Wednesday 30th June 2021


Honey-Buzzard - 1 over Lytchett Fields RSPB
Great Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Common Sandpiper - 2 Lodmoor RSPB, 2 Abbotsbury Swannery
Little Ringed Plover - 7 Poole Harbour
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Tuesday 29th Jun 2021

Avocet - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, West Scrapes
Knot - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, West Scrapes
Mediterranean Gull - 25 flying over Christchurch Harbour area

Yesterday: 

Spotted Crake - 1 heard between Burton & Winkton
Great Skua - 1 off Portland Bill
Merlin - 1 from Middlebere Hide

Great Spotted Woodpecker juvenile, West Moors © Roy Nicklin

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Monday 28th June 2021

Cuckoo - 1 Hardy's Monument
Little Tern - 3 Shell Bay
Arctic Skua - 2 Ferrybridge, heading to Portland Harbour
Melodious Warbler - 1 still at Middlebere, near Old Shepherd's Hut

Yesterday:
Spoonbill -1 Middlebere
Osprey - 1 Gigger's Island

Dartford Warbler, Holton Heath ©Tony Furnell

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Sunday 27th June 2021

Grey Partridge - 2 Tarrant Rushton
Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Middlebere
Black Kite - 1 Spetisbury
Little Owl - 1 Tarrant Rushton
Melodious Warbler - 1 still at Middlebere, near old Shepherd's hut

Yesterday:

Puffin - 7 Dancing Ledge
Manx Shearwater - 1000+ off Portland Bill
Yellow Wagtail - 1 Portland Bill

Whitethroat, Lodmoor RSPB © Edmund Mackrill


Little Ringed Plover, Lytchett Fields RSPB © Ian Ballam

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Saturday 26th June 2021

Cuckoo - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Little Tern - 2 fledged, Chesil Beach
Melodious Warbler - 1 still at Middlebere, Old Shepherd's Hut
Wheatear - 1 Ferrybridge

Yesterday: Nightjars - Slepe Heath

Wheatear - Ferrybridge © Debbie Saunders



Great Crested Grebe - Longham Lakes © Peter Rudland


Little Tern fledgling - Chesil Beach © Chesil Little Terns






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Friday 25th June 2021

Great white Egret - 1 Radipole RSPB see from Visitors Centre 
Melodious Warbler - 1 Middlebere continues to show well by the Harrier Hide / Shepherds Hut


Yesterday: Osprey seen over Sherborne Castle lake

Black Headed Gull - Studland Bay ©John Bishop


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Thursday 24th June 2021

Turtle Dove - 2 Southwell Portland visited a private garden a flock of Stock Doves
Avocet - 1 Brownsea Island Lagoon
Common Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Rodden Hive Langton Herring, 1 Wareham Channel
Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Melodious Warbler - 1 Middlebere near Harrier Hide / Shepherds hut 


Melodious Warbler - Middlebere ©Ian Ballam





Tawny Owl - Canford School ©Roger Peart





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Wednesday 23rd June 2021

Turtle Dove - 1 Southwell Portland visited a private garden mobile with a flock of Stock Doves
Little Ringed Plover - 3 Lychett fields RSPB, Lodmoor RSPB
Bar-tailed Godwit - 2 Christchurch Harbour, 1 The Moonfleet
Common Sandpiper - 1 Rodden Hive 
Green Sandpiper - 1 Lychett Fields RSPB, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Spoonbill - 2 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Rodden Hive Langton Herring
Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Cirl Bunting - 1 Culverwell Portland 1st summer male trapped & ringed

Chiff Chaff - Lodmoor RSPB ©Garry Hayman



 
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Tuesday 22nd June 2021

Brent Goose - 1 Brands Bay
Nightjar - 3 Areas around Hardy Monument  
Ringed Plover - 4 Lychett Fields RSPB, 2 Brands Bay
Common Sandpiper - 1 Longham Lakes on Island South Lake
Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor RSPB West Scrape
Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Radipole RSPB
Osprey - 1 Littlesea Studland 
Red Kite - 1 Drifted over Upton


Tawny Owl - Woodville  ©John Bishop


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Monday 21st June 2021

 No reports today (Quelle surprise!!)

Just 2 photos from yesterday

Common Sandpiper, Longham Lakes  © Mark Wright


Dartford Warbler Morden Bog © Sacha Crowley


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Sunday 20th June 2021

 Spoonbill - 1 Rodden Hive, Langton Herring
Great Egret - 1 Lodmoor
Red Kite - 1 over Swanage
Swift - 240+ over Abbotsbury Hillfort


Little Owl, Portland  © Steven Carey



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Saturday 19th June 2021

Roseate Tern - 1 Ferrybridge
Spoonbill - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Lodmoor
Osprey - 1 over Chard GP
Hobby - 1 over Bridport
Rose-coloured Starling - 1 Portland Bill
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Friday 18th June 2021

Snow Goose - 13 briefly at Lodmoor
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Lodmoor
Black-tailed Godwit - 4 Lodmoor
Green Sandpiper - 2 Lodmoor
Pratincole sp. - 1 possible flew over the Slopes Portland at 0800
Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Great Egret - 2 Lodmoor


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Thursday 17th June 2021

Pomarine Skua - 3 past Portland Bill
Manx Shearwater - 1000+ past Portland Bill
Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor
Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor
Red Kite - 1 Wimborne

Nightjar © John Dadds


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Wednesday 16th June 2021

Manx Shearwater - 3 past Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 1 Portland Bill
Great White Egret - 1 Middlebere
Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Osprey - 1 Arne over Conbe & Hydes Heaths
Hobby - 1 Holton Lee

Of interest
Starling -  a if you live in Blandford Forum a completely white leucistic bird has been present for around a week.

Juvenile Stonechat - Stanpit Marsh © Dave Hill

Raven - Portland © Andy Tew

Gannet passing Portland Bill © Andy Tew





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Tuesday 15th June 2021

Another day of very few reports

Spoonbill - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Red Kite - 1 imm over Silverlake
Great Skua - Portland Bill
Hobby - 1 Silverlake

Juvenile Peregrine_ Bournemouth © David Wareham

Yellowhammer - Edmondsham © Roger Peart




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Monday 14th June 2021

Very little reported today.

Great White Egret - 1 Middlebere
Red Kite -1 imm passing over Crossways
Osprey - 2 the resident pair Poole Hbr.

Male Siskin - Arne © Nick Hull


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Sunday 13th June 2021

Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Roseate Tern - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery, flew off mid-afternoon
Osprey - 2 Poole Harbour
Red-breasted Flycatcher - 1 trapped & ringed at PBO
Yellow Wagtail - 1 Portland Bill
Common Rosefinch - 1 at Portland Bird Observatory before flying towards Culverwell

Juvenile Peregrine, Bournemouth © David Wareham
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Saturday 12th June 2021

Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Red Kite - 5 over Martinstown
Cuckoo - 2 Wick, 1 Tolpuddle
Woodchat Shrike - 1 still below Wallsend on Portland
Rose-coloured Starling - 1 in private garden at Durlston, 1 West Cliff Estate at West Bay

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Friday, 11th June 2021.

Cuckoo - 1 near Shillingstone.
Grey Plover - 1 Middlebere.
Honey Buzzard - 1 over Lytchett Bay
Hobby - 2 Wareham Common.
Woodchat Shrike - 1 Portland Bill.
Yellow Wagtail - 1 lower Piddle valley.
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Thursday 10th June 2021

Cuckoo - 1 Hengistbury
Woodchat Shrike - 1 still in horse paddock below Wallsend along West Cliff on Portland
Garden Warbler - 1 Hengistbury

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Wednesday, 9th Jun 2021.

White-tailed Eagle - an Isle of Wight bird was over Poole Harbour.
Red Kite - 1 Ibberton hill, 1 Netherbury, 3+ Coryates (Portesham area), 13 SE over Swanage.
Osprey - 1 Sherborne Castle Lake.
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 East Parley.
Woodchat Shrike - 1 Portland (Wallsend Cove/Sweet Hill area).
Rose-coloured Starling - 1 Portland (Barleycrates area), 1 Wyke Regis.

Common Whitethroat © Brian Smith


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Tuesday, 8th Jun 2021.

Cuckoo - 1 Tolpuddle.
Roseate Tern - 1 Brownsea Island.
Red Kite - 1 over Bridport.
Woodchat Shrike - 1 Portland Bill.
Rose-coloured Starling - 1 Portland (Watery Lane area).
Crossbill - 3 over Lytchett Fields.

Woodchat Shrike, Portland © Steven Carey


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Monday, 7th Jun 2021.

Quail - 1 heard Old Harry Rocks, 1 Portland Bill.
Egyptian Goose - 2 Swineham.
Cuckoo - 1 Wick.
Little Ringed Plover - 3 Lytchett Fields.
Avocet - 2 Stanpit.
Green Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Fields.
Curlew - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Spoonbill - 1 Brownsea Island.
Red Kite - 1 over Wareham.
Hen Harrier - 1 over Woolsbridge.
Woodchat Shrike - 1 Portland Bill.

Little Owl, Portland © Clive Hargrave


















Wheatear, Portland Bill © Clive Hargrave

 
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Sunday 6th June 2021

Green Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Pomarine Skua - 1 Weymouth Bay
Rose-coloured Starling - 1 Southwell (Portland)

Jay, West Moors © Roy Nicklin


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Saturday 5th June 2021

Grey Partridge - 2 Alners Gorse
Egyptian Goose - 2 Silverlake
Puffin - 1 Pulpit Rock, Portland Bill
Red Kite - 1 Wareham Common
Rose-coloured Starling - 2 Southwell, Portland

Little Owl, Portland Bill © Oli Mockridge


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Friday 4th June 2021

Iceland Gull - 1 Weston, Portland
Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Red Kite - 1 Broadstone
Red-backed Shrike - 1 female, Cogden Beach

Yesterday: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 off Portland Bill

Grey Partridge, Tarrant Rushden © Ian Ballam


Common Tern, Lodmoor RSPB © Edmund Mackrill


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Thursday 3rd June 2021

Barnacle Goose - 1 Lytchett Bay
Little Gull - 2 first summer Lodmoor RSPB
Arctic Skua - 5 off Portland Bill
Pomarine Skua - 2 off Portland Bill
Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Little Gull, Lodmoor RSPB © Edmund Mackrill


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Wednesday 2nd June 2021

Osprey - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Red Kite - 1 Fordington Down, Dorchester
Rose-coloured Starling - 2 Portland Bill briefly
Corn Bunting - 1 Rodden Hive

Fulmar, Portland © Verity Hill


Stonechat fledgling, Lytchett Fields © Ian Ballam


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Tuesday 1st June 2021

Red Kite - 2 over Portesham, 1 over Parkstone, 1 over Watton Hill Bridport, 6 over Sixpenny Handley (yesterday) 
Stork sp - 1 circling high over the sea and coming in off near Mupe mid-afternoon
Hen Harrier - 1 male through Slepe Heath mid-morning
Golden Oriole - 1 Rempstone Heath briefly before flying towards RSPB Arne
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