Sunday 31st July 2022

Whimbrel - 3 Stanpit Marsh
Spotted Redshank - 4 Middlebere
Greenshank - 12 Middlebere
Yellow-legged Gull - 2 Middlebere
Balearic Shearwater - 1 Durlston CP
Spoonbill - 6 Arne RSPB, 3 over Swineham Point
Cattle Egret - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery

Yesterday: -

Osprey - 1 migratory bird, Morden Bog

Linnets, Stanpit Marsh ©Clinton Whale


Green Sandpiper, Middlebere ©Mark Wright


Little Terns, Ferrybridge ©Angela Thomas

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Saturday 30th July 2022

Little Ringed Plover - 2 Marsh Meadow Pool, Abbotsbury Swannery
Whimbrel - 14 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Ferrybridge
Knot - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Little Stint - 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Common Sandpiper - 3 Stanpit Marsh, 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Green Sandpiper - 3 Marsh Meadow Pool, Abbotsbury, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Spoonbill - 10 Brownsea Lagoon, 2 Arne RSPB
Great White Egret - 4 Lodmoor RSPB
Osprey - 1 Wareham Channel
White-tailed Eagle - 1 released bird Wareham Channel
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Arne RSPB

Yesterday: -

Quail - 3 Tarrant Rushton Airfield
Arctic Skua - 2 (1 Dark, 1 Light Phase) off Durlston CP

Green Sandpiper, Snipe, Greenshank at Abbotsbury © Steve Groves


Spotted Flycatcher, Arne RSPB © Kate Plater


Common Tern, Arne RSPB © Kate Plater

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Friday 29th July 2022

Greenshank - 6 Middlebere
Meditteranean Gull - 500+ off Portland Bill
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Portland Bill
Arctic Skua - 11 off Portland Bill
Manx Shearwater - 42 off Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 47 off Portland Bill
Spoonbill - 6 Brownsea Lagoon, 2 Middlebere
Great White Egret - 1 East of Lower Bockhampton
Osprey - 1 SE over Bridging Camp, The Fleet
Red Kite - 1 Crete Bottom
White-tailed Eagle - 1 released bird Wareham Channel
Grasshopper Warbler - 2 East Fleet
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Littlesea, The Fleet

Grey Heron, Longham Lakes © Dave Hill


Little Stint, Lodmoor © Phil Cheeseman


Goldfinch, Hamworthy ©Tina Dawkins

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Thursday 28th July 2022

Quail - 1 Tarrant Rushton
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Lytchett Fields
Whimbrel - 1 Lodmoor, 1 Lytchett Fields
Common Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor, 1 Lytchett Fields
Redshank - 30+ Lytchett Fields
Greenshank - 9 Lytchett Fields, 1 Holes Bay
Red Kite - 1 over Blandford
White-tailed Eagle - 1 released immature Wareham Channel

Yesterday: -

Oystercatcher - 93 Stanpit Marsh
Willow Warbler - 10 Portland Bird Observatory

Great White Egrets, Lodmoor © Adrian Groves


Green Woodpecker, Longham Lakes © Sam Staines


Water Rail with chick, Lodmoor © Phil Cheeseman

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Wednesday 27th July 2022.

Little Ringed Plover - 2 Rodden Hive, 2 Stanpit.
Whimbrel - 1 Lodmoor, 1 Lytchett Fields, 5 Stanpit.
Greenshank - 8 Lytchett Fields.
Green Sandpiper - 7 Lytchett Fields.
Common Sandpiper - 4 Lytchett Fields.
Sanderling - 7+ Ferrybridge, 19 Shell Beach.
Manx Shearwater - 30 past Portland Bill.
Balearic Shearwater - 78 past Portland Bill.
Great White Egret - 5 Lodmoor.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Brownsea Island in the morning, 1 Wareham Channel later.


Lesser Black-backed Gull, Merley © Roger Peart.

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Tuesday 26th July 2022.

Pectoral Sandpiper - an adult at Lytchett Fields until early afternoon.
Manx Shearwater - 3 Portland Bill.
Balearic Shearwater - 18 past Portland Bill.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Wareham Channel.
Yellow-legged Gull - 8 Portland Bill.
Arctic Skua - 1 past Portland Bill.
Grasshopper Warbler - 3 Bere Regis (Wild Woodbury).
Dipper - 1 near Sherborne.


Crossbill, Wareham Forest yesterday © Winter and Aspen Stobart.

Crossbill, Wareham Forest yesterday © Winter and Aspen Stobart.

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Monday 25th July 2022

Sanderling - 9 Ferrybridge
Little Stint - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, still on Postbox Pool
Knot - 1 Stanpit, 1 Ferrybridge
Whimbrel - 1 Stanpit
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Hengistbury, 1 Ferrybridge
Balearic Shearwater - 1 past Hengistbury

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Sunday 24th July 2022

Sanderling - 12 Ferrybridge
Little Stint - 1 Lodmoor RSPB on Postbox Pool
Whimbrel - 4 Stanpit, 1 Hengistbury
Common Sandpiper - 3 Stanpit
Arctic Skua - 1 Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 4 Portland Bill
Manx Shearwater - 6 Portland Bill
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Stanpit

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Saturday 23rd July 2022.

Great Bustard - 2 possibles distantly at Silverlake.
Knot - 1 Ferrybridge.
Whimbrel - 2 Middlebere, 9 Stanpit.
Greenshank - 9 Lytchett Fields, 3 Lytchett Fields.
Sanderling - 11 Ferrybridge.
Common Sandpiper - 1 East Parley, 5 Lytchett Fields, 5 Stanpit.
Green Sandpiper - 10 Lytchett Fields.
Manx Shearwater - 3 Portland Bill.
Balearic Shearwater - 5 Portland Bill.
Spoonbill - 1 Middlebere.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel early, 1 Lytchett Fields later (IoW reintroduction scheme).
Marsh Harrier - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Mediterranean Gull - 750 Portland Bill.
Yellow-legged Gull - 4 Portland Bill, 10 Swineham.
Grasshopper Warbler - 3 Lytchett Heath, 2 Stanpit.
Crossbill - 4 over Lytchett Fields.
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Friday 22nd July 2022.

Cuckoo - 2 East Parley.
Grey Plover - 1 Stanpit in breeding plumage.
Knot - 1 Rodden Hive.
Whimbrel - 3 Stanpit.
Little Stint - 1 Hengistbury.
Greenshank - 1 Brownsea Island.
Sanderling - 11 Ferrybridge.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Rodden Hive.
Red Kite - 1 Cheselbourne.
Hobby - 1 Herbury.
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Broadmayne (Conygar).
Black Redstart - 1 Poole Quay.


Pheasant, Stanpit © Clinton Whale

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Thursday 21st July 2022

Sanderling - 6 Ferrybridge
Yellow-legged Gull - 3 Portland Bill
Little Tern - total of 55/60 fledglings this season at the Chesil Recovery Project, Ferrybridge
Glossy Ibis - 2 commuting between Abbotsbury Swannery and Lodmoor RSPB
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 ringed Portland Bird Observatory
Garden Warbler - 1 ringed Portland Bird Observatory
Sedge Warbler - 1 ringed Portland Bird Observatory

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Wednesday 20th July 2022

Little Ringed Plover - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Sanderling - 2 Ferrybridge
Common Sandpiper - 11 Lodmoor RSPB, 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Lytchett Bay
Green Sandpiper - 11 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 5 Lodmoor RSPB
Greenshank - 2 Lodmoor RSPB, 2 Lytchett Bay
Yellow-legged Gull - 2 juveniles at Lodmoor RSPB
Glossy Ibis - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery on Meadows Pool
Great White Egret - 8 Lodmoor RSPB
Cattle Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB on Postbox Pool

Ringed Plover and Dunlin, Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale


Sandwich Tern, Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale
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Tuesday 19th July 2022

Dark-bellied Brent Geese - 3 Studland
Golden Pheasant - 1 Holton Lee
Glossy Ibis - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery
Whimbrel - 4 Studland
Common Sandpiper - 4 Lytchett Fields, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Green Sandpiper - 15 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Greenshank - 9 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Swift - 45 Ferrybridge
Garden Warbler - 2 on the Rivers Meet Meadow Christchurch.
Wheatear - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Ruff - Stanpit Marsh © Garry Hayman


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Monday 18th July 2022


Cattle Egret - 1 over West Bexington
Little Ringed Plover - 2 Stanpit Marsh
Whimbrel - 7 Stanpit Marsh, 2 Brand's Bay, 1 Ferrybridge
Green Sandpiper - 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Greenshank - 9 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Standpit Marsh
Common Gull - 8 Brand's Bay (first returning bird)
Whinchat - 1 Priory Marsh
White Wagtail - 1 West Bexington

Linnet Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale
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Sunday 17th July 2022

Glossy Ibis - 2 Lodmoor RSPB, 1north early a.m. Stanpit  Marsh
Osprey - 1 over the Wareham Cahnnel
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Rodden Hive 
Whimbrel - 4 Stanpit Marsh
Sanderling - 3 Ferrybridge
Common Sandpiper - 3 Rodden Hive, 1 Ferrybridge, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Green Sandpiper - 1 Priory Marsh, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Snipe - 2 Stanpit Marsh
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Ferrybridge
Swift - 73 Stanpit Marsh
Sand Martin - 123 Stanpit Marsh, 21 Ferrybridge
Swallow - 59 Stanpit Marsh
Willow Warbler - 2 North Scrubs Stanpit
Yellow Wagtail - 3 Stanpit Marsh
Tree Pipit - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Oystercatcher _ Brownsea Island © Nick Hull
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Saturday 16th July 2022


Manx Shearwater - 4 west Portland Bill
Red Kite - 1 over Blandford
Little Ringed Plover - 2 Stanpit Marsh
Whimbrel - 4 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Ferrybridge
Dunlin - 48 Ferrybridge, 30 Stanpit Marsh, 6 Brownsea Is.
Common Sandpiper - 3 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Brownsea Is.
Greenshank - 5 Brownsea Is, 1 Lytchett Bay
Caspian Tern - 1 Stanpit Marsh then Coward's Marsh and presumed same Brownsea Island Lagoon before returning late afternoon to Stanpit Marsh.
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Portland Bill
Grey Wagtail - 1 Portland Bill

Long-tailed Tit - Talbut Heath © Vincent Blood


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Friday 15th July 2022

Little Ringed Plover - 1 Ferrybridge
Spotted Redshank - 1 Brands Bay
Mediterranean Gull - 800 Ferrybridge
Yellow legged Gull - 1 Sandbanks by the chain ferry
Caspian Tern - 1 Stanpit Marsh 
Cattle Egret - 2 West Bexington flew west
White Tailed Eagle - 3 Wareham channel G801, G812 and G816 (IOW Reintroduction)
Whinchat - 1 Cogden Beach

Yesterday: Ruff - Stanpit Marsh

Caspian Tern - Stanpit Marsh  ©Scott Usher


Ruff - Stanpit Marsh ©OTBT Birder







Caspian Tern Stanpit Marsh © Scott Usher






Sandwich Tern - Hengisbury Head © David Wareham


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Thursday 14th July 2022

Egyptian Goose - 48 Silverlake
Redshank - 42 Holes Bay
Caspian Tern - 1 Stanpit Marsh 
Red Kite - 1 over Lake Pier Poole
White Tailed Eagle - 1 Over Carey Wareham, 2 Wareham channel G801 & G812 IOW Reintroduction
Whinchat - 1 Cogden Beach

Caspian Tern - 1 Stanpit Marsh ©Michael Gibbons






Caspian Tern - 1 Stanpit Marsh ©Michael Gibbons








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Wednesday 13th July 2022

Brent Goose - 4 Brands Bay
Green Sandpiper - 11 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Greenshank - 5 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Caspian Tern - 1 Stanpit Marsh & Cowards Marsh 
Roseate Tern - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Great White Egret - 6 Lodmoor RSPB
Red Kite - 1 over Wareham Channel
White Tailed Eagle - 2 still Wareham channel G801 & G812 IOW Reintroduction
Wheatear - 1 Juv Cogden Beach
Yellow Wagtail - Lytchett Fields RSPB



Shelduck - Stanpit Marsh ©Dave Hill







House Martin - Lytchett Fields RSPB ©Clive Gargrave





Brent Goose - Brands Bay ©Lee669





Green Sandpiper - Lytchett Fields RSPB ©Clive Gargrave



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Tuesday 12th July 2022

Common Sandpiper - 7 Swineham Point 
Whimbrel - 1 Brands Bay Redhorn Point
Yellow-legged Gull - 2 Stilt Pool Swineham
Gannet - 1 Brands Bay Redhorn Point (very unusual inside the harbour)
Black Kite - 1 Charminster flying towards Charlton Down
White Tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel G801 & G812 IOW reintroduction 
Hobby - 1 Batcombe Hill

Yesterday 
Dipper - 1 Bridport

White Tailed Eagle - Wareham Channel ©Garry Hayman









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Monday 11th July 2022

Little Ringed Plover - 2 Lytchett Fields
Greenshank - 2 Lytchett Fields
Great White Egret  - 5 Lodmoor
White-tailed Eagle - 2 released immature, Hyde's Heath, Wareham

Yesterday: -

Dunlin - 34 Ferrybridge
Spotted Flycatcher - 2 Sturminster Newton, 1 Sharford Bridge, Corfe Castle

Reed Warbler, Longham Lakes © Vincent Blood


Reed Bunting, Morden Bog NNR © Mark Wright


Little Egret, Holes Bay ©Tina Dawkins


Robin, Bournemouth Garden © Roy Wilson

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Sunday 10th July 2022

Little Ringed Plover - 2 Lytchett Bay
Whimbrel - 1 Ferrybridge
Common Sandpiper - 1 Ferrybridge
Green Sandpiper - 8 Lytchett Bay, 4 near Up Sydling
Redshank - 142 Holes Bay NE
Cattle Egret - 1 Swineham Point
Osprey - 1 Wareham Channel
Red Kite - 3 Alner's Gorse
White-tailed Eagle - 1 released bird, Arne RSPB
Dipper - 1 River Brit, Bridport

Yesterday: -

Yellow-legged Gull - Portland Bill

Mandarin female, River Allen, Wimborne © Ann Baldwin

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Saturday 9th July 2022

Nightjar - 1 Brownsea Island
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Red Kite - 1 East over West Moors
Sedge Warbler - c12 Stanpit Marsh
Whinchat - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Yesterday: -

Swift - 40+ over the sea at Dancing Ledge
Cuckoo - 1 Portland Bill
Puffin - 2 Dancing Ledge
Balearic Shearwater - 1 off Portland Bill
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Hethfelton Wood

Greenfinch, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale


Whimbrel, Brands Bay © Rob Johnson


Linnet, Hengistbury Head © Alan Crockard


Black-headed Gull & Mediterranean Gull, Stanpit © Clinton Whale

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Friday 8th July 2022

Little Ringed Plover - 4 Stanpit Marsh
Common Sandpiper - 4 Stanpit Marsh
Spotted Redshank - 3 Middlebere

Yesterday: -

Manx Shearwater - 83 off Portland Bill


Spotted Redshank & Greenshank, Middlebere © Garry Hayman


Little Ringed Plovers, Lytchett Fields © Ian Ballam

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Thursday 7th July 2022

Little Ringed Plover - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 over Christchurch Harbour
Sanderling - 3 Ferrybridge
Common Sandpiper - 2 Christchurch Harbour, 2 Ferrybridge
Whimbrel - 5 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Brand's Bay
Greenshank - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Spotted Redshank - 1 Middlebere
Cattle Egret - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Reed Warbler, Stanpit Marsh © Dave Hill
Cormorant, Stanpit Marsh © Dave Hill

Collared Dove, Stanpit Marsh © Dave Hill


Lapwing, Stanpit Marsh © Dave Hill




 

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Wednesday 6th July 2022.

Little Ringed Plover - 3 Lytchett Fields, 5 Silverlake.
Whimbrel - 1 Stanpit.
Sanderling - 3 Ferrybridge.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Brownsea Island, 1 Stanpit.
Roseate Tern - 1 Chesil Beach.
Great White Egret - 3 Lodmoor.
Bittern - 1 Stanpit (probably the first July record for the area).
Spotted Flycatcher - 2 Corfe Castle, 1 Knighton Heath.
Wheatear - 1 Ferrybridge.

Whimbrel, Stanpit © Clinton Whale


Bittern, Stanpit © Aspen Stobart


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