, 3 past Ferrybridge, 3 Camp rd.
Bonaparte's Gull - 1, 2CY Lodmoor RSPB

Jay - Studland © Nick Hull


Thursday 20th May 2021

Sanderling - 1 Cogden
BONAPARTE'S GULL - a 2cy on west scrape at Lodmoor RSPB (first seen yesterday)
Iceland Gull - 1 juvenile Lodmoor RSPB
Arctic Tern - 1 Cogden
Arctic Skua - 4 Chesil Cove
Pomarine Skua - 1 Cogden Beach
Great Northern Diver - 2 Cogden, 1 Hengistbury Head
Black-throated Diver - 1 Branksome Chine
Manx Shearwater - c40 Cogden, 36 Hengistbury Head, 32 Chesil Cove, 20 Branksome Chine
Garden Warbler - 1 Hengistbury Head

Yesterday : a Blue-headed Wagtail and a Pied Flycatcher were at Portand Bill

Bonaparte's Gull, Lodmoor RSPB © Edmund Mackrill

 

Bonaparte's Gull (yesterday), Lodmoor RSPB © Samuel Levy

 

Bonaparte's Gull (yesterday), Lodmoor RSPB © Samuel Levy



Bonaparte's Gull, Lodmoor RSPB © Dave Chown

Bonaparte's Gull, Lodmoor RSPB © Dave Chown        


 


Wednesday 19th May 2021

Eider - male at Lyme Regis
Cuckoo - 2 Middlebere, 2 Wick
Sanderling - 54 by houseboats at South Haven, 9 Hengistbury Head
Common Sandpiper - 1 Hengistbury Head
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
WHISKERED TERN - 1 briefly off Mudeford Quay this morning
Puffin - 1 Portland Bill
Manx Shearwater - 1 Charmouth
Hobby - 1 Charmouth
Woodchat Shrike - male still at Iford GC, Bournemouth  (please keep to to public rights of way and do not enter golf course)
Spotted Flycatcher - 6 Wick
Pied Flycatcher - male at Puddletown

Tuesday, 18th May 2021.

Barnacle Goose - 1 Silverlake.
Grey Plover - 1 Stanpit.
Whimbrel - 16 Christchurch Harbour.
Arctic Skua - 2 Portland Bill.
Great Northern Diver - 1 Portland Bill.
Red Kite - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Hobby - 2 Fiddleford Mill.
Woodchat Shrike - 1 Iford Golf Course.
Spotted Flycatcher - 2 Hengistbury Head, 5 Portland Bill, 1 near Shillingstone.
Garden Warbler - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Hengistbury Head.


Woodchat Shrike, Iford Golf Course © Mike Gibbons

Spotted Flycatcher, near Shillingstone © Rik McCoy


Monday, 17th May 2021.

Cuckoo - 1 heard Arne, 1 heard Slepe Heath, 1 heard Coombe Heath.
Brent Goose - 3 Brand's Bay.
Barnacle Goose - 1 Silverlake.
Little Ringed Plover - 5 Lytchett Fields.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Silverlake.
Sanderling - 21 Brand's Bay, 18 Hengistbury sandspit.
Whimbrel - 2 Hengistbury Head.
Osprey - 1 W over Christchurch Harbour.
Hobby - 2 Longham Lakes.

Sunday, 16th May 2021.

Cuckoo - 1 Wareham (Piddle Valley), 1 Wick.
Red-breasted Merganser - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Grey Plover - 1 Ferrybridge.
Sanderling - 8 Ferrybridge, 19+ Hengistbury sandspit.
Iceland Gull - 1 Lodmoor.
Pomarine Skua - 1 E Hengistbury Head passed inside the harbour.
Arctic Skua - 1 pale-phase Hengistbury Head, 2 Portland Bill.
Great Northern Diver - 1 past Charmouth, 1 W past Hengistbury Head, 4 Portland Bill.
Manx Shearwater - 10+ Portland Bill.
Hobby - 1 Wareham (Piddle Valley).
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Hengistbury Head.

Saturday, 15th May 2021.

Cuckoo - 1 Wick.
Common Scoter - 64 E and 28 W past Charmouth, 21 past Hengistbury.
Red-breasted Merganser - 1 past Hengistbury.
Grey Plover - 1 Hengistbury Beach Huts.
Whimbrel - 15 W past Charmouth, 1 Hengistbury Beach Huts.
Arctic Tern - 1 past Branksome Chine.
Black Tern - 1 past Branksome Chine.
Pomarine Skua - 1 past Portland Bill.
Arctic Skua - 3 past Portland Bill included a pale-phase bird.
Great Northern Diver - 1 W past Charmouth.
Fulmar - 2 past Branksome Chine included a blue-phase bird.
Manx Shearwater - 1 past Branksome Chine, 7 E past Charmouth.
Great White Egret - 1 Frome valley.
Cattle Egret - 1 Frome valley.
Osprey - 1-2 Arne peninsula.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Swineham.
Red Kite - 1 Christchurch.
Hobby - 1 West Parley.


Spotted Flycatcher, Swanage © Phyl England











Turnstone, Christchurch Harbour © David Wareham


Friday 14th May 2021

Eider - 1 Lyme Regis, Harbour
Cuckoo - 1 Tolpuddle, 1 West Bay
Turtle Dove - 1 Portland, in Private Garden
Whimbrel - 1 Greenhill, Weymouth
Knot - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Purple Sandpiper - 3 Lyme Regis, The Cobb
WHISKERED TERN - 1 still at Longham Lakes, South Lake
Honey Buzzard - 1 Coward's Marsh
Red Kite - 1 Stonebarrow Hill, 1 Stoborough
Short-eared Owl - 1 Bowleaze Cove, east of
Hobby - 2 Holton Lee, seen from Lytchett Fields RSPB
Golden Oriole - 1 Portland Bird Obs
Ring Ouzel - 1 Stubhampton

Sand Martins, Silverlake © Alan Membury

Short-eared Owl, Bowleaze Cove ©Paul Harris


Whimbrel, Greenhill © Daragh Croxson









Thursday 13th May 2021

Egyptian Goose - 3 Silverlake
Little Gull - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, briefly
WHISKERED TERN - 1 Longham Lakes, still on South Lake
Chough - 1 still at Portland Bill, very mobile
Nightingale - 1 Culverwell, Portland

Yesterday: Cuckoo - 1 Affpuddle Heath, 1 Wareham Forest
                  Hoopoe - 1 Langton Herring, private garden
                  Serin - 2 Castletown, Portland

Little Gull, Lytchett Fields RSPB © Chris Walker


Wednesday 12th May 2021

Nightjar - 11 on Puddletown Road
Alpine Swift - 1 High over Fortuneswell, Portland
WHISKERED TERN - 1 Longham Lakes, still on South Lake
Great Northern Diver - 1 Cogden Beach, 1 Hengistbury Head
Chough - 1 still East Cliffs nr. Culverwell, Portland
Tree Pipit - 2 Cogden Beach

Chough, Culverwell © Olly Frampton

Tuesday 11th May 2021

Long-tailed Duck - 1F Lodmoor RSPB, Overcombe
Whimbrel - 6 Holes Bay, 4 at sea Christchurch
Iceland Gull - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Roseate Tern - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, among the Common Terns
WHISKERED TERN - Longham Lakes, South Lake
Pomarine Skua - 3 Chesil Cove
Arctic Skua - 3+ Chesil Cove
Osprey - 1 Holes Bay
Golden Oriole - Durlston CP
Chough - Portland Bill, East Cliffs nr. Observatory
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Christchurch Harbour, Stunted Oaks
Serin - Portland Bill, Field nr. Observatory

Yesterday: Nightjar - 1 Brownsea Island
                  Cuckoo - 1 Lytchett Fields

Chough, Portland Bill © Vaughan Ashby


Cuckoo, Lytchett Fields © Ian Ballam


Monday 10th May 2021

 Iceland Gull - 1 Lodmoor
Whiskered Tern - 1 Longham Lakes
Pomarine Skua - 3 Chesil Cove, 2 West Bexington, 2 Portland Bill, 1 West Bay
Arctic Skua - 5 Chesil Cove,1 West Bay
Great Skua - 1 West Bay, 1 Chesil Cove
Tawny Pipit - 1 Cogden Beach
Serin - 1 Portland Bill 

Sunday 9th May 2021

Cuckoo - 1 Bowerswain Farm, Gussage All Saints, 1 Longham Lakes, 1 near Kingston Maurwood
Turtle Dove - 1 Studland garden, 1 Wakeham Portland
Common Crane - 2 in field by A35 Bakers Arms roundabout Poole
Sanderling - 13 Charmouth Beach
 Iceland Gull - juvenile Lodmoor
Roseate Tern - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Whiskered Tern - 1 Longham Lakes
Great Skua - 1 St Aldhelm's Head
Pomarine Skua - 2 Hengistbury Head, 2 West Bay
Arctic Skua - 1 Branksome Chine
Long-tailed Skua - 1 immature Portland Bill
Great Northern Diver - 1 from Anvil Point, Durlston, 4 Branksome Chine
Cattle Egret - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery
White-tailed Sea Eagle - 1 St Aldhelm's Head
Red Kite - 1 Gussage All Saints
Spotted Flycatcher - 8 Cogden Beach
Redstart - 1 Cogden Beach
Whinchat - 2 Cogden Beach
Tawny Pipit - 1 east end of Burton Mere


Roseate Tern, Abbotsbury Swannery © Roger Webb


 Iceland Gull, Lodmoor (8th May)© Edmund Mackrill 

Saturday 8th May 2021

 Whimbrel - 20 Branksome Chine, 7 Charmouth Beach, 13 Lytchett
Iceland Gull - 1 juvenile Lodmoor
Whiskered Tern - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Black-throated Diver - 1 Branksome Chine
Great Northern Diver - 4 Branksome Chine, 3 Old Harry
Storm Petrel - 1 Old Harry
Cattle Egret - 4 Abbotsbury Swannery
Tawny Pipit - 1 Cogden Beach

Friday 7th May 2021

Long-tailed Duck - 1st winter drake still at Silverlake
 Whiskered Tern - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Great Northern Diver - 3 passed Portland Bill
Cattle Egret - 4 Abbotsbury Swannery,3 Frome Valley
Short-eared Owl - 1 Redcliffe Point Weymouth, 1 Portland Bill
Golden Oriole - 1 briefly at Cerne Abbas
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 private garden Easton
Spotted Flycatcher - 2 Greenlands Farm Studland
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Hengistbury Head
Black Redstart - 1 Portland Bill
Whinchat - 1 Talbot Heath, 1 ringed Durlston CP, 1 Greenlands Farm Studland, 3 Wick Fields
Tawny Pipit - 1 Cogden Beach
Serin - 1 Portland Bird Observatory



Tawny Pipit, Cogden Beach  © Peter Coe



Whinchat, Wick Fields Hengitsbury Head © Michael Gibbons




      Kingfisher, River Stour at Blandford © Alan Membury



 

Reminder - Dorset Bird Club Annual General Meeting

To be held online (Zoom) at 7pm on Tuesday 25th May 2021

Agenda and papers have been sent to all members by post or email. Speaker - Chris Chapleo (Chair, CHOG) will present a talk on 'Christchurch Harbour - small but varied'. 

If you wish to attend the online AGM by Zoom please contact us by emailing: admin@dorsetbirds.co.uk - you will be provided with a link to Zoom prior to the meeting.

If you do not wish to attend the AGM by Zoom but wish to vote for the AGM proposals you can email your completed voting form to the email address above or send it by post.

Thursday 6th May 2021

Ring-necked Duck - 1 South Lake, Longham Lakes
Long-tailed Duck - 1 Silverlake
WHISKERED TERN - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery, do not walk beyond the tank teeth on the beach
TAWNY PIPIT - 1 Cogden Beach

Reed Warbler Spetisbury (c) John Bishop



















Whiskered Tern (c) Alan Membury




Wednesday 5th May 2021

Eider - 1 Lyme Regis
Purple Sandpiper - 8 Lyme Regis
Iceland Gull - 1 Weymouth
WHISKERED TERN - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery, do not walk beyond the tank teeth on the beach
Black Redstart - 1 Peveril Point, Swanage

Tuesday 4th May 2021

Ring-necked Duck - 1 South Lake, Longham Lakes
Dunlin - 150 Abbotsbury Swannery, 150 Ferrybridge
Sanderling - 25 Ferrybridge
Whimbrel - 9 Hengistbury Head, 4 Lodmoor RSPB, 8 Abbotsbury Swannery
Arctic Skua - 4 past Portland Bill
Pomarine Skua - 1 past Portland Bill
Great Skua - 1 past Portland Bill  
WHISKERED TERN - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery, do not walk beyond the tank teeth on the beach
Great Northern Diver - 1 past Hengistbury Head
Black-throated Diver - 1 past Chesil Cove
Manx Shearwater - 48 past Portland Bill, 282 past Charmouth (yesterday)  
Ring Ouzel - 2 Verne Common

Monday 3rd May 2021

Ruddy Shelduck - 1 Lodmoor RSPB 
Ring-necked Duck - 1 South Lake, Longham Lakes
Eider - 1 past Branksome, 6 past Chesil Beach, 6 past Hengistbury Head, 12 past Portland Bill
Velvet Scoter - 1 past Portland Bill
Common Scoter - 30 past Hengistbury Head
Wood Sandpiper - 1 in off West Cliffs
Greenshank - 10 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Whimbrel - 15 Bestwall, 19 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Arctic Skua - 2 past Camp Road, 1 past Branksome, 1 past Hengistbury Head, 1 past Portland Bill
Pomarine Skua - 1 past Portland Bill 
WHISKERED TERN - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery, do not walk beyond the tank teeth on the beach
Great Northern Diver - 1 past Abbotsbury, 1 past Portland Bill
Red-throated Diver - 1 past Camp Road and Portland Bill
Manx Shearwater - 360 past Camp Road
Balearic Shearwater - 1 past Chesil Cove
Serin - 1 in PBO garden

Sunday 2nd May 2021

Ruddy Shelduck - 1 Lodmoor RSPB west scrape
Garganey - 1 East past Portland Bill
Turtle Dove - 1 Reap Lane Portland
Ringed Plover - 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Whimbrel - 32 Abbotsbury Swannery, 21 West Bexington, 20 Lodmoor RSPB
Mediterranean Gull - 7 Child Okeford
Arctic Tern -  1 Off Portland Bill
Whiskered Tern - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery on post by Tank teeth 
Puffin - 2 Portland Bill
Spoonbill - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB flew over
Cattle Egret - 3 Frome Flood Fields East Holme
Osprey - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Poole Harbour
Red Kite - 1 Over Wareham
Merlin - 1 Barleycrates Lane Portland
Hobby -  1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Bearded Tit - 16 Radipole RSPB on Buddlia Loop
Cetti's Warbler - 20 Lodmoor RSPB North end 
Garden Warbler - 1 Portland castle, 1 The Hump Avalanche Road Portland
Spotted Flycatcher -  1 The Hump Avalanche Road Portland, 1 Portland Castle
Pied Flycatcher -  1 Middlebere, 1 Reap Lane Portland, 1 Portland Castle
Black Redstart - 1 Reap Lane Portland
Yellow Wagtail - 2  West Bexington
Serin - 1 Christchurch Harbour flew East over  Crouch Hill

Merlin - Barleycrates Lane Portland ©Dan & Shirley Law




Grey Wagtail - Poole Park ©David Wareham




Pied Flycatcher - Reap lane Portland ©Garry Hayman



Saturday 1st May 2021

Brent Goose - 4 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Ruddy Shelduck - 1 Radipole RSPB
Garganey - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Swift - 3 Shroton, 2 Bloxworth
Turtle Dove - 1 Reap Lane Portland
Common Sandpiper - 1 Chapmans Pool, 1 Swineham Pools
Pomarine Skua - 2 Past Portland Bill 
Puffin - 2 Dancing Ledge
Red Kite - 1 Hambledon Hill
Short-eared Owl - 1 West Cliffs Portland
Hobby - 2 Blandford, 1 Portland
Cetti's Warbler - 41 Swineham/Frome Valley
Wood Warbler - 1 Hengistbury Head 
Sedge Warbler - 18 Bestwall/Frome Valley, 1 Suckthumb Quarry Portland
Spotted Flycatcher -  1 Hengistbury Head
Whitethroat - 23 St Aldhelms Head
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Thumb Lane Portland, 1 Portland Castle
Black Redstart - 1 Reap Lane Portland
Redstart - 2 Shave Cross
Whinchat - 7 Reap Lane / Barleycrates Portland
Yellow Wagtail - 5 St Aldhelms Head, 4 Reap Lane
Crossbill - 8 Lamberts Castle

Yesterday: Hoopoe - 1 Studland in Private Garden

Hoopoe - Studland  © Mike Cheesman





Razorbill - Portland Bill  © Garry Hayman