Sunday 30th April 2023

Cuckoo - Hartland Moor, Hengistbury Head, Morden Bog, Rempstone
Greenshank - 2 Todber
FORSTER’S TERN - 1stW again Brownsea Lagoon
Arctic Skua - 1 E past St Aldhem’s Head
Hoopoe - 1 Christchurch briefly in garden at King’s Avenue
Wood Warbler - 1 singing Littlesea
Spotted Flycatcher - Charmouth & Woodsford
Bluethroat - female (subspecies unknown) Abbotsbury Swannery near Helen Hide but elusive. The Swannery is open 10am-5pm, last entry 4pm, please follow on-site instructions if visiting.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Littlesea
Whinchat - 1 St Aldhem's Head
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Saturday 29th April 2023

Garganey - 1female Lodmoor
Cuckoo - 1 Tolpuddle, 1 Nether Cerne, 1 Longham Lakes
Turtle Dove - 1 Weston Portland
Golden Plover - 2 St Aldhelm's Head
Dotterel - 1 St Aldhelm's Head
Whimbrel - 7 Holes Bay
Common Sandpiper - 4 Hatch Pond, 3 Peveril Point Swanage
Forster's Tern - 1st winter again on Brownsea Island Lagoon
Hoopoe - 1 St Aldhelm's Head area
Hobby = Longham Lakes
Reed Warbler - 8 Holes Bay
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 St Aldhelm's Head area
Garden Warbler - 1 Longham Lakes
Ring Ouzel - Male and female Weston Portland
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 St Aldhelm's Head
Bluethroat - 1 Abbotsbury
Nightingale - 1 possible Lodmoor, 1 Alners Gorse

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Friday 28th April 2023

Garganey - 1 female Lodmoor
Swift - 1 Lodmoor, 1 over Chickerell army camp, 2 St Aldhelm's Head, 13 Christchurch Harbour, 11 Poole Harbour
Cuckoo - 1 St Aldhelm's Head
Turtle Dove - 1 Portland Bill
Black-winged Stilt - 2 Lodmoor
Whimbrel - 19 Lytchett Bay, 10 Brands Bay, 12 Middlebere
Common Sandpiper - 1 Peverill Point Swanage
Greenshank - 1 Lodmoor
Little Gull - 1st winter Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Christchurch Harbour
Forster's Tern - 1 again at Shipstal Point Arne RSPB and later at Brownsea Island Lagoon
Pomarine Skua - 1 past Portland Bill
Glossy Ibis - 1 flew over Sturminster Marshall GPs, 1 Shipstal Point, Arne RSPB
Hobby - 1 St Aldhelm's Head, 1 Christchurch Harbour
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Tidmoor
Garden Warbler - 1 Tidmoor, 1 Stanpit
Ring Ouzel - 1 Tidmoor
Common Redstart - 1 Longham Lakes
Cirl Bunting - 1 Durlston CP

Black-winged Stilt, Lodmoor  © David Wareham


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Thursday 27th April 2023

 Velvet Scoter - 1 passed Portland Bill
Cuckoo - 1 Thorncombe Wood area, 1 Swineham
Black-winged Stilt - 2 Lodmoor
Knot - 1 Lodmoor
Common Sandpiper - 2 Radipole Lake RSPB, 1 Hatch Pond
Little Gull - 1 2nd winter Abbotsbury Swannery
Black Tern - 1 Hengistbury
Red-throated Diver - 1 Hengistbury
Black-throated Diver - 1 east St Aldhelm's Head, 1 Hengistbury
Great Northern Diver - 1 Hengistbury
Osprey - 1 Ferrybridge, 1 Poole Harbour (CJ7 laid 3rd egg)
Wood Warbler - 1 Ladymead, Easton Portland

From yesterday; Hoopoe at Worth Matravers

Hoopoe, Worth Matravers  © Roy Cowley


Great Tit nest, Canford Boxes © Roger Peart


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Wednesday 26th April 2023

Cuckoo - 1 Wick
 Black-winged Stilt - 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Avocet - 15 Brownsea Lagoon
Bar-tailed Godwit - 50 Brownsea Lagoon, 11 Christchurch Harbour
Black-tailed Godwit - 150 Brownsea Lagoon
Whimbrel - 3 Arne, 16 through Christchurch Harbour
Common Sandpiper - 3 Pallington Lakes
Green Sandpiper - 1 briefly at Luckfield Lake Broadmayne
Forster's Tern - seen today at Lytchett Bay, Wareham Channel and Brownsea Island
Arctic Skua - 5 east from Hengistbury
Red-throated Diver - 1 east from Hengistbury
Black-throated Diver - 1 east from Hengistbury
Great Northern Diver - 1 west from Hengistbury, 1 Poole Harbour
Osprey - 1 Lytchett Bay
Red Kite - 1 Charlborough Park
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Poole Harbour
Hobby - 1 over Shaftesbury, 1 Poole Harbour
Woodlark - 3 singing on heath near Hethfelton
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Avalanche Road hump, Portland
Black Redstart - 1 Studland NNR


Black-winged Stilts, Lodmoor  © Joe Kaplonek


Nuthatch nest, Canford Boxes © Roger Peart



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Tuesday 25th April 2023.

Black-winged Stilt - 2 Lodmoor.
Whimbrel - 2 Ferrybridge, 2 Lodmoor, 2 past Hengistbury Head, 5-6 calls over Merley after dark.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Ferrybridge, 1 Silverlake.
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 Poole Harbour (Lytchett Bay, then Brownsea).
Osprey - 1 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Chesil Beach.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Arne, 2 Fontmell Magna.
Red-rumped Swallow - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Woodchat Shrike - 1 Swanage (Herston) (also present yesterday).
Common Redstart - 2 Durlston CP, 2+ Portland.
Whinchat - 1 Portland, 1 Swanage (Herston).
Cirl Bunting - 2 Portland Bill.

Goldfinch, Woodville © John Bishop.
















Red-rumped Swallow, Lytchett Bay © Richard Stephenson.


Forster's Tern, Poole Harbour © Clive Hargrave.

Black-winged Stilt, Lodmoor RSPB © David Wareham.

Woodchat Shrike, Swanage © Trevor Warrick.



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Monday 24th April 2023.

Black-winged Stilt - 2 Lodmoor.
Little Ringed Plover - 3 Lytchett Fields.
Whimbrel - 18 Lodmoor.
Common Sandpiper - 5 Brownsea Island, 2 Peveril Point.
ELEGANT TERN - 1 Lodmoor briefly before flying off into Weymouth Bay and did not return.
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 still Poole Harbour (Lytchett Bay, then later on Brownsea Lagoon).
Osprey - 1 Lytchett Bay.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel.
Red Kite - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Hobby - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Cuckoo - 1 Lytchett Matravers.
Black Redstart - 1 Portland (Suckthumb Quarry).

Elegant Tern, Lodmoor © Geoff Barlow.













Wheatear, Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale.

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Sunday 23rd April 2023.

Golden Plover - 38 Eggardon Hill.
Grey Plover - 3 Stanpit.
Knot - 1 Stanpit.
Whimbrel - 4 past Hengistbury Head, 6 Stanpit, 2 The Fleet (Moonfleet).
Common Sandpiper - 2 The Fleet (Moonfleet), 2 Poole Quay.
Sanderling - 7 Brownsea Island, 8 past Hengistbury Head.
Purple Sandpiper - c.15 Hengistbury sandspit.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Hinton Parva.
Greenshank - 2 Brownsea Island, 3 Lytchett Bay.
Mediterranean Gull - c.100 past Hengistbury Head.
Arctic Tern - 1 past Hengistbury Head.
Little Tern - 1 past Hengistbury Head.
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 Poole Harbour (Lytchett Bay, then Brownsea).
Arctic Skua - 1 past Portland Bill.
Pomarine Skua - 1-2 Portland Bill.
Great Northern Diver - 1 past Hengistbury Head.
Black-throated Diver - 1 past Hengistbury Head.
Red-throated Diver - 2 past Hengistbury Head, 3 past Portland Bill.
Manx Shearwater - c.100 past Portland Bill.
Cattle Egret - 1 Stanpit.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Arne.
Red Kite - 1 over Arne.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Portland Bill.
Hobby - 1 Arne.
Swift - 2 Lytchett Bay.
Cuckoo - 3 Allen valley, 1 Morden Bog, 1 Rempstone Heath.
Redstart - 2 Portland.
Whinchat - 1 Maiden Castle, 1 Radipole Lake.
Pied Flycatcher - 3 Portland (Avalanche Rd).
Grasshopper Warbler - 2 Allen valley, 2 Portland Bill.
Willow Warbler - c.150 Portland Bill.
Crossbill - 4 Rempstone Heath.

Common Whitethroat, Stanpit © Clinton Whale.















Whinchat, Radipole Lake © Steve Mansfield.

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Saturday 22nd April 2023.

Barnacle Goose - 1 Swineham.
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Whimbrel - 5 Christchurch Harbour, 3 Ferrybridge.
Mediterranean Gull - 300+ past Hengistbury Head.
Arctic Skua - 4 Portland Bill.
Pomarine Skua - 1 Chesil Beach, 1 Portland Bill.
Black-throated Diver - 1 Portland Bill.
Manx Shearwater - 10 Portland Bill.
Black-crowned Night Heron - 1 Iford.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Arne.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Holme water meadows.
Cuckoo - 1 Allen valley, 1 Durlston CP, 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Holme water meadows, 1 Slepe Heath.
Yellow Wagtail - 1 Hengistbury Head.
Redstart - 1 Allen valley, 1 Hengistbury Head, 3 Portland.
Whinchat - 1 Hartland Moor, 2 Hengistbury Head, 2 Portland.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Portland, 1 Worth Matravers.
Firecrest - 1 Hengistbury Head.


Black-crowned Night Heron, Iford © Clinton Whale.















Grey Heron, Iford © Clinton Whale















Chiffchaff, West Moors © Roy Nicklin.

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Friday 21st April 2023

Blue-winged Teal - 1 probable at Abbotsbury Swannery
Cuckoo - 1 Holt Heath, 1 Brownsea Island
Little Ringed Plover - 4 Swineham, 2 Silverlake, 1 Ferrybridge
Whimbrel - 7 past Hengistbury Head, 3 Ferrybridge
Ruff - 1 Swineham (Stilt Pool)
Common Sandpiper - 1 Silverlake
Purple Sandpiper - 4 Hengistbury
Little Gull - 6 in Lyme Bay 3 miles south of Portland Bill
Arctic Tern - 3 past Hengistbury Head
Manx Shearwater - 1 in Lyme Bay 3 miles south of Portland Bill
Spoonbill - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Black-crowned Night Heron - 1 still at Iford on bank of River Stour
Osprey - 1 over PBO, Poole Harbour - first egg laid by CJ7 this evening
Red Kite - 1 over Blacknor (Portland)
Merlin - 1 over Hengistbury
Hobby - 1 over Hengistbury
Short-eared Owl - 1 Hengistbury
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Christchurch Harbour (HHC)
Pied Flycatcher - 1 PBO, 1 Rushcombe LNR, 1 Studland
Common Redstart - 5 Christchurch Harbour, 2+ Portland Bill
Whinchat - 5 Barleycrates Lane (Portland), 2+ Portland Bill, 1 Wyke Regis, 1 Wick
White Wagtail - 1 Barleycrates Lane (Portland)
Yellow Wagtail - 3 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Swineham

Black-crowned Night Heron, Iford © Mike Foote

 
 
 
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Thursday 20th April 2023

Garganey - drake at Swineham (Stilt Pool)
Mandarin Duck - drake still at Longham Lakes
Swift - seen at Longham Lakes and Cogden Beach (2)
Cuckoo - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Little Ringed Plover - 3 Swineham (Lower Piddle scrape), 1 Cogden Beach
Whimbrel - 10 Hengistbury Head, 5 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 5 Holes Bay, 3 Arne RSPB (Shipstal Point), 1 Silverlake (East Lake bund)
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay from Rock Lea Viewpoint
Common Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Longham Lakes
Green Sandpiper - 1 still at Swineham (Stilt scrape)
Black-crowned Night Heron - 2 still at Iford on bank of River Stour
Osprey - 1 Charmouth, 1 over Weymouth
Red Kite - 1 over Longham Lakes, 1 over Silverlake
Woodchat Shrike - 1 Cogden (on margin of field below Cogden NT)
Wood Warbler - 1 Charmouth
Nightingale - 1 heard at Longham Lakes
Ring Ouzel - 2 Godlingston Hill, 1 north west Portland
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Charmouth
Common Redstart - 3 Charmouth, 1 Cogden Beach
Whinchat - 1 Charmouth, 1 Cogden Beach
Yellow Wagtail - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Cirl Bunting - 1 still at Portland Bill
 
Woodchat Shrike, Cogden © Paul Gregory

 
 

Mandarin Duck, Longham Lakes © Robert Fielding

Reed Warbler, Longham Lakes © Robert Fielding


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Wednesday 19th April 2023

Barnacle Goose - 1 Swineham
Purple Sandpiper - 1 Hengistbury Head
Little Ringed Plover - 2 Swineham
Bar-tailed Godwit - 300+ past Portland Bill
Whimbrel - 50+ past Portland Bill, 2 again at Holes Bay
Common Sandpiper - 1 Peveril Point
Green Sandpier - 1 Swineham
Spoonbill - 5 Brownsea Island lagoon
Black-crowned Night Heron - 1 still at Iford on bank of River Stour
Red Kite - 1 Broadwey, 1 Morden Bog
Grasshopper Warbler - 2 Portland Bill
Firecrest - 3 Portland Bill
Ring Ouzel - 1 Portland Bill
Pied Flycatcher - 1 female Portland Bill
Common Redstart - 1 Portland Bill
Whinchat - 3 Portland Bill (Top Fields), 1 Hengistbury Head (Barn Field), 1 Arne RSPB (Hyde's Heath)
Serin - 2 at Portland Bill
Cirl Bunting - 1 still at Portland Bill
 
Black-crowned Night Heron, Iford © David Cuddon

Leucistic Blackbird, Uploders © Maurice Budden

Black-crowned Night Heron, Iford © Clinton Whale

 
 



 
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Tuesday 18th April 2023

Mandarin Duck - 3 drakes at Sadborow
Garganey - 3 Lodmoor RSPB
Goosander - 2 Silverlake
Black-winged Stilt - 1 Christchurch Harbour early morning only
Golden Plover - c40 Eggardon Hill
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Purple Sandpiper - 8 Hengistbury Sandspit
Whimbrel - 2 Holes Bay, 1 past Hengistbury
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Black-crowned Night Heron - 2 Iford on bank of River Stour
Red Kite - 3 Swanage, 2 Blandford, 1 Sopley Common, 1 Askerswell, 1 Portland (Easton), 1 Lytchett Bay, 1+ Abbotsbury, 1 Charlborough Park
Short-eared Owl - 1 Portland Bill (Top Fields), 1 Martinstown (over Rainbarrow Farm)
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Portland (Barleycrates Lane)
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Abbotsbury
Redstart - 1 Abbotsbury
Yellow Wagtail - 1 over Stanpit, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Serin - 2 Portland Bill (West Cliff)
Cirl Bunting - 1 Portland Bill

Sandwich & Little Tern, Ferrybridge © Clive Hargrave


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Monday 17th April 2023

Garganey - 1 drake Lodmoor RSPB
Common Scoter - 200 past Portland Bill
Black-throated Diver - 1 East Ferrybridge
Great Northern Diver - 1 past Hengistbury Hd.
Black-crowned Night Heron - 1 River Stour Iford.
Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Spoonbill - 2 Middlebere, 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Red Kite - 3 over Wareham Forest, 3 over Lytchett Bay/Upton
White-tailed Eagle - 2 over Arne RSPB and over Lytchett Bay/Upton
Osprey - 2 Poole Hbr, 2 Wyke Regis, 1 over Bournemouth
Avocet - 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Purple Sandpiper - 20 Hengistbury Hd.
Whimbrel - 78 Ferrybridge, 14 Lytchett Bay, 5 hengistbury Hd, 2 Charmouth
Common Sandpiper - 4 Lytchett Bay, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Bay
Turtle Dove - 2 Avalanche Rd.
Cuckoo - 1 Swineham, 1 Parley Common
Short-eared Owl - 1 Portland Bill (top fields), 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Hoopoe - 1 Days Park Swanage, 1 Southweel/Avalanche Rd Portland
Sand Martin - 870 Swineham Pt.
Swallow - 205 Swineham Pt.
Blue-headed Wagtail - 1 Reap Lane Portland
Black Redstart - 1 fem. Southwell
Ring Ouzel - 8 Avalanche Rd, 3 Culverwell
Grasshopper Warbler - 30 Portland Bill, 2 Hengistbury Hd, 2 Durlston CP, 2+ Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Wareham Common, 1 Tidmoor.
Sedge Warbler - 3 Swineham Pt.
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Willow Warbler - 100 Hengistbury Hd, 20 Tidmoor.
Cirl Bunting - 1 Durlston CP.

Hoopoe Days Park Swanage © Phyl England

Common Tern - Lodmoor © Will Bown

Whimbrel - Lodmoor © Clinton Whale


Little Tern - Ferrybridge © Caroline Hebditch



















Black-crowned Night Heron - Iford © Robert Fielding

















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Sunday 16th April 2023

Garganey  - 3 drake/2 duck Lodmoor RSPB
Red-throated Diver - 5 past Chesil
Manx Shearwater - 4 past Chesil
Black-crowned Night Heron - 2 Iford Bridge
Great White Egret - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Wareham Channel, 1 Lytchett Bay
Osprey - 1 Holton Lee, 1 over Easton, 1 over Lodmoor RSPB p.m.
Hobby - 1 over Lytchett Fields RSPB
Little Ringed Plover - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Whimbrel - 8 Ferrybridge, 2 Lodmoor RSPB, 2 Chesil, 2 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Lytchett Bay
Common Sandpiper - 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Bay (1 sum/plumage)
Arctic Skua - 2 past Portland Bill
Little Tern - 4 Ferrybridge
Common Tern - 3 Lodmoor RSPB
Hoopoe - 1 Weston Street
Yellow Wagtail - 1 over Portland Bill, 1 over Chesil
Redstart - 2 Southwell garden, 1 Weston
Whinchat - 1 Portland Bill
Grasshopper Warbler - 2 Portland Bill, 1+ Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Stanpit Marsh (Crouch Hill)
Wood Warbler - 1 Southwell garden
Willow Warbler - 90 Portland Bill
Pied Flycatcher - 1 1 male Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Ballard Down (Ulwell Water Works)
Ring Ouzel - 1 briefly Turlin Moor
Cirl Bunting - 2 Portland Bill

Cirl Bunting - Portland Bill © Chris Walker

Lesser Whitethroat - Stanpit Marsh © Scott Usher

Linnet - Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale


























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Saturday 15th April 2023

Garganey - 3 Lodmoor RSPB (1M + 2F)
Black-crowned Night Heron - 2 Iford (120m up from Bridge)
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Arne RSPB, 1 Briantspuddle, 1 Christchurch Hbr a.m, 1 Lytchett Bay.
Osprey - 2 Poole Hbr
Whimbrel - 3 Stanpit Marsh, 2 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 West Bay
Common Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Common Tern - 1 Longham Lakes
Turtle Dove - 1 over Easton Portland
Cuckoo - 1 Tincleton
Swift - 1 Easton Portland
Hoopoe - 1 Weston Street
Swallow - 9 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 3 St Aldhelm's Hd.
House Martin - 6 Longham Lakes, 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Yellow Wagtail - 1 Wareham Water Meadows
Nightingale - 1 Tincleton
Black Redstart - 1 St Aldhelm's Hd.
Common Redstart - 1 St Aldhelm's Hd.
Whitethroat - 3 St Aldhelm's Hd, 1 PCWorld (Currys) drain Poole
Serin - 1 Portland Bill Obs
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Black-crowned Night Heron - Iford © Clinton Whale

Cetti's Warbler - Rodden Hive © Paul Harris

Grey Plover - Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale






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Friday 14th April 2023

Dark-bellied Brent Goose - 2 Tidmoor
Red-breasted Merganser - 2 Tidmoor
Black-crowned Night Heron - 2 Iford
Osprey - 1 Christchurch Hbr, 1 over Portland Bill
Whimbrel - 7 passed Portland Bill
Arctic Skua - 2 dark-phase passed Hengistbury Hd.
Hoopoe - 1 still Weston Street Portland
Sand Martin - 14 Lytchett Bay
Swallow - 12 Wyke Down, 4 Tidmoor
Yellow Wagtail - 1 Portland Bill
Common Redstart - 1 Wyke Down
Wheatear - 12 Tidmoor, 4 Hartland Stud, 7 Wyke Down
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Portland Bill, 1 singing Wyke Down
Pied Flycatcher - 1 male Stanpit Marsh, 1 male Lodmoor RSPB
Ring Ouzel - 1 Sweethill Portland.

Pied Flycatcher - Stanpit Marsh © Mike Gibbons


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Thursday 13th April 2023

Mandarin Duck - 1 Longham Lakes
Garganey - 3 Lodmoor RSPB
Swift - 1 Dancing Ledge
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Silverake
Common Sandpiper - 1 Hengisbury Head
Whimbrel - 5 Stanpit Marsh, 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Puffin - 2 Dancing Ledge
Black-crowned Night Heron - 1 River Stour 100, up river from Iford Bridge
Osprey - 3 Poole Harbour, 1 over Wyke Regis
White Tailed Eagle - 1 over Hamm Common
Short Eared Owl -1 Top fields Portland Bill
Hoopoe - 1 Weston Street Portland
Ring Ouzel - 1 near Sweet farm Portland
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Black Redstart - 1 Dancing Ledge
Redstart - 1 Radipole RSPB, 1 no dogs field Hengisbury Head

Pied Flycatcher - Lodmoor RSPB   ©Derek Fowler






Dunnock - Stanpit Marsh ©Clinton Whale


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Wednesday 12th April 2023

Barnacle Goose - 1 Swineham
Eider - 2 off Middle Beach Studland
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Whimbrel - 4 Mudeford Quay
Purple Sandpiper - 6 Hengisbury Head
Common Sandpiper - 1 Holme Lane GP
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Kittiwake - 1 off Kimmeridge
Manx Shearwater - 1 off Kimmeridge 
Black-crowned Night Heron - 2 River Stour 120m up river from Iford Bridge
Cattle Egret - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Woodlark - 2 Holme Lane GP, 1 Clouds Hill NT
Brambling - 1 in a private garden Keysworth

Willow Warbler - Woodville ©John Bishop




Common Whitethroat - Iford Golf Course ©Clinton Whale 






Black-crowned Night heron - River Stour Iford 
©Clinton Whale


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Tuesday 11th April 2023

Barnacle Goose - 1 Swineham
Little Ringed Plover - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Common Sandpiper - 1 Arne Moors
Spotted Redshank - 3 Middlebere Channel
Arctic Skua - 1 Flew east off Kimmeridge
Black-crowned Night Heron - 1 River Stour 100m  up river from Iford Bridge
Cattle Egret - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Osprey - 2 Poole Harbour, 1 Lytchett Bay over Rock Lea VP
White Tailed Eagle - 1 Lytchett Bay / Turlin, 1 Cogden
Hoopoe - 1 Weston Street Portland
Marsh Tit - 1 Wild Woodbury Bere Regis
Sedge Warbler - 2 Swineham
Common Whitethroat - 1 Maiden Castle
Ring Ouzel - Watery Lane Portland
Serin - 1 flew over Durlston CP
Corn Bunting - 4 ridge above Upwey, 1 Kimmeridge 



Dartford Warbler - Stoborough Heath ©Garry Hayman

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Monday 10th April 2023

Barnacle Goose - 1 Swineham
Garganey - 4 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Swineham
Eider - 5 Off Hengisbury Head drifting towards the Solent
Velvet Scoter - 3 West Bexington flying East, 1 West Bay
Common Scoter - 57 Off Hengisbury Head,  14 Off Chesil Ferrybridge, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Golden Plover - 60 Eggerdon Hill
Whimbrel - 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Caspian Gull - 3 Longham Lakes
Little Tern - 1 Hamm Beach Portland Harbour
Arctic Tern 7 Hamm Beach Portland Harbour, 2 Portland Bill
Spoonbill - 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Black-crowned Night Heron - 3 Iford Bournemouth on bank of the River Stour
Cattle Egret - 17 Abbotsbury
Osprey - 3 Poole Harbour
Red Kite - Rock Lea VP Lytchett Bay
White Tailed Eagle - Rock Lea VP Lytchett Bay
Hoopoe - 1 Weston Street / Coombefield Portland
Hobby - 1 East Morden
House Martin - 3 Durlston CP, 2 Peveril Point
Grasshopper Warbler -1 Portland Obs
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Peveril Point
Black Redstart - 1 female Portland Bill
Redstart - 1 Reap Lane Portland, 1 female Peveril Point, 1 Manswood
Wheatear - 80 Portland, 7 Standpit Marsh, 2 Bardolf Farm

Yesterday: Serin  - 1 Portland Bill


Wren - Tuckton ©Dave Hill








Wheatear - Stanpit Marsh ©Clinton Whale



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Sunday 9th April 2023

 Garganey - 7 Lodmoor
Common Crane - 1 flew north over Weston Portland
Whimbrel - 1 Lodmoor
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay
Little Gull - 3 past Chesil Cove
Little Tern - 2 off Chesil Beach
Spoonbill - 2 Lodmoor, 3 Brownsea Island Lagoon
Black -crowned Night Heron - 2 River Stour Iford
Osprey - 2 Wareham Channel
Red Kite - 1 Eype/ Bridport, 1 Arne RSPB
White-tailed Eagle - 1 over Corfe Castle
Hoopoe - 1 Verne High Angle Battery Portland
Garden Warbler - 1 Holes Bay at PC World Drain
Black Redstart - 1 Portland Bill


Little Ringed Plover, Lodmoor ©Steven Carey




Garganey, Lodmoor  © Steven Carey








Sandwich Tern, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale


Black-crowned Night Heron, Iford River Stour © Michael Gibbons


Male Great Spotted Woodpecker, Woodville © John Bishop

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