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