Monday 28th February 2022

 Tundra Bean Goose - 3 still just beyond The Curlews House, Wareham
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 from Mudeford Quay
Glossy Ibis - 1 Priory Marsh
Red-throated Diver - 2 from Mudeford Quay
Black-throated Diver - 2 from Mudeford Quay
Great Northern Diver - 1 from Mudeford Quay
Cattle Egret - 13 Priory Marsh
Red Kite - 2 Larksmead Blandford, 1 over Minterne Gardens
Merlin - 1 east from Mudeford Quay


Common Gull, Longham Lake  © Samantha Staines


Female Goldeneye, Longham Lake © Samantha Staines


Ruff, Lodmoor © Mark Wright


Purple Sandpiper, Highcliffe © Clinton Whale





Sunday 27th February 2022

 Tundra Bean Goose - 3 still in paddock beyond The Curlews House, Wareham
Scaup - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery
Lesser Scaup - 1st winter female still Abbotsbury Swannery
Spotted Redshank - 1 Holes Bay
Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor, 6 Arne RSPB
Bittern - 1 Swineham GP
Cattle Egret - 1 Longham Lakes
Hen Harrier - male near Melbury Abbas
White-tailed Eagle - presumed release over Wyke Down
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Longham Lakes
Black Redstart - 1 Easton garden Portland


Tundra Bean Goose, Wareham   © Vaughan Ashby


Glossy Ibis, Priory Marsh Stanpit © Clinton Whale


Merlin, Portland Bill © Sharon Towning






Saturday 26th February 2022

Black Brant - 1 off Tidmoor Point, Wyke Regis
Tundra Bean Goose - 3 near The Curlews House, Wareham
Slavonian Grebe - 1 off Middle Beach, Studland Bay
Black-necked Grebe - 1 off Middle Beach, Studland Bay
Iceland Gull - 2nd winter Weymouth Harbour
Spoonbill - 1 Arne RSPB
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Swineham GPs
Black Redstart - 1 on rocks under Nothe Fort Weymouth, 1 coast path near Eight Kings Quarry Portland


Water Rail, Wick Fields  © Clinton Whale



Friday 25th February 2022

Whooper Swan - 1 Hampreston Water Meadows
Tundra Bean Goose - 3 in paddock by The Curlews Swineham
Scaup - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery
Lesser Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Great Northern Diver - 1 off South Haven
Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Slavonian Grebe - 3 off Middle Beach
Red Kite - 1 over Upton
Hen Harrier - 2 rintails Bottlebush Down
Harris Hawk - 1 (escape) over west Easton Portland
Golden Plover - 500 Maiden Castle
Iceland Gull - 1 2nd/w Lodmoor RSPB
Merlin - 1 Portland Bill
Brambling - 6 Cold Harbour
Redpoll - 3 Bhompton Heath

Glossy Ibis - Stanpit Marsh © Scott Usher


Peregrine - Durlston CP © John Bishop


Rock Pipit - Guillemot Ledge © Vincent Blood





Dartford Warbler - Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale




















Thursday 24th February 2022

Tundra Bean Goose - 3 still on The Curlews at Swineham
Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 1 Pilot's Point Shell Bay
Black-throated Diver - 1 on sea off Hengistbury Hd.
Cattle Egret - 12 Hengistbury Hd.
Glossy Ibis - 1 Priory Marsh
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Shell Bay
Purple Sandpiper - 8 Portland Bill, 1 Sandbanks
Caspian Gull - 1ad Longham Lakes
Black Redstart - 3 Newton's Cove
Redpoll - c15 Roman Rd. Bhompston Heath

Glossy Ibis - Priory Marsh Christchurch © Mark Taylor




















Song Thrush - Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale


Wednesday 23rd February 2022

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 2 Ferrybridge
Black Brant - 1 Ferrybridge
Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Lesser Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Red-throated Diver - 1 east Portland Bill
Cattle Egret - 13 Hengistbury Hd (in to Roost)
Glossy Ibis - 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Slavonian Grebe - 3 off Middle Beach Studland
Black-necked Grebe - 4  off Middle Beach Studland
Ruff - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Purple Sandpiper - 1 Sandbanks on groynes
Iceland Gull - 1 2nd/w Weymouth Bay
'Siberian' Chiffchaff - 1 Longham Lakes
Black Redstart - 1 Church Ope Cove, 1 Nothe Fort
Cirl Bunting - 1 fem. West Bexington

Rooks - Woodville ©John Bishop


Tuesday 22nd February 2022

Scaup - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery
Lesser Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Goosander - 2 R. Stour near Keynston Mill
Cattle Egret - 7+ Abbotsbbury Swannery, 1 Longham Lakes
Great White Egret - Longham Lakes
Glossy Ibis - 1 Hengistbury Hd (Barn Bight)
Red Kite - 1 nr. Martin Down
Iceland Gull - 2nd/w Weymouth Bay
'Siberian' Chiffchaff - 1 Longham Lakes
Black Redstart - 2 Bincleaves, 1 Newton's Cove

Monday 21st February 2022

Scaup - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery
LESSER SCAUP - 1st winter female still at Abbotsbury Swannery (Swannery closed. View distantly from New Barn Road)
Black-necked Grebe - 8 Portland Harbour, 6 Studland Bay
Slavonian Grebe - 3 Studland Bay
Caspian Gull - 3rd winter on South Lake at Longham Lakes
Little Gull - 1 past Hengistbury Head
Black Guillemot - 1 off Hengistbury sandspit before flying off
Red-throated Diver - 1 past Hengistbury Head
Spoonbill - 17 Arne RSPB
Glossy Ibis - 1 still in Christchurch Harbour area
Cattle Egret - 11 into roost at Hengistbury Head, 1 Longham Lakes
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Longham Lakes
Firecrest - 1 Hengistbury Head
Black Redstart - 2 on coastal path south of Southwell, 1 still at Church Ope Cove on Portland
Brambling - 1 west of Thorncombe Wood

Robin, Iford © Clinton Whale


Sunday 20th February 2022

Scaup - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery
LESSER SCAUP - 1st winter female still at Abbotsbury Swannery (Swannery closed. View distantly from New Barn Road)
Goosander - 4 on R. Stour at Sturminster Marshall
Black-necked Grebe - 3 Studland Bay
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Weymouth Bay
Slavonian Grebe - 2 Studland Bay
Sanderling - 30 Shell Bay
Purple Sandpiper - 15 Hengistbury
Great Northern Diver - 4 Weymouth Bay, 2 Shell Bay
Glossy Ibis - 1 Christchurch Harbour area
Cattle Egret - 8 left roost at Hengistbury Head, 1 Longham Lakes
Black Redstart - 1 Church Ope Cove Portland

Grey Heron, Iford © Clinton Whale

 

Saturday 19th February 2022

Tundra Bean Goose - 3 still in paddocks at Swineham
Goosander - 2 Silverlake
Black-necked Grebe - 2 Brand's Bay
Jack Snipe -1 Hengistbury Head
Red-throated Diver - 1 Hengistbury
Great Northern Diver - 1 from Alum Chine
Glossy Ibis - 1 roosted at Hengistbury Head
Great White Egret - 1 Longham Lakes
Cattle Egret - 12 left roost at Hengistbury Head, 1 Longham Lakes
Black Redstart - 1 Durlston CP
Brambling - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Friday 18th February 2022

Tundra Bean Goose - 3 Swineham on Bestwall Paddocks
Scaup - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery
LESSER SCAUP - 1st winter female still at Abbotsbury Swannery (Swannery closed. Best viewed from New Barn Road)
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour from Hamm Beach
Spoonbill - 6 Arne RSPB
Glossy Ibis - 1 at Barn Bight then roosted at Hengistbury Head
Cattle Egret - 13 left roost at Hengistbury Head
Firecrest - 1 Hengistbury Wood
Black Redstart - 1 Church Ope Cove on Portland

Thursday 17th February 2022

Pintail - 49 Holes Bay
Black-necked Grebe - 4 off Middle Beach Studland
Sanderling - 5 Bramble Bush Bay
Common Sandpiper - 1 Holes Bay
Glossy Ibis - 1 Hengisbury Head into roost
Cattle Egret - 12 Hengisbury Head
Great White Egret - 2 mouth of Piddle River Wareham Channel
Marsh Harrier - 2 Wareham Channel
Merlin - 1 Luscombe Valley LNR Poole, 1 Hartland Moor
Ring-necked Parakeet - 3 Middle Beach Car Park Studland
Woodlark - 2 Silverlake
Firecrest - 2  Corfe River Valley
Black Redstart - 1 male at Tilly Whims Durlston CP, 1 Newtons Cove
Lesser Redpoll - 1 Corfe River Valley

Little Egret - Holes Bay ©Garry Hayman


Wednesday 16th February 2022

Mandarin Duck - 23 Sadbarow Thorncombe
Black-necked Grebe - 1 off South Beach Studland
Green Sandpiper - 1 in Stubble field by Purbeck school roundabout
Spotted Redshank - 3 Middlebere Channel
Spoonbill - 1 Arne RSPB Shipstal pt
Cattle Egret - 19 Portesham south of B3157, 11 Christchurch Harbour
Hen Harrier - 1 male Wyke Down
Red Kite - 1 over Ashleywood Garage Blandford Forum
Merlin - 1 Martinstown
Firecrest - 2 Thorncombe Woods
Brambling - 3 Sadbarow Thorncombe

Red Breasted Merganser- Poole Park Boating lake 
© Clive Hargrave


Tuesday 15th February 2022.

Grey Plover - 11 Christchurch Harbour.
Common Gull - 7 from Hengistbury beach huts.
Red-throated Diver - 3 
from Hengistbury beach huts.
Cattle Egret - 12 Christchurch Harbour.
Brambling - 1 Poole (private garden).

Late reports: Glossy Ibis, Christchurch Harbour, yesterday.

Monday 14th February 2022.

Knot - 12 Studland (Brands Bay).
Green Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Bay.
Purple Sandpiper - 28 Highcliffe (around groyne 10).
Sanderling - 10 Studland (Bramble Bush Bay).
Blackbird - 1 albino in central Wimborne.
Brambling - 1 Lytchett Fields.

Purple Sandpiper, Highcliffe © Clinton Whale.



Sunday 13th February 2022

Pintail - 180 Brands Bay
Scaup - 3 Jerry's Point including 1 imm male
Common Scoter - 2 Mudeford quay, 1 Studland Bay
Black-necked Grebe - 3 Middle Beach Studland
Ringed Plover - 14 Bramble Bush Bay
Knot - 13 Brands Bay
Ruff - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Sanderling - 9 Bramble Bush Bay
Common Sandpiper - 1 PC World Drain Holes Bay
Kittiwake - 2 Mudeford Quay
Gannet - 7 Studland Bay
Cattle Egret - 17 Portesham
Hen Harrier - 1 Ringtail Hartland moor
Ring-necked Parakeet - 4 Studland Village

Shelduck - Brands Bay © Garry Hayman


Saturday 12th February 2022

Whooper Swan - still Longham Lakes at Hampreston Fields; do not enter private fields
LESSER SCAUP - still Abbotsbury (+ 3 Scaup still); no access beyond tank teeth
Ring-necked Duck x Tufted Duck - apparent hybrid male Silverlake
Iceland Gull - 2ndW still Lodmoor
Spoonbill - 17 Arne, 1 Lodmoor
Cattle Egret - 1 still Bog Lane, Worgret, 1 Hampreston Fields
Red Kite - 8 Wyke Down

Black-tailed Godwit, Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale


Friday 11th February 2022

Black Brant - Moonfleet/Butterstreet Cove
LESSER SCAUP - fem still Abbotsbury Swannery (+ 3 Scaup still).Swannery currently closed; view from New Barn Road or tank teeth on beach; no access beyond tank teeth
Slavonian Grebe - 2 Studland Bay
Black-necked Grebe - 12 Studland Bay
Cattle Egret - 1 Bog Lane, Worgret
Great White Egret - 1 Moors Valley CP
Siberian Chiffchaff - 2 South Haven, Studland
Brambling - 23 Thorncombe (trapped & ringed at private site)

(no sign of Bonaparte's Gull at Lytchett Bay today)

Kingfisher, Bournemouth © Dave Hill




Thursday 10th February 2022

Ring-necked Duck - 2 Drakes Postbox Pool, Lodmoor RSPB. Not seen since morning
Scaup - 3 still Abbotsbury Swannery. View from New Barn Road
LESSER SCAUP - 1F still Abbotsbury Swannery. View from New Barn Road
Slavonian Grebe - 1 from Pilot's Point, Studland
Black-necked Grebe - 3 off Middle Beach, Studland, 2 from Pilot's Point, Studland
BONAPARTE'S GULL - 1 Lytchett Bay, best viewed from Turlin Screen
Great Northern Diver - 1 from Pilot's Point, Studland
Spoonbill - 1 still Lodmoor RSPB
Merlin - 1 West Compton
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Kinson Sewege Works, Stour Valley LNR, 1 west of Causeway, Longham Lakes
Black Redstart - 1M still at Tilly Whim, Durlston CP

Dunnock, Lytchett Heath © Lyn Lambert

Wednesday 9th February 2022

White-fronted Goose - 3 still Dorchester Meadows
Whooper Swan - 1 still Hampreston Fields - please keep to Public Right Of Way
Scaup - 3 Jerry's Point, Studland, 3 Abbotsbury Swannery, view from New Barn Road
Lesser Scaup - 1 !st wntr Abbotsbury Swannery, view from New Barn Road
Goldeneye - 6 Jerry's Point, Studland
Slavonian Grebe - 1 still off Middle Beach, Studland
Black-necked Grebe - 8 still off Middle Beach, Studland
Red-throated Diver - 1 East off Mudeford Quay
Great Northern Diver - 1 West off Mudeford Quay
Spoonbill - 1 still Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Shipstal Point, Arne RSPB
Cattle Egret - 32 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 still Hampreston Fields - please keep to Public Right Of Way
Merlin - 1 Rodden Hive, The Fleet
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 West end of Causeway, Longham Lakes, 1 Sewage Works, Sherborne
Black Redstart - 1 Blacknor, Portland
Water Pipit - 1 Hampreston Fields - please keep to Public Right Of Way

Yesterday: -

Mandarin - 2 ringed Sadborow, Thorncombe
Purple Sandpiper - 11 Portland Bill
Brambling 7 ringed Sadborow, Thorncombe, 1 briefly Lytchett Fields feeding station

Brambling, Sadborow, Thorncombe © Sue Murphy


Mandarin, Sadborow, Thorncombe © Sue Murphy

Tuesday 8th February 2022

White-fronted Goose - 3 still Dorchester Water Meadows
Slavonian Grebe - 3 Tidmoor point, The Fleet, 1 off Middle Beach, Studland
Black-necked Grebe - 7 still off Middle Beach, Studland
Ruff - 1 white, still at West Scrapes, Lodmoor RSPB
Manx Shearwater - 1 off Portland Bill
Spoonbill - 2 over Brands Bay, 1 juv Lodmoor RSPB
Red Kite - 1 over Bere Regis
White-tailed Eagle - 1 presumed release, between Wyke Down and Wimborne
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Blacknor, Portland
Black Redstart - 1 still at Tilly Whim, Durlston CP
Cirl Bunting - 2 fml in stubble field, West Bexington

Yesterday: -

Black Guillemot - 1 briefly off Mudeford Sandspit
Red-throated Diver - 1 west off Portland Bill

Monday 7th February 2022

Slavonian Grebe - 2 still off Middle Beach, Studland
Black-necked Grebe - 2+ still off Middle Beach, Studland
Purple Sandpiper - 11 The Cobb,Lyme Regis
Iceland Gull - 1 2nd Wntr Radipole Lake Sth, then Bowleaze Cove
Woodlark - 1 heard North Park, Avon Heath CP
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Sewage Works, Sherborme
Firecrest - 2 Upton CP Woods, 1 Sewage Works, Sherborne
Black Redstart - 1M still at Tilly Whim, Durston CP
Dipper - 1 Sewage Works, Sherborne
Brambling - 2 Upton CP, 1 Well Bottom, nr. Ashmore

Black-tailed Godwits, Fisherman's Bank © Dave Hill


Turnstones, Lyme Regis Jetty © Maurice Budden

Sunday 6th February

 Black Brant - 1 off Tidmoor Point Wyke Regis
White-fronted Goose - 3 still at Charminster Water Meadows
Scaup - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery
Lesser Scaup - 1 still Abbotsbury Swannery
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Studland Bay
Black-necked Grebe - 8 Studland Bay
Green Sandpiper - 1 Forde Abbey
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay
Black-throated Diver - 1 from Mudeford Quay
Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor
Black Redstart - 1 Tilly Whim, Durlston CP, 1 yesterday Dorchester Prison car park, 1 Bestwall RSPB


Sparrowhawk, Bridport  © Maurice Budden


White-tailed Sea Eagle, Down Farm, Wyke Down © James Phillips






Saturday 5th February 2022

 White-fronted Goose - 3 still on Charminster water meadows
Scaup - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery
Lesser Scaup - 1st winter female still Abbotsbury Swannery
Spotted Redshank - 2 Middlebere
Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor
Cattle Egret - 24 Abbotsbury Swannery
Goshawk - 1 Middlebere, 1 Wyke Down
Hen Harrier - Male and Ringtail Wyke Down
Red Kite - 6 Wyke Down, 4 Tarrant Rushton airfield
Merlin - 1 Wyke Down
Black Redstart - 1 Blacknor Portland, 1 Nothe Fort Weymouth, 1 Durlston CP
Water Pipit - 2 Lodmoor, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB


Bearded Tit, Radipole Lake © Verity Pixie Hill


Friday 4th February 2022

 White-fronted Goose - 3 still Charminster water meadows
Whooper Swan - 1 still Hampreston fields
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour
Iceland Gull - 1 Lodmoor
Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor
Cattle Egret - 1 Longham Lakes
Hen Harrier - Ringtail Lytchett Fields RSPB
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Longham Lakes, 1 West Bexington
Black Redstart - 1 Blacknor, Portland
Water Pipit - 1 colour- ringed Lytchett Fields RSPB
Cirl Bunting - female in stubble field West Bexington

Thursday 3rd February 2022

Barnacle Goose - 1 Silverlake
Whooper Swan - 1 Hampreston
Scaup - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery
Lesser Scaup - 1st winter female Abbotsbury Swannery
Goldeneye - 4 Jerry's Point
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Studland Bay
Black-necked Grebe - 10 Studland bay
Iceland Gull - 2nd winter Weymouth Bay
Great Northern Diver - 1 Studland Bay
Spoonbill - 2 Brand's Bay
Bittern - 1 Lodmoor
Cattle Egret - 33 Abbotsbury Swannery
Goshawk - 1 Middlebere
Hen Harrier - 1 Middlebere
Merlin - 1 West Compton, 1 Hartland Moor
Black Redstart - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Moorhen, Tuckton garden © Dave Hill


Buzzard, Woodville © John Bishop








Wednesday 2nd February 2022

LESSER SCAUP - female still Abbotsbury Swannery, view only from New Barn Road or tank teeth on beach; no access beyond tank teeth
Scaup - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery, 3 Brand's Bay
Cattle Egret - 30+ Abbotsbury, 1 Longham Lakes
Iceland Gull - 2ndW still Weymouth Bay
Black-necked Grebe - 15 Studland Bay, 2 Portland Harbour
Slavonian Grebe - 2 Studland Bay
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Longham Lakes on Sat 29th Jan

Tuesday 1st February 2022

Whooper Swan - 1 Hampreston WM.
White-fronted Geese - 3 Charminster WM.
Lesser Scarp - 1 still Abbotsbury Swannery
Great Northern Diver - 1 off Middle Beach Studland
Great White Egret - 1 Middlebere
Spoonbill - 29 Arne RSPB
Black-necked Grebe - 4 off Middle Beach Studland
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Lower Avon/ Christchurch area (IOW intro)
Ruff - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 2 Middlebere
Iceland Gull -  1 2nd/w Lodmoor RSPB
Merlin - 1 Middlebere
Water Pipit - 32 Lower Avon Valley, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB