Dorset Birds: 2023

Tuesday 3rd October 2023

Bar-tailed Godwit - 3 Stanpit Marsh

Black-tailed Godwit - 100 Stanpit Marsh

Knot - 8 Stanpit Marsh

Ruff - 4 juv Stanpit Marsh

Curlew Sandpiper - 6 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Jack Snipe - 1 Lytchett Bay

Grey Phalarope - 1 in pool along footpath between West Bay and Bridport

Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Greenshank - 3 Stanpit Marsh

Forster's Tern - 2nd winter still at Shipstal Point, Arne

Osprey - 1 Middlebere

Red Kite - 1 Hod Hill, 1 Middlebere

Wryneck - 1 still along coast path near coastguard cottages West Bexington

Merlin - 1 Middlebere

Hobby - 1 Hod Hill, 1 Middlebere

Wheatear - 8 Crouch Hill

Yesterday:

Wryneck - 1 at Southwell Business Park Portland

Monday 2nd October 2023

Dark-bellied Brent Goose - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Grey Plover - 2 Brands Bay

Bar-tailed Godwit - 1 Brands Bay, 1 Stanpit

Black-tailed Godwit - 482 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 100 Brands Bay

Knot - 1 Lodmoor, 2 Brands Bay

Ruff - 3 Stanpit

Curlew Sandpiper - 4 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Common Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Green Sandpiper - 8 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Redshank - 176 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Spoonbill - 74 Brownsea Lagoon

Great White Egret - 3 Lodmoor

Osprey - 1 Lodmoor

Greenshank - 8 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 2 Brands Bay

Wryneck - 1 near coastgurd cottages West Bexington

Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Hut Fields Portland, 1 Bumpers Lane Portland

Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Culverwell Portland, 2 Portland Castle

Wheatear - 5 Crouch Hill

Dark-bellied Brent Goose, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Sunday 1st October 2023

Grey Partridge - 2 Tarrant Rushton

Nightjar - 2 trapped and ringed Durlston CP

Avocet - 48 Middlebere Lake, 30 Brownsea Lagoon

Bar-tailed Godwit - 1 Stanpit Marsh, 2 Ferrybridge

Black-tailed Godwit - 50 Stanpit Bight, 160 Brownsea Lagoon

Knot - 4 Stanpit Bight, 5 Ferrybridge, 9 Brownsea Lagoon

Sanderling - 5 Stanpit Bight

Curlew Sandpiper - 5 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Stanpit Bight

Spotted Redshank - 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 9 Middlebere,

Greenshank - 21 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Forster's Tern - 2nd winter again at Shipstal Point

Balearic Shearwater - 14 flew east past Portland Bill

Spoonbill - 55 Brownsea Lagoon

Great White Egret - 1 over Woodsford

Osprey - 1 Middlebere Lake

White-tailed Eagle - 2 Poole Harbour

Merlin - 1 Hartland Moor

Whinchat - 1 Tarrant Rushton, 1 Ferrybridge `````

`Wheatear - 5 Tarrant Rushton ,4 Crouch Hill, 10 Ferrybridge

Meadow Pipit- 60 Hartland Moor, 100+ Stanpit Marsh, 30+ Crouch Hill

Tree Pipit - 1 flew over Hartland Moor

Meadow Pipit, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Saturday 30th September 2023

Garganey - 1 in eclipse Brownsea Is.

Balearic Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill

Great White Egret - 4 Lodmoor RSPB

White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel

Osprey - 1 Middlebere

Hobby - 2 Lodmoor RSPB

Golden Plover - 13 over the Ridge Upway, 6 Lodmoor RSPB

Curlew Sandpiper - 4 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 4 Brownsea Is, 1 Ferrybridge

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Wood Sandpiper - 1 Midddlebere

Forster's Tern - 1 2nd/w Arne RSPB

Ring Ouzel - 1 over Arne RSPB car park

Spotted Flycatcher - 6 Townsend NR

Lapwing - Stanpit Marsh © Dave Hill

Marsh Harrier - Stanpit Marsh

Friday 29th September 2023

Whooper Swan - 1 Lodmoor RSPB (on West Scrape)

Great White Egret - 3 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Silverlake

Spoonbill - 52 Brownsea Is.

White-tailed Eagle - 2 Arne RSPB

Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail Wild Woodbury DWT

Osprey - 1 Brand's Bay, 1 Arne RSPB

Hobby - 1 Arne RSPB

Curlew Sandpiper - 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 2 Middlebere, 1 Silverlake, 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Ruff - 1 Brand's Bay, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Common Sandpiper - 3 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Green Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Greenshank - 19 Brownsea Is, 14 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Grey Phalarope - 1 Hengistbury Hd (Long Groyne)

Forster's Tern - 1 2nd/w Arne RSPB

Turtle Dove - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Wryneck - 1 Cogden

Yellow Wagtail - 10 Stanpit Marsh

Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Christchurch

Crossbill - 3 over Lytchett Fields RSPB

Cirl Bunting - 1 West Bexington

Redshank - Stanpit Marsh © Dave Hill

Curlew - Stanpit Marsh © Dave Hill

Thursday 28th September 2023

Balearic Shearwater - 21 Portland Bill

Great White Egret - 2 Stanpit Marsh

White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel

Osprey - 1 Newton Heath, 1 Arne RSPB, 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Holes Bay, 1 Christchurch Hbr.

Hobby - 1 Arne RSPB

Curlew Sandpiper - 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Ruff - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Common Sandpiper - 2 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Peveril Point

Green Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Field's RSPB

Arctic Skua - 14 Portland Bill

Forster's Tern 1 2nd/W Arne RSPB

Wryneck - 1 Cogden, 1 Avon Heath CP.

Swallow - 500 Portland Bill

Meadow Pipit - 1250 Portland Bill

Yellow Wagtail - 5 over Wick, 3 Stanpit Marsh

Redstart - 1 Portland Bill

Wheatear - 6 Stanpit, 1 Holes Bay

Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Portland Bill

Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Wick

Pied Flycatcher - 1 Portland Bill

Collared Dove - Stanpit Marsh © Dave Hill

Knot - Ferrybridge © Will Bown

Sanderling - Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale

Wednesday 27th September 2023

Garganey - 1Brownsea Is.

Eider - 2 Bramble Bush Bay

Spoonbill - 61 Brownsea Is.

White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel

Osprey - 1 east West Bexington, 3 Lytchett Bay/Poole Harbour

Curlew Sandpiper - at Least 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Blue Lagoon, Poole Harbour

Ruff - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Grey Phalarope - 1 off Portland Bill, 1 Cogden Beach

Arctic Skua - 1 Dark Juv Christchurch Hbr.

Forster's Tern - 1 Arne RSPB

Wryneck - 1 St. Leonard's, 1 Ulwell Gap, 1 Godlingstone Hill

Swallow - 5300 per hour Lytchett Fields RSPB, 50 over Wick.

Yellow Wagtail - 3 Stanpit Marsh

Whinchat - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Wheatear - 5 Stanpit Marsh

Black-tailed Godwit - Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Pintail - 1 Brands Bay.
Grey Plover - 1 Brands Bay.
Ruff - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Knot - 1 Brands Bay.
Greenshank - 3 Brands Bay, 14 Lytchett Fields, 3 Hengistbury Head.
Spotted Redshank - 3 Lytchett Fields.
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Fields.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Lytchett Fields.
Green Sandpiper - 5+ Lytchett Fields.
Grey Phalarope - 1 off Mudeford Quay.
Phalarope sp. - 1 Stanpit could not be identified to species.
Spoonbill - c50 Brownsea Island.
Osprey - 1 Brands Bay, 3-4 Lytchett Bay.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel.
Marsh Harrier - 3 Swineham.
Red Kite - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Merlin - 1 E of St Aldhelm's Head.
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 Shipstal Point.
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Whinchat - 3+ Lytchett Fields.
Wheatear - 2 Dancing Ledge, 1-2 Didlington, 2 Holes Bay.
Firecrest - 2 Hengistbury Head.

Monday 25th September 2023

Barnacle Goose - 1 Holme Lane GPs.
Egyptian Goose - 7 Holme Lane GPs.
Grey Plover - 1 Stanpit.
Ringed Plover - 3 Silverlake (inland, so an unusual record).
Ruff - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Knot - 7 Stanpit.
Greenshank - 5 Lytchett Fields.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Fields, 1 Stanpit.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Sanderling - 6 Stanpit.
Grey Phalarope - 1 Cogden.
Spoonbill - 61 Brownsea Island
Osprey - 1 Brands Bay, 1-2 Holes Bay, 1 Middlebere, 1 Wareham Channel.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Ham Common.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Christchurch Harbour, 2 Swineham.
Red Kite - 12 Wimborne St Giles.
Hobby - 1 Middlebere, 2+ Wareham Channel, 1 Waddon (Portesham).
Yellow Wagtail - 3+ Stanpit.
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Common Redstart - 1 Hyde's Heath (Arne).
Whinchat - 1 Hartland Moor, 3 Lytchett Fields.
Wheatear - 1 Holes Bay, 7 Stanpit, 10 Waddon (Portesham).

Migration: large numbers of Swallow moved south through Poole Harbour.

Late news: Grey Phalarope at Ferrybridge on Saturday.

Sunday 24th September 2023

Golden Plover - 1 St Aldhelm's Head.
Knot - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Brownsea Island.
Greenshank - 15 Brownsea Island.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Brownsea Island.
Purple Sandpiper - 3 Hengistbury sandspit.
Curlew Sandpiper - 4 Brownsea Island, 1 Lytchett Fields.
Sanderling - 1 Brownsea Island, 6 Christchurch Harbour.
Grey Phalarope -1 Abbotsbury Swannery.
Balearic Shearwater - c20 past Peveril Point, 84 past Portland Bill.
Cory's Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill.
Sooty Shearwater - 1 past Peveril Point, 1 past Portland Bill.
Spoonbill - 61 Brownsea Island
Osprey - 1 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Middlebere, 1 Wareham Channel.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Swineham.
Red Kite - 1 Cerne Abbas, 9 Wimborne St Giles.
Hobby - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Wareham Channel
RED-EYED VIREO - 1 juvenile Portland Bill Observatory.
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 Shipstal Point.
Arctic Skua - 3 Peveril Point.
Yellow Wagtail - 1 St Aldhelm's Head.
Whinchat - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Wheatear - 1 Peveril Point, 1 St Aldhelm's Head.
Firecrest - 1 Hengistbury Head.

Grey Phalarope, Abbotsbury Swannery © Steve Groves.

Saturday 23rd September 2023

Garganey - 1 Brownsea Island.
Avocet - 93 Brownsea Island.
Ruff - 4 Cowards Marsh.
Knot - 19 Stanpit.
Greenshank - 1 Cowards Marsh.
Green Sandpiper - 4 Cowards Marsh.
Balearic Shearwater - 8 Durlston CP.
Great White Egret - 12 Cowards Marsh.
Cattle Egret - 30+ Cowards Marsh.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 distantly west of Cowards Marsh.
Osprey - 2 Lytchett Bay.
RED-EYED VIREO - 1 juvenile trapped and ringed at Culverwell.
Common Gull - 2 Stanpit.
Little Gull - 1 Rodden Hive.
Wryneck - 1 Knowle Hill, 1 Lytchett Fields.
Yellow Wagtail - 2+ Durlston CP, 1 Stanpit, 1 Wareham Common.
Tree Pipit - 1 Durlston CP .
Spotted Flycatcher - 2 Knowle Hill, 1 Wareham Common.
Whinchat - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Stanpit.
Wheatear - 3 Didlington, 1 Durlston CP, 11 Stanpit, 3+ Studland, 2 Wareham Common.
Tree Sparrow - 1 South Haven (Studland).

Wheatear, Studland © Alan Membury.

Oystercatcher, Studland © Alan Membury.

Whinchat, Stanpit © Clinton Whale.

Friday 22nd September 2023

Avocet - 41 Brownsea Lagoon
Knot - 28 Middlebere, 3 Ferrybridge
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Brownsea Lagoon, 1 Middlebere
Little Stint - 1 still Ferrybridge
Spotted Redshank - 1 Holes Bay, 1 Middlebere
Grey Phalarope - 1 off Chesil Beach, nr. Ferrybridge
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 ad. Middlebere
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 again Shipstal Point, Arne RSPB
Spoonbill - 56 Brownsea Lagoon, 2 Middlebere
Cattle Egret - 4 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Middlebere
Great White Egret - 1 Middlebere
Osprey - 3 from Middlebere, 2 Rock Lea Viewpoint, 1 Holes Bay
Hobby - 1 Middlebere
Woodlark - 4 East Lake, Silverlake
Melodious Warbler - 1 West Bexington
Whinchat - 1 nr. Old Screen, Upton CP


Osprey, from The Lookout, Arne RSPB © Kate Plater

Bearded Tit, Lodmoor RSPB © Phil Cheeseman

Yellow Wagtail, Stanpit Marsh © Dave Hill

Thursday 21st September 2023

Canada Goose - 2,222 Silverlake
Barnacle Goose - 6 Silverlake
Knot - 1 Tidmoor Point,The Fleet
Grey Phalarope - 1 Kimmmeridge Bay
Common Sandppiper - 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 4 from Middlebere Hide, 1 still Lytchett Fields
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 again at Shipstal Point, Arne RSPB,also from Middlebere Hide
Balearic Shearwater - 5 past Portland Bill
Spoonbill -27 Shipstal Point, Arne RSPB
Catlle Egret - 1 Swineham GPs
Great White Egret - 3 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Silverlake
Woodlark - 1 singing Silverlake
Red-rumped Swallow - 1 Godlingston Heath, Studland
Redstart - 1f Peveril Point, Swanage

Great White Egrets, Lodmoor RSPB © Clinton Whale

Curlew, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Wednesday 20th September 2023

Ruff - 6 Sluice Field, Swineham
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Spotted Redshank - 1 still Lytchett Fields
Greenshank - 21 Brownsea Lagoon, 3 Barn Bight
Sabine's Gull - 1 east off W. Bexington, 1 juv. Portland Bill, 1 ad. off Monmouth Beach, Lyme Regis
Great Skua - 1 off Portland Bill, 1 west past Durslton CP
Arctic Skua - 1 off Portland Bill, 1 pale phase off Durlston CP
Storm Petrel - 2 east off West Bay, 2 past Mudeford Quay
Cory's Shearwater - 5+ off Portland Bill
Sooty Shearwater - 2 west off Durlston CP, 1 off Portland Bill
Great Shearwater - 2 off Portland Bill, 1 off West Bay
Manx Shearwater - 2 off Durlston Cp, 1 off Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 250+ off Portland Bill, 57 west off Durlston CP, 1 off Branksome Chine
Gannet - 100+ off Branksome Chine, 57 west off Durlston CP
Spoonbill - 7 Brownsea Lagoon
Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB


Sabine's Gull, West Bexington © Mike Morse

Greenshank, Rock Lea Viewpoint © Ian Ballam

Tuesday 19th September 2023

Common Scoter - 1 off Beach Huts, Mudefrod
Black-tailed Godwit - 296 Lytchett Fields
Ruff - 5 Stilt Pools, Swineham, 1 Lytchett Fields
Curlew Sandpiper - 5 Brownsea Lagoon
Sanderling - 1 Beach Huts, Mudeford
Little Stint - 1 Ferrybridge
Spotted Redshank - 3 still Lytchett Fields
Greenshank - 11 Lytchett Fields, 1 Brands Bay
Storm Petrel - 1 past Portland Bill
Cory's Shearwater - 2 past Portland Bill, 1 south from Chesil Cove
Balearic Shearwater - 19 past Portland Bill
Gannet - 47 off Branksome Chine
Spoonbill - 64 Brownsea Lagoon
Osprey - 1 Lytchett Fields
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel
Merlin - 1 Ferrybridge
Hobby - 1 over Swanage, 1 south over The Nursery Wood, Hengistbury Head

Goldfinch, Stanpit Marsh © Dave Hill

Linnets, Stanpit Marsh © Dave Hill

Monday 18th September 2023

Ruff - 1 Brand's Bay
Sanderling - 4 Hengistbury Head Sandspit
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Hengistbury Head Sandspit
Spotted Redshank - 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Long-tailed Skua - 1 past Portland Bill this morning
Balearic Shearwater - 78 past Portland Bill this morning
Spoonbill - 71 Brownsea Island lagoon
Siberian Chiffchaff - a probable at Hatch Pond this morning
Barred Warbler - 1 still at Portland Bill in Obs Quarry
Spotted Flycatcher - 3 Wild Woodbury DWT
Whinchat - 1 Wareham Common just north of bypass

Dunlin, Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale

Sanderling, Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale

Curlew Sandpiper, Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale

Sunday 17th September 2023

Ruff - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Knot - 17 Middlebere, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Sanderling - 1 East Fleet
Curlew Sandpiper - 5 Brownsea Island lagoon, 1 Lyme Regis on Monmouth Beach, 1 East Fleet
Spotted Redshank - 8 Middlebere, 3 Lytchett Bay from Rock Lea view
Greenshank - 16 Brownsea Island lagoon, 10 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 4 Middlebere, 1 Brand's Bay
Cory's Shearwater - 1 briefly off Portland Bill
Glossy Ibis - 1 roosted at Hengistbury Head
Spoonbill - 62 Brownsea Island lagoon, 2 Middlebere
Cattle Egret - 16 Stanpit, 1 Swineham Point
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Brownsea Island lagoon, 1 Middlebere
Barred Warbler - 1 Portland Bill in Obs Quarry
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Middlebere
Redstart - 1 Middlebere
Whinchat - 1 East Fleet

Yellow Wagtail, Stanpit © Clinton Whale

Saturday 16th September 2023

Garganey - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Knot - 20 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Brownsea Island lagoon
Sanderling - 6 Brownsea Island lagoon, 6 Stanpit Marsh
Golden Plover - 1 St Aldhelm's Head
Curlew Sandpiper - 6+ Brownsea Island lagoon, 2 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Greenshank - 16 Brownsea Island lagoon, 4 Stanpit Marsh
Balearic Shearwater - 150 past Portland Bill this morning
Glossy Ibis - 1 roosted at Hengistbury Head this evening
Spoonbill - 70 Brownsea Island lagoon (a seasonal record)
Cattle Egret - 2 Stanpit Marsh
Osprey - 1 south over Portland Bill, 1 Middlebere
Hobby - 1 St Aldhelm's Head
Whinchat - 1 St Aldhelm's Head
Siskin - 115 St Aldhelm's Head

Friday 15th September 2023

Whimbrel - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Brand's Bay
Ruff - 2 Swineham on Stilt Pools, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Knot - 16 Christchurch Harbour, 2 Brand's Bay
Curlew Sandpiper - 5 Brownsea Island lagoon, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Common Sandpiper - 5 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Green Sandpiper - 6 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Greenshank - 16 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 2 Brand's Bay
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 Shipstal Point, Arne RSPB
Glossy Ibis - 1 roosted at Hengistbury Head, in Lower Avon Valley during day
Spoonbill - 62 Brownsea Island Lagoon
Cattle Egret - 28 at Hengistbury roost this evening
Great White Egret - 3 Lodmoor RSPB
Osprey - 2 Wareham Channel, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Middlebere
Red Kite - 1 over Wimborne
Honey-buzzard - 1 over Lodmoor RSPB and a probable over Seatown
Hobby - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Wareham Channel
Wryneck - 1 Coombe Valley late morning, 1 Eastington near Acton at SY985776 late morning
Woodchat Shrike - 1 c 800m west of Seatown at SY414921
Goldcrest 30 Hengistbury Head
Firecrest -3 Hengistbury Head
Redstart - 1 Winspit
Whinchat - 1 Whitepits (Christchurch Harbour)

Keatrel, Stanpit Marsh © David Cuddon

Wheatear, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Thursday 14th September 2023

Brent Goose - 2 Bridging Camp the Fleet flew East

Barnacle Goose - 6 Silverlake

Spotted Crake - 1 reported Stanpit Marsh Bailey Bridge

Golden Plover - 2 St Aldhelms flying W/NW

Grey Plover - 2 Brands Bay

FORSTER'S TERN - 2nd Cal Year off Shipstal Point Arne RSPB

Curlew Sandpiper - 6 Brownsea Lagoon DWT, 1 Middlebere, 1 Baiter Park Poole

Spoonbill - 52 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Cattle Egret - 3 Stanpit Marsh

Great white Egret - 1 over West Walls Wareham, 1 Silverlake

Osprey - 3 Middlebere, 2 Brands Bay, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Portland Bill

White Tailed Eagle - 1 over Greenlands Studland, 1 over Wareham Forest

Woodchat Shrike - 1 Seatown at junction of footpath for Golden Cap & Langdon Woods

Barred Warbler - 1 trapped & ringed at Crown Estate field Portland Bill

Wheatear - 10 nr Houns Tout, 4 Bradbury Rings

Tree Pipit - 5 Wareham common, 1 nr Houns Tout

Yesterday: Wryneck Butterstreet Cove The Fleet 1 km East of Moonfleet

Wednesday 13th September 2023

Knot - 38 Stanpit Bight, 6 Brands Bay, 4 Brownsea Lagoon DWT, 3 Rodden Hive, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Ruff - 2 Stilt Pool Swineham, 1 Brownsea Lagoon DWT, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Curlew Sandpiper - 5 Brownsea Lagoon DWT, 2 Ferrybridge, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Stanpit Marsh

Sanderling - 2 Shell Bay beach, 2 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Common Sandpiper - 16 Abbotsbury Swannery

Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB

FORSTER'S TERN - Arne RSPB Shipstal Point

Glossy Ibis - 1 into roost at Hengisbury Head

Spoonbill - 56 Brownsea Lagoon DWT, 20 flew West from Lytchett Bay

Cattle Egret - 13 Abbotsbury Swannery, 13 Hengisbury, 2 Lower Piddle Swineham

Great White Egret - 1 over Poole Harbour mouth

Osprey - 3 Poole Harbour

White tailed Eagle - 1 Wareham Channel, 1 briefly on Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Short eared Owl - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery Western Reedbeds and later on Chaple Hill

Wryneck - 1 Sweethill / Top Fields Portland Bill

Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Berry Hill work Stour Valley LNR, 1 Ferrybridge

Wheatear - 33 Hengisbury Head, 14 Swanage Old tip, 10 Abbotbury Chaple Hill, 6 Stanpit Marsh, 5 Smallmouth Bay, 3 Peveril Point, 3 Portland Bill

Yellow Wagtail - 100 into roost at Abbotsbury swannery, 25 Rodden Hive, 4 Piddle Valley Swineham

Lesser Redpoll - 1 Hegisbury Head

Siskin - Vis-mig 712 Ballard down, 319 South Haven Studland, 220 Hengisbury Head

Yesterday:

Pale - bellied Goose - 45 flew East from Christcurch Harbour, 35 later from the West & briefly landed before continuing East.

Short eared Owl - 2 Top Fields Portland Bill

Lapwing - Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Ruff - Stilt pool Swineham © Garry Hayman

Tuesday 12th September 2023

Ringed Plover - 58 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Turnstone - 22 Stanpit Marsh

Curlew Sandpiper - 9 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Common Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Common Tern - 2 Longham Lakes

Spoonbill - 45 Brownsea Lagoon DWT, 11 Arne RSPB Coombe VP

FORSTER'S TERN - 1 2nd Calendar year at Arne RSPB Shipstal Point

Osprey - 3 Rock Lea VP Lytchett Bay RSPB

Red Kite - 1 Rock Lea VP Lytchett Bay RSPB

White tailed Eagle - 2 Rock Lea VP Lytchett Bay RSPB

Wryneck - 1 Middlebere Plateway Hartland Moor

Hobby - 1 Hartland Stud

Red - rumped Swallow - 1 juv Hartland Stud

Firecrest - 1 Redhill Common

Whinchat - 4 Hartland Moor

Yesterday:

Long- tailed Skua - 1 probable past Portland Bill

Balearic shearwater - 26 Past Portland Bill

Cattle Egret 14 Stanpit Marsh

Correction: yesterdays Sooty Shearwater and Great Shearwater seen on the Pelagic trip out of Weymouth were not in Dorset water.

Osprey - Arne RSPB © Derek Fowler

Yellow Wagtail - Lodmoor RSPB © Derek Fowler

Ringed Plover - Lodmoor RSPB © Derek Fowler

Turnstone - Standpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Common Sandpiper - Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Monday 11th September 2023

Barnacle Goose - 6 Silverlake East Lake

Pochard - 20 Silverlake East Lake

Cuckoo - 1 Arne RSPB behind Middlebere lookout

Ruff - 8 Lower Piddle Valley Pool then flew towards Swineham

Sanderling - 3 Hengistbury Head inner sandspit

Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Yellow legged Gull - 2 Stilt Pool Swineham

FORSTER'S TERN - 1 2nd calendar year Arne RSPB Shipstal Point

Pomarine Skua - 1 from Lyme Bay Pelagic

Storm Petrel -20 from Lyme Bay Pelagic

Spoonbill - 48 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Cattle Egret - 1 Lower Piddle Valley Swineham

Great White Egret - 1 Silverlake East Lake

Osprey - 2 Brands Bay, 2 Arne RSPB Middlebere lookout, 1 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Wareham Channel from Ham Common VP

Sunday 10th September 2023

Garganey - 1 Brownsea

Bar-tailed Godwit - 3 Stanpit Bight

Black-tailed Godwit - 9 Stanpit Bight

Knot - 7 Stanpit Bight

Curlew Sandpiper - 14 Brownsea

Common Sandpiper - 1 Holes Bay, 2 Silverlake, 3 Stanpit Bight

Green Sandpiper - 2 Middlebere

Wood Sandpiper - 2 Stanpit Marsh

Greenshank - Stanpit Bight

Forster's Tern - 2nd winter again at Shipstal Point

Glossy Ibis - 1 Wareham Channel then flew east towards Arne RSPB

Spoonbill - 48 Brownsea, 2 Stanpit Marsh, 7 Middlebere

Cattle Egret - 20 Stanpit Marsh

Osprey - 1 over Weymouth, 1 over Portland, 3 Middlebere

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - 1 Oakers Wood

Saturday 9th September 2023

Nightjar - 2 trapped and ringed Durlston CP

Curlew Sandpiper - 4 Lodmoor, 4 juv Brownsea

Greenshank - 1 Longham Lakes

Forster's Tern - 2nd winter again at Shipstal Point

Balearic Shearwater - 8 flew past Durlston CP, 5 past Portland Bill

Spoonbill - 55 Brownsea

Osprey - 1 Silverlake

Honey Buzzard - 1 Durlston CP

Red Kite - 1 over Upwey/Broadwey

Bee-eater - 2 Todber

Hobby - 1 Todber

Red-rumped Swallow - 1 with 60+ Swallows on wires at Brockington Farm, Lower Allen Valley

Redstart - 2 St Aldhelm's Head

Whinchat - 3 St Aldhelm's Head

Wheatear - 16+ St Aldhelm's Head

Common Rosefinch - 1 Trev's Quarry St Aldhelm's Head

Friday 8th September 2023

Knot - 13 Middlebere

Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Brownsea Island NT, 1 Middlebere

Spotted Redshank - 5 Middlebere

Cattle Egret - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 7 up the River Piddle at Wareham and then on the Common

Great White Egret - 3 Lodmoor, 4 over Coombe Heath

Osprey - up to 4 around Poole Harbour

Honey Buzzard - juvenile flew out to sea Durlston CP

White-tailed Eagle - 2 possibly 5! over Kingcombe Farm between Cheselbourne and Piddletrenthide,

1 over Coombe Heath

House Martin - c.200 on overhead lines, Priests Way, near Herston (Swanage)

Blackcap - 50 ringed at Durlston CP

Spotted Flycatcher - 5 ringed at Durlston CP

Redstart - 5 ringed at Durlston CP

Yellow Wagtail - 10 Herston

Thursday 7th September 2023

Teal - 27 Brands Bay, 4 Hengistbury

Common Scoter - 5 east from Hengistbury Head

Whimbrel - 1 Brands Bay

Bar-tailed Godwit - 5 Brands Bay

Black-tailed Godwit - 103 Brands Bay, 187 Middlebere

Knot - 1 Brands Bay, 11 Middlebere

Curlew Sandpiper - 1 west scrape Lodmoor, 1 Middlebere

Redshank - 53 Middlebere

Spotted Redshank - 5 Middlebere

Greenshank - 3 Brands Bay, 4 Hengistbury Head

Balearic Shearwater - 100+ past Portland Bill, 18 Hengistbury Head

Cattle Egret - 11 Lodmoor

Great White Egret - 1 Silverlake

Osprey - between 4 and 6 in Poole Harbour

White-tailed Eagle - 1 in tree seen from train near Wool

Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Bindon Hill

Firecrest - 3 Hengistbury

Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Hengistbury, 2 Sunnyside Poole Harbour

Pied Flycatcher - 1 trapped and ringed Durlston CP

Redstart - 2 Sunnyside, Poole Harbour

Wheatear - 13 Hengistbury

Ortolan Bunting - 1 Portland

Wednesday 6th September 2023

Avocet - 4 Brownsea Island.
Ruff - 1 Stanpit.
Knot - 2 Brownsea Island.
Greenshank - 7 Brownsea Island, 3 Stanpit.
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Brownsea Island.
Common Sandpiper - 4 Christchurch Harbour, 2 Peveril Point.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit.
Sanderling - 6 Brownsea Island.
Cattle Egret - 17 Hengistbury Head.
Spoonbill - 54 Brownsea Island.
Osprey - 3-6 NW Poole Harbour.

Hobby - 1 Hampreston fields.

Tree Pipit - 16 over Stanpit.
Yellow Wagtail - 16 Hengistbury (Wick).
Swallow - birds moving south in large numbers across the county.
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 lower Piddle Valley.
Spotted Flycatcher - 2+ Durlston CP, 5 Hengistbury (Wick), 4 Hinton St Mary, 1 Lytchett Fields.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Stanpit.
Common Redstart - 1 Durlston CP, 2 Hengistbury (Wick).
Whinchat - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Wheatear - 20 Stanpit.

Tuesday 5th September 2023

Ruff - 1 Brands Bay, 1 Swineham.
Knot - 1 Brands Bay, 4 Hengistbury Head.
Greenshank - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Sanderling - 4 Christchurch Harbour.
Little Stint - 1 Ferrybridge.
Whimbrel - 2 Christchurch Harbour.
Arctic Skua - 1 past Portland Bill.
Balearic Shearwater - 10 past Portland Bill.
Manx Shearwater - 3 past Portland Bill.
Cattle Egret - 1 Hengistbury Head.
Osprey - 1 through Christchurch Harbour, 5-6 NW Poole Harbour, 1 The Fleet (Rodden Hive).
Marsh Harrier - 2 Portland Bill.
Wryneck - 1 briefly Hengistbury Head (Rolls Drive).
Hobby - 1 Longham Lakes, 2 Portland Bill, 1 Radipole Lake.
Merlin - 2 Portland Bill.
Yellow Wagtail - 34 over Hengistbury Head, 3 Lytchett Fields, 25 Stanpit, 7 The Fleet (Rodden Hive) .
Swallow - 10000 over Ferrybridge, 1236 over Hengistbury Head; "many thousands" through Poole Harbour.
Garden Warbler - 1 Lambert's Castle.
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Lambert's Castle, 2 Stanpit, c.5 Thorncombe Wood.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Lambert's Castle.
Common Redstart - 1 Durlston CP, 3 Godlingston Hill, 1 Lambert's Castle, 3 Studland (Greenlands Farm).
Whinchat - 1 Hengistbury Head, 2 Lytchett Fields, 2 Stanpit.
Wheatear - 1 Godlingston Hill, 2 Lambert's Castle, 8 Stanpit, 11 The Fleet (Moonfleet).

Monday 4th September 2023

Garganey - 1 Priory Marsh.
Ruff - 1 Stanpit.
Knot - 1 Holes Bay, 1 Portland Bill, 1 Stanpit.
Greenshank - 8 Lytchett Fields, 1 Stanpit.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Sanderling - 2 Portland Bill, 3 Hengistbury sandspit.
Black-tailed Godwit - 225 Holes Bay.
Whimbrel - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 past Portland Bill.
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Portland Bill.
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 Brownsea Island.
Quail - 1 Portland Bill.
Balearic Shearwater - 14 past Portland Bill.
Cattle Egret - 1 Radipole Lake.
Spoonbill - 45 Brownsea Island.
Osprey - 2-3 Lytchett Bay/Wareham Channel.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Arne.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Portland Bill.
Honey Buzzard - 1 W over The Fleet (Tidmoor).
Hobby - 2 Arne, 2 Portland Bill.
Turtle Dove - 1 Stanpit.
Tree Pipit - 13 Portland Bill.
Yellow Wagtail - 62 Portland Bill, 21+ Stanpit.
White Wagtail - 3 Portland Bill.
Swallow - 4300 through Portland Bill.
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Stanpit.
Firecrest - 4 Thorncombe Wood.
Spotted Flycatcher - 2 Portland Bill, 5 Stanpit, 10 Thorncombe Wood.
Common Redstart - 3 Durlston CP.
Whinchat - 2+ Durlston CP, 2 St Aldhelm's Head.
Wheatear - 6 Dancing Ledge, 1 Durlston CP, 44 Portland Bill, 9 Stanpit.