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Common Snipe - Hengisbury Head - ©Clinton Whale |
Monday 20th March 2023
Sunday 19th March 2023
Garganey - River Avon Burton ©Garry Hayman |
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Great Crested Grebe - Hatch Pond ©Clinton Whale |
Saturday 18th March 2023
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Alpine Swift - Christchurch ©Scott Usher |
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Alpine Swift - Christchurch ©Scott Usher |
Friday 17th March 2023
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Ringed Plover - Hegisbury Head © Clinton Whale |
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Garganey & Teal - Stanpit Marsh© Scott Usher |
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White Tailed Eagle - 1 Arne RSPB © Clive Hargrave |
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Pied & White Wagtails - Longham Lakes © Ron Poulter |
Thursday 16th March 2023
Wednesday 15th March 2023
Tuesday 14th March 2023
Monday 13th March 2023
Sunday 12th March 2023
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Wheatear, The Fleet © Freddy Alway |
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Mediterranean Gull, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale |
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Brent Geese, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale |
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Mediterranean Gull, Stanpit Marsh © Scott Usher |
Saturday 11th March 2023
Friday 10th March 2023
Thursday 9th March 2023
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Turnstone, Mudeford Quay © Clinton Whale |
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Blackcap, Ferndown Garden © John Coates |
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Siskin, Ferndown Garden © John Coates |
Wednesday 8th March 2023
Tuesday 7th March 2023
Mandarin Duck - 1 male on North Lake, Longham Lakes
Black-necked Grebe - 3 Portland Harbour
Spotted Redshank - 1 Middlebere
Red-throated Diver - 1 past Hegistbury Head
Spoonbill - 3 Middlebere
Cattle Egret - 2 Worget
Water Pipit - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB (1 Approach Field and 1 Pool Field)
Firecrest - 1 Hengistbury Wood
Monday 6th March 2023
Whooper Swan - 1 over Abbotsbury Swannery this afternoon
Mandarin Duck - 1 male Longham Lakes on South Lake
Goldeneye - 1 female Longham Lakes on South Lake
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes, 1 The Fleet (Littlesea), 1 off Jerry's Point
Slavonian Grebe - 4 The Fleet (Littlesea)
Common Sandpiper - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay
Spoonbill - 5 Lodmoor RSPB
Cattle Egret - 3 over Lytchett Bay this evening
White-tailed Eagle - 1 over Brand's Bay, 1 Bestwall
Red Kite - 2 over Lytchett Bay, 1 over Dorchester
Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB (Sherford Pool)
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Song Thrush, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale |
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Black-tailed Godwits, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale |
Sunday 5th March 2023
Goldeneye - 1 female at Longham Lakes
Grey Partridge - 6 Wyke Down
Black-necked Grebe - 5 Portland Harbour
Golden Plover - 152 at White Horse Hill near Osmington
Spotted Redshank - 1 Holes Bay
Spoonbill - 5 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Brownsea Lagoon
White-tailed Eagle - 1 over Norden
Red Kite - 2 over Wareham Channel
Black Redstart - 1 still at Easton (Portland)
Firecrest - 2 Durlston CP
Saturday 4th March 2023.
Knot - 1 The Fleet (Cuttcleaves Cove).
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Red-throated Diver - 2 past Portland Bill.
Slavonian Grebe - 4 The Fleet (Littlesea).
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Poole Harbour (Jerry's Point), 1 The Fleet (Littlesea).
Cattle Egret - 1 Hurn (R. Stour), 2 Wareham (west roundabout).
Osprey - 1 north over Wick.
White-tailed Eagle - 4 Poole Harbour/Wareham Channel.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Wareham Channel.
Hen Harrier - 1 Wareham Channel.
Sand Martin - 1 Lodmoor.
Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Black Redstart - 1 Portland (Easton), 1 West Bay.
Starling - murmuration, Wareham Forest (Birchwood Touring Park area).
Hooded Crow - a Hooded/Carrion hybrid at Portland Bill.
Cattle Egret, Wareham © Clive Hargrave |
Hen Harrier, Slepe Heath (2nd March) © Elaine Geall |
Linnets, Merley © Roger Peart |
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Redwing, Stanpit © Scott Usher |
Friday 3rd March 2023.
Eider - 4 Studland (Pilot's Point).
Pintail - 52 Christchurch Harbour.
Common Scoter - 30 Portland Bill.
Grey Plover - 12 Stanpit.
Red-throated Diver - 4 past Portland Bill.
Black-necked Grebe - 2 Studland Bay (off Middle Beach).
Cattle Egret - 1 in the Frome Valley near Wareham.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Ballard Down, 3 Lytchett Matravers, 1 Middlebere, 1 Wareham Channel.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Hen Harrier - 1 Middlebere, 1 Wareham Channel, 1 Wyke Down..
Red Kite - 1 Parley common, 1+ Piddle Valley, 1+ Slepe Heath, 1+ Studland, 1 north Upton, 4 Wyke Down.
Black Redstart - 1 Charlton Down.
Firecrest - 3+ Arne, 2 Norden sewage works, 1 Portland (Suckthumb Quarry).
Hooded Crow - an apparent Hooded/Carrion hybrid at Portland Bill.
Thursday 2nd March 2023
Grrey Partridge - 2 Wyke Down
Whooper Swan - 1 Swineham GPs
Eider - 4 off Pilot's Point, Studland
Goldeneye - 1f Littlesea, The Fleet
Slavonian Grebe - 4 Littlesea, The Fleet
Avocet - 12 Holes Bay
Grey Plover - 4 Littlesea, The Fleet
Spotted Redshank - 1 still SW Holes Bay
Spoonbill - 6 still Lodmoor RSPB
Hen Harrier - 1m over Doles Ash, Cheselbourne
Red Kite - 3 Wyke Down, 2 over N & W Poole Harbour
White-tailed Eagle - 2 over Clayton Meadow, Studland, 1 over Wyke Down
Firecrest - 1 Upton CP
Water Pipit - 4 Sherford Pools, Lytchett Fields
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Rock Pipit, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale |
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Red-breasted Merganser, Poole Harbour © Peter Corbin |
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Nuthatch, Moreton © Helen Frost |
Wednesday 1st March 2023.
Knot - 1 The Fleet (Lynch Cove).
Spotted Redshank - 1 Poole Harbour (Rock Lea viewpoint).
Red-throated Diver - 1 west past Chickerell over the sea.
Slavonian Grebe - 4 The Fleet (Littlesea).
Black-necked Grebe - 1 The Fleet (Littlesea).
Cattle Egret - 1 Lower Bockhampton (Duck Farm), 2 Wareham (west roundabout).
White-tailed Eagle - 1 southern Poole Harbour.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Stanpit.
Hen Harrier - 1 Winterborne Stickland.
Red Kite - 1 near Farnham, 1 Winterborne Stickland.
Merlin - 1 Milborne St Andrew.
Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Black Redstart - 1 Portland (Easton).
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Pheasant, Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale. |
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Black-tailed Godwit, Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale. |
Tuesday 28th February 2023.
Eider - 1 Hengistbury beach huts.
Golden Plover - c.300 Eggardon Hill.
Red-throated Diver - 2 Hengistbury beach huts.
Cattle Egret - 2 Wareham (Worgret Manor).
Spoonbill - 6 Lodmoor.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 southern Poole Harbour.
Marsh Harrier - 7 left Poole Harbour roosts this morning.
Hen Harrier - 1 Wyke Down.
Red Kite - 2 Chickerell, 1 Middlebere.
Black Kite - 1 Maiden Castle.
Firecrest - 2+ Brownsea Island.
Spoonbill, Lodmoor © Nick Priddle |
Spoonbill, Lodmoor © Nick Priddle |
Monday 27th February 2023
Eider - 1 off Beach Huts, Mudeford
Goldeneye - 1 still Radipole RSPB
Purple Sandpiper - 1 The Cobb, Lyme Regis
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Bay, 1 Middlebere
Spoonbill - 1 still Lodmoor RSPB
Cattle Egret - 3 Lytchett Bay, 2 near Worgret Roundabout, Wareham
Red Kite - 1 over Victoria Ave, Bournemouth
Black Kite - 1 possible Tarrant Rushton Airfield
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Poole Harbour, 1 Keysworth
Black Redstart - 1 still Easton, Portland
Dipper - 1 River Lym, Lyme Regis
Crossbill - 5 or 6 West of Culpepper's Dish, Briantspuddle
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Meadow Pipit, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale |
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Greenfinch, Lodmoor RSPB ©Derek Fowler |
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Cormorants, Lodmoor RSPB © Derek Fowler |
Sunday 26th February 2023
Eider - 8 Poole Harbour
Black-necked Grebe - 5 Portland Harbour, 4 Studland Bay off Middle Beach, 3 Bramble Bush Bay
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Bramble Bush Bay
Golden Plover - c40 Maiden Castle
Spotted Redshank - 1 Swineham Point
Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Great White Egret - 1 on R.Allen near Knowlton
White-tailed Eagle - 2 over Ballard Down, 1 over Rempstone
Hen Harrier - 1 male at Wyke Down, 1 ringtail near Witchampton
Red Kite - 6+ in Knowlton/Moor Crichel area, 1 Lytchett Bay
Black Kite - 1 over ploughed fields north of Winterborne Kingston
Barn Owl - 2 Knowlton
Black Redstart - 1 Easton (Portland)
Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB behind Road Pool, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Redpoll - 2 Didlington near Moor Crichel
Linnet - 475 in arable field at Lytchett Fields RSPB
Yesterday : A White Tailed Eagle seen between King's Stag and Lydlinch
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Redwing, Iford Meadows © Clinton Whale |
White-tailed Eagles, Ballard Down © Mike Cheeseman |
White-tailed Eagles, Ballard Down © Mike Cheeseman |
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Hen Harrier, Wyke Down © Chris Walker |
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Hen Harrier, Wyke Down © Chris Walker |
Saturday 25th February 2023
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Spoonbill - 8 Arne RSPB at Shipstal Point
Cattle Egret - 1 Christchurch Harbour
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel
Hen Harrier - 1 over Wareham Channel
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Norden STW with 12+ Chiffchaffs
Black Redstart - 1 Charlton Down village
Dipper - 2 Lyme Regis on R.Lim
Water Pipit - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB in approach field
Hawfinch - 1 South Perrott
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Curlew, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale |
Friday 24th February 2023
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Spoonbill & Spotted Redshank - Middlebere ©Garry Hayman |
Thursday 23rd February 2023
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Woodlark - Stoborough Heath ©Garry Hayman |
Wednesday 22nd February 2023
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Bar-tailed Godwit - Stanpit Marsh ©Clinton Whale |
Tuesday 21st February 2023
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Pied Wagtail - Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale |