Thursday 31st August 2023

Balearic Shearwater - 42 Portland Bill, 1 west Durlston CP.
Storm Petrel - 1 Portland Bill
Spoonbill - 29 Brownsea Is.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Lytchett Bay
Osprey - 2 Lytchett Bay, 2 Brand's Bay, 2 Carey, 2 Wareham Channel, 1 Holes Bay
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Brownsea Is.
Ruff - 2 Brand's Bay
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Arctic Skua - 3 Portland Bill
Great Skua - 1 Portland Bill
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 1st/sum Arne RSPB
Tree Pipit - 1 Mainden Castle
Yellow Wagtail - 4 Stanpit Marsh
Redstart - 16 Durlston CP, 3 Maiden Castle
Wheatear - 6 Stanpit Marsh
Grasshopper Warbler - 2 Portland Bill
Spotted Flycatcher - 3 Hengistbury Hd, 3 Durlston CP, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Portland Bill

           Yellow Wagtail - Crounch Hill Stanpit Marsh - © Clinton Whale



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Wednesday 30th August 2023

Dark-bellied Brent Goose - 1 Brownsea Is.
Manx Sheawater - 52 Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 52 past Hengistbury Hd. 23 Portland Bill
Cattle Egret - 2 on The Stilt Pools - Swineham
Great White Egret - 2 Wareham Channel
Spoonbill - 34 Brownsea Is.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel
Goshawk - 1 over Arne RSPB
Osprey - 5+ over Wareham Channel, 1 pos 2 Christchurch Hbr.
Merlin - 1 over Portland Bill
Hobby - 2-3 over Arne RSPB
Curlew Sandpiper - 3 Brand's Bay, 2 Brownsea Is, 1 Middlebere, 1 wareham Channel.
Common Sandpiper - 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Wood Sandpiper - 1 on Stilt Pools Swineham
Spotted Redshank - 8 Middlebere
Arctic Sjua - 4 Portland Bill
Little Gull - 1 west up the Wareham Channel
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Stilt Pools Swineham
Little Tern - 2 Brownsea Is.
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 1st/sum Arne RSPB
Tree Pipit - 14 Portland Bill, 2 Durlston CP, 1+ Maiden Castle
Yellow Wagtail - 46 Christchurch Hbr, 24 Portland Bill, 10 Middlebere, 4 Swineham, 2 Durlston CP.
Redstart - 6 PC World Drain, 3 Maiden Castle
Whinchat - 5 Durlston CP,
Wheatear - 50 Portland Bill
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Christchurch Hbr. 1 Portland Bill
Whitethroat - 50 Christchurch Hbr,  25 Durlston CP, 9 Maiden Castle, 6 Ballard
Spotted Flycatcher - 3 Ballard, 3 Lytchett Fields, 3 Portland Bill
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Eight Kings Quarry Portland Bill

Green Woodpecker - Portesham © Janice Beck



Wheatear - Stanpit Marsh © Dave Hill


Little Egret - Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale





















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Tuesday 29th August 2023

Manx Shearwater - 50+ Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 250+ Portland Bill
Manx/Balearic Shearwater - c500 past Portland Bill (Not id'ed to species)
Cattle Egret - 7 Stanpit Marsh, 7 over Lodmoor, 2 over Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1Portland Bill
Great White Egret - 3 Lodmoor RSPB
Spoonbill - 18 Brownsea Is.
Honey Buzzard - 1 over Coombe Heath Arne RSPB
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Brownsea Is west Shore a.m.
Osprey - 4 Wareham Channel
Hobby - 1 over Hengistbury Hd.
Curlew Sandpiper - 3 Middlebere
Ruff - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 3 Middlebere, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Stilt Pools Swineham, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Arctic Skua - 3 west
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 1st/sum Arne RSPB
Nightjar - 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Swift - 3 Portland Bill
Yellow Wagtail - 200 Portland Bill, 20 Mudeford Quay, 12+ nr. Dancing Ledge 
White Wagtail - 2 Portland Bill
Redstart - 4 Greenlands Fm, 2 Badbury Rings, 2 Hengistbury Hd.
Whinchat - 1 Greenlands Fm, 1 Mudeford Quay
Wheatear - 50 Portland Bill, 12 Mudeford Quay, 6 Greenlands Fm
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Portland Bill
Spotted Flycatcher - 2 Hengistbury Hd, 1 Southwell.
Pied Flycatcher - 2 Hengistbury Hd, 2 Portland Bill, 1 Eight Kings Quarry Portland.
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Monday 28th August 2023

Scaup - 1  Puddletown Water meadows
Ringed Plover - 165 Ferrybridge, 65 Stanpit Marsh
Knot - 15 Middlebere
Ruff - 1 Stilt Pool Swineham
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Wood Sandpiper - 2 Arne Moor
Spotted Redshank - 9 Middlebere, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Yellow legged Gull - 4 Swineham
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 Arne RSPB Shipstal Point
Artic Skua - 1 going West off St Aldhelms
Balearic Shearwater - 10 past Portland Bill
Spoonbill - 4 Arne RSPB
Osprey - 3 Lytchett Bay, 2 Middlebere, 1 Over Portland Bill
Hobby - 2 Arne RSPB, 2 St Aldhelms
Spotted Flycatcher - 50 West Morden
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Wick Hengisbury Head
Redstart - 5 Durlston CP, 2 Stour V LNR, 2 Middlebere Plateway, 1 Hog Hill, 1 Osmington Mills, Hartland Moor
Whinchat  - 3 Hog Hill, 1 Stanpit
Yellow wagtail - 20 Hartland Stud, 6 Swineham, 5 Stanpit, 2 St Aldhelms


Common Whitethroat - Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale







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Sunday 27th August 2023

Cattle Egret - 25 Abbotsbury Swannery, 3 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Lodmoor RSPB.
Spoonbill - 32 Brownsea Is.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel
Osprey - 2 Lytchett Bay a.m, 1 Arne RSPB, 1 south Portland Bill.
Hobby - 1 Wareham Channel
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Middlebere
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB.
Wood Sandpiper - 2 luv on the Stilt Pools Swineham.
Yellow-legged Gull - 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Caspian Gull - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 Arne RSPB
Swift - 1 Durlston CP (with 100+ mixed Hirundine)
Swallow - 60 Down Farm, 30+ St Aldhelm's Hd, 30+ Maiden Castle
House Martin - 58 Stanpit Marsh, 40+ St Aldhelm's Hd, 30+ Maiden Castle 
Yellow Wagtail - 40 Stanpit Marsh, 6 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 4 Down Farm
Redstart - 10 Down Farm
Whinchat - 4 Down Farm, 2 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Maiden Castle
Wheatear - 30 Stanpit Marsh, 5 Down Farm, 2 Arne RSPB, 2 Peverel Pt, 2 Maiden castle 
Marsh Warbler - Portland Bill
Whitethroat - 20 Down Farm
Spotted Flycatcher - 8 Durlston CP, 1 Down Farm, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Serin - 1 Portland Bill


Wood Sandpiper - The Stilt Pools Swineham © Steve Sansom






























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Saturday 26th August 2023

Barnacle Goose - 1 Holme Lane GP
Whimbrel - 2 Keysworth Point, 1 Brands Bay
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 Arne RSPB Shipstal spit
Balearic Shearwater- 74 West off Portland Bill
Spoonbill - 35 Brownsea Island Lagoon DWT
Cattle Egret - 13 Hurn by Avon causeway, 2 Stanpit Marsh
Osprey - 4 Poole Harbour seen from BoPH Osprey Cruise
White tailed eagle - 2 Poole Harbour seen from BoPH Osprey Cruise
Wryneck - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Hobby - 2 Over Hydes Heath seen from BoPH Osprey Cruise
Melodious Warbler - 1 Re-trapped at the Portland Obs
Pied Flycatcher - 2 Durlston CP California Quarry, 1 Ringstead Bay, 1 Wareham Forest Sugar Hill
Redstart - 5 Durlston CP California Quarry, 1 Hartland Moor, 1 Holme Lane GP
Whinchat - 1 Stanpit Marsh Crouch Hill
Yellow Wagtail - 50 Hartland Stud, 12 Ringstead Bay, 7 Stanpit Marsh

L ittle Egret - Poole Harbour © Garry Hayman


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Friday 25th August 2023

Grey Plover - 11 Brands Bay
Bar-tailed Godwit - 17 Brands Bay
Knot - 16 Brands Bay
Ruff - 1 Middlebere
Common Sandpiper  - 10 Lodmoor RSPB, 3 Longham Lakes
Wood Sandpiper - 4 Stilt Pool Swineham, 1 over Portland
Yellow Legged Gull - 4 Stilt Pool Swineham
FORSTER'S TERN -  Arne RSPB from Shipstal Point
Balearic Shearwater - 12 past Portland Bill
Spoonbill - 29 Brownsea Island Lagoon DWT
Great White Egret - 3 Lodmoor RSPB
Osprey - 4 Poole Harbour BoPH Osprey Cruise
White tailed Eagle - 2 Poole Harbour BoPH Osprey Cruise, 1 Lytchett Bay RSPB
Hobby - 2 Poole Harbour BoPH Osprey Cruise
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Coombefield Portland
Redstart - 1 Coombefield Portland
Whinchat - 3 Durlston CP, 2 Hog Hill
Wheatear - 3 Peveril Point Swanage
Yellow Wagtail - 30+ Durlston CP,  19 Herston, 2 over Middlebere track

Common Sandpiper - Lodmoor RSPB ©  Garry Hayman





Ringed Plover - Lodmoor RSPB ©  Derek Fowler




Cormorant - Lodmoor RSPB ©  Derek Fowler





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Thursday 24th August 2023

Grey Partridge - 2 Wyke Down
Quail - 1 Heard calling at Wyke Down
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Mouth of River Frome 
Wood Sandpiper - 2 Bestwalls Meadows on small scrape along Frome River walk
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB French's Pool 
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 Arne RSPB off Shipstal Point
Black Tern - 3 Arne RSPB off Shipstal Point
Great White Egret - 1 Silverlake
Osprey - 3 seen on BoPH Osprey Cruise
White Tailed Eagle - 2 seen on BoPH Osprey Cruise
Common Redstart - 2 Ulwell Swanage
Whinchat - 1 Swyre Head





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Wednesday 23rd August 2023

Nightjar - 1 ringed at Durlston
Black-tailed Godwit - c.250 Holes Bay, c.800 Poole Harbour, 4 Brownsea
Knot - 9 Stanpit
Ruff - 1 Stanpit
Dunlin - 120 Brownsea
Spotted Redshank - 1 Wareham Channel
Greenshank - 14 Brownsea, 2 Stanpit
Forster's Tern - 1st summer again off Shipstal Point, Arne
Black Tern - 3 at Shipstal Point, Arne
Spoonbill - 32 Brownsea
Cattle Egret - 1 Swineham Point
Great White Egret - 1 Wareham Channel
Osprey - 3 Wareham Channel 
Hobby - 1 over Rushcombe LNR
Grasshopper Warbler - 11 ringed at Wild Woodbury, 1 Symondsbury, 1 near Swyre Head
Redstart - 2 Ulwell, 1 Wild Woodbury
Whinchat - near Swyre Head
Wheatear - 7 near Swyre Head, 7 Maiden castle
Tree Pipit - 14 ringed at Wild Woodbury

Greenshank,Holloway's Dock Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale


Greenshank, Holloway's Dock Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale


Stonechat, Stanpit © Dave Hill


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Tuesday 22nd August 2023

Knot - 3 over Swineham Point
Black-tailed Godwit - c.500 Wareham Channel
Common Sandpiper - 1 Swineham Scrapes
Green Sandpiper - 1 Swineham Scrapes
Wood Sandpiper - 2 Swineham GPs
 Forster's Tern - 1st summer still at Shipstal Point Arne RSPB
Osprey - 4/5 Wareham Channel
Honey Buzzard - 1 over Puddletown Water Meadows
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel
Buzzard - 8 Sadborow
Hobby - 3 over Arne
Melodious Warbler - 2 Culverwell Portland Bill
Spotted Flycatcher - 15 Lambert's Hill (Castle), 8 Mill Mead
Pied Flycatcher - 2 Lambert's Hill (Castle)
Redstart - 10 Lambert's Hill (Castle), 1 Sadborow

Spotted Flycatcher, Lambert's Hill  © Rodney Gayer


Redstart, Lambert's Hill © Rodney Gayer


Black-tailed Godwit, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale


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Monday 21st August 2023

Corncrake - 1 Little Minterne
Whimbrel - 4 Stanpit
Sanderling - 5 Stanpit
 Wood Sandpiper - 4 on 'Stilt Pools' Swineham, then flew towards Arne Moors
Greenshank - 3 Stanpit, 7 Poole Harbour
Caspian Gull - juvenile at Mudeford Quay
Forster's Tern - 1st summer still at Shipstal Point, Arne RSPB
Balearic Shearwater - c.50 past Portland Bill
Spoonbill - 32 Brownsea
Cattle Egret - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Osprey - 4 Holes Bay, 6 Poole Harbour
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Poole Harbour
Honey Buzzard - 1 flew west over Portland Bill
Melodious Warbler - 1 trapped at ringed at Portland Bird Observatory
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Upton Country Park
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Upton Country Park
Wheatear - 11 south of Herston, Swanage, 8 Crouch Hill, 2 Brownsea Lagoon

Corncrake, Little Minterne  © Phil Orr


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Sunday 20th August 2023

 Brent Goose - 1 Brands Bay
Egyptian Goose - 2 Swineham Scrapes
Garganey - 1 River Brit, West Bay
Wigeon - 3 Stanpit
Grey Plover - 7 Brands Bay
Whimbrel - 3 Brands Bay, 8 Christchurch Harbour
Black-tailed Godwit - c.800 Poole Harbour
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Swineham GPs
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Brands Bay
Greenshank - 15 Brands Bay, 3 Christchurch Harbour
Yellow-legged Gull - 1cy Stanpit Bight, 2 Swineham scrapes
Forster's Tern - 1st summer again at Shipstal Point Arne RSPB
Spoonbill - 6 mouth of River Frome Poole Harbour, 2 Middlebere
Cattle Egret - 1 Brands Bay, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Osprey - 4 Brands Bay, 6 Wareham Channel
Sedge Warbler - 45 Christchurch Harbour
Lesser Whitethroat - 2 Christchurch Harbour
Whitethroat - 25 Christchurch Harbour
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Whinchat - 1 Brands Bay
Wheatear - 7 Maiden Castle/Hog Hill, 1 Brands Bay, 6 Christchurch Harbour
Yellow Wagtail - 11 Christchurch Harbour


Cormorants, Stanpit Marsh  © Clinton Whale


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Saturday 19th August 2023

Brent Goose - 1 Brands Bay.
Egyptian Goose - 5 Longham Lakes.
Grey Plover - 4 Brands Bay, 1 Chesil Cove.
Avocet - 2 Brownsea Island.
Whimbrel - 1 Brands Bay.
Greenshank - 3 Lytchett Bay, 5 Stanpit.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Sanderling - 2 Stanpit.
Common Sandpiper - 3 Hengistbury sandspit, 1 Stanpit.
Little Gull - 1 Chesil Cove.
Little Tern - 2 Chesil Cove, 3 Stanpit.
Black Tern - 1 Longham Lakes.
Arctic Skua - 1 Chesil Cove.
Spoonbill - 34 Brownsea Island, 1 Wareham Channel.
Cattle Egret - 1 Stanpit.
Storm Petrel - 1 past Durlston Head.
Sooty Shearwater - 1 past Durlston Head.
Balearic Shearwater - 1 Chesil Cove.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Morden Bog, 2 Wareham Channel.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Lytchett Bay, 2 Swineham.
Honey Buzzard - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Osprey - 6-10 Poole Harbour.
Hobby - 1 Longham Lakes, 1 Lytchett Bay.
Tree Pipit - 3 West Compton.
Pied Flycatcher - 1-2 Ringstead Bay.
Redstart - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Ringstead Bay, 1 The Fleet (Tidmoor), 1 West Compton.
Wheatear - 1 Brands Bay, 5 Didlington, 3 Stanpit, 2 The Fleet (Tidmoor).

Curlew, Stanpit © Clinton Whale















Wheatear, Stanpit © Clinton Whale

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Friday 18th August 2023

Brent Goose - 1 Brownsea Island.
Egyptian Goose - 3 Longham Lakes.
Common Scoter - 8 past Hengistbury.
Cuckoo - 1 Wareham Channel.
Swift - 1 Cheselbourne, 2 Hengistbury Head, 1 Longham Lakes.
Grey Plover - 1 past Hengistbury.
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Lodmoor.
Whimbrel - 3 Brownsea Island, 1 Wyke Regis (Camp Rd.).
Knot - 1 Brownsea Island, 4 Stanpit, 1 Wyke Regis (Camp Rd.).
Greenshank - 12 Brownsea Island, 28 Lodmoor (a probable site record count), 1 Stanpit.
Sanderling - 22 Brownsea Island, 5 past Hengistbury, 1 Lodmoor.
Common Sandpiper - 3 Brownsea Island, 1 Hengistbury, 1 Lodmoor, 1 Longham Lakes.
Yellow-legged Gull - 2 Lodmoor, 1 Stanpit.
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 Arne.
Black Tern - 1 Weymouth Bay.
Great Skua - 1 Weymouth Bay.
Arctic Skua - 1 Weymouth Bay.
Spoonbill - 28 Brownsea Island, 1 Stanpit.
Great White Egret - 3 Lodmoor.
Marsh Harrier - 2 Swineham.
Osprey - 4 Poole Harbour.
Hobby - 3 Arne. 1 Longham Lakes.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Hengistbury Head.
Whinchat - 2 Wyke Regis (Camp Rd.).
Wheatear - 1 Brownsea Island, 6 Christchurch Harbour, 2 Dewlish.

Starling, Merley © Roger Peart

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Thursday 17th August 2023

Little Ringed Plover - 2 Tidmoor Point (The Fleet)
Whimbrel - 2 Hengistbury, 1 Tidmoor Point (The Fleet)
Ruff - 3 Christchurch Harbour
Little Stint - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Christchurch Harbour
Common Sandpiper -2 Christchurch Harbour,  2 Tidmoor Point (The Fleet), 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 1 from Rock Lea Viewpoint at Lytchett Fields RSPB
Green Sandpiper - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Wood Sandpiper - 1 over Tidmoor Point (The Fleet)
Greenshank - 4 Hengistbury, 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 over Holes Bay
FORSTER'S TERN  - 1st summer again at Shipstal Point, Arne RSPB
Cory's Shearwater - 2 past Portland Bill early this morning
Spoonbill - 2 Middlebere
Great White Egret - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Cattle Egret - 4 Christchurch Harbour
Osprey - 6 Coombe Heath (Arne RSPB), 2 Lytchett Bay, 2 Brand's Bay, 1 Morden Bog, 1 Christchurch Harbour
Grasshopper Warbler - 3 trapped & ringed at Lytchett Bay, 2 Stanpit
Pied Flycatcher - 1 St Aldhelm's Head
Redstart - 2 Stanpit, 2 St Aldhelm's Head, 1 Slepe Heath
Whinchat - 3 Stanpit, 1 Slepe Heath, 1 St Aldhelm's Head
Wheatear - 25 St Aldhelm's Head, 7 Stanpit
Yellow Wagtail - 11 St Aldhelm's Head, 3 Stanpit, 1 Tidmoor Point (The Fleet)
Tree Pipit - 6 St Aldhelm's Head, 4 Stanpit

Redshank, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

 


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Wednesday 16th August 2023

Swift - 40 Durlston CP.
Whimbrel - 4 The Fleet (Tidmoor).
Black-tailed Godwit - 800+ Holes Bay.
Greenshank - 16 Lytchett Bay, 3 Stanpit.
Common Sandpiper - 8 Lodmoor, 6 Lytchett Bay.
Green Sandpiper - 2 Lodmoor, 1 Stanpit.
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 Brownsea Island and Middlebere.
Spoonbill - 23 Brownsea Island.
Cattle Egret - 8 Lodmoor.
Great White Egret - 3 Lodmoor.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Wareham Channel.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Wyke Down.
Osprey - 5-10 Poole Harbour.
Short-eared Owl - 1 Cheselbourne.
Yellow Wagtail - 6 over Christchurch Harbour.
Tree Pipit - 9 Durlston CP, 6 Hengistbury Head, 6 The Fleet (Tidmoor).
Sedge Warbler - 7 Durlston CP, 34 Lytchett Bay.
Garden Warbler - 8 Durlston CP, 3 Lodmoor.
Grasshopper Warbler - 4 Durlston CP, 9 Lytchett Bay, 1 The Fleet (Tidmoor).
Melodious Warbler - 1 Durlston CP (caught and ringed).
Spotted Flycatcher - 9 Durlston CP, 1 Lodmoor.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Stanpit.
Redstart - 2 Christchurch Harbour, 2 Durlston CP, 2 Hartland Moor, 1 Lodmoor, 2 Middlebere.
Whinchat - 3 Hengistbury Head, 2 Lytchett Bay.
Wheatear - c.25 Christchurch Harbour, 3 Hartland Moor, 4 The Fleet (Tidmoor).
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Tuesday 15th August 2023

Egyptian Goose - 2 Longham Lakes, 2 Swineham.
Common Scoter - 1 Poole Harbour.
Grey Plover - 9 Brands Bay.
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Brownsea Island
Avocet - 2 west over Christchurch Harbour.
Whimbrel - 4+ Arne, 7 Brands Bay, 3 Christchurch Harbour.
Black-tailed Godwit - 141 Brands Bay, 22 Christchurch Harbour, 500+ Holes Bay, 1 Longham Lakes.
Greenshank - 4 Brownsea Island, 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Sanderling - 10 Brownsea Island.
Common Sandpiper - 8 Arne.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Swineham.
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 8 over Ulwell.
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Portland Bill, 2 Swineham.
Little Tern - 2 Arne Bay.
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 Brownsea Island.
Arctic Skua - 1 Portland Bill.
Spoonbill - 23 Brownsea Island.
Cattle Egret - 31 west over Christchurch Harbour, 2 Swineham.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 off Swineham Point.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Swineham.
Osprey - 1 Christchurch Harbour, 7+ Poole Harbour, 1 West Woodsford.
Hobby - 1 Longham Lakes, 1 Swineham.
Yellow Wagtail - 8 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Lytchett Bay.
Tree Pipit - 7 Christchurch Harbour, 3 Lytchett Bay, 14 Portland Bill, 11 Wild Woodbury.
Sedge Warbler - 61 Durlston CP (a site record), 15 Portland Bill.
Grasshopper Warbler - 34 Durlston CP, 1 Wild Woodbury.
Wood Warbler - 1-2 Wick.
Firecrest - 1 Durlston CP.
Spotted Flycatcher - 3+ Middlebere, 6 Ulwell, 2 Wild Woodbury.
Redstart - 4 Durlston CP, 1 Hartland Moor, 2 Hengistbury Head, 5 Middlebere, 1 Portland Bill, 1 Ulwell, 3 Wild Woodbury.
Whinchat - 3 Christchurch Harbour, 1 St Aldhelm's Head, 1 Ulwell, 1 Wild Woodbury.
Wheatear - 10 Christchurch Harbour, 60 Portland Bill, 10 St Aldhelm's Head, 1 Ulwell.



Turnstone, Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale


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Monday 14th August 2023

Whimbrel - 5 Brand's Bay, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Common Sandpiper - 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 2 Holes Bay, 1 Brand's Bay
Green Sandpiper - 4 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Greenshank - 12 Brownsea Lagoon, 8 Lytchett Fields RSPB,1 Stanpit
Ruff - 1 Brand's Bay
FORSTER'S TERN  - 1st summer briefly this morning at Shipstal Point, Arne RSPB
Storm Petrel - 1 Portland Bill
Cory's Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill this morning
Sooty Shearwater - 1 Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 6 Portland Bill
Spoonbill - 9 Brownsea Lagoon
Great White Egret - 2 Shipstal Point, Arne RSPB
Cattle Egret - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Osprey - 1 Lytchett Bay
Whinchat - 1 Crouch Hill, Stanpit

Ringed Plover & Dunlin, Hengistbury Head Sandspit © Clinton Whale

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Sunday 13th August 2023

Common Sandpiper - 3+ Lodmoor RSPB
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Arctic Tern - 1 off Shipstal Point and at Brand's Bay
FORSTER'S TERN  - 1st summer still on spit at Shipstal Point, Arne RSPB
Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Cattle Egret - 1 Holes Bay (Pergin's Island), 1 Lodmoor RSPB
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Swineham
Osprey - 3 Swineham, 1 Silverlake, 1 Lytchett Bay
Redstart - 1 between Swanage old tip and Durlston CP, 1 Swineham
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 between Swanage old tip and Durlston CP
Garden Warbler - 2 between Swanage old tip and Durlston CP, 1 Wareham Common
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Brownsea Island

Lapwing, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Wheatear, Crouch Hill © Clinton Whale


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Saturday 12th August 2023

Quail - 1 Cheselbourne
Greenshank - 14 Brownsea Lagoon
Little Gull - 1 Portland Bill
FORSTER'S TERN  - 1st-summer still regularly seen at Shipstal Point, Arne RSPB
Great Shearwater - 1 probable past Portland Bill this morning
Balearic Shearwater - 1 Portland Bill
Spoonbill - 16 Brownsea Lagoon, 2 Stanpit
Great White Egret - 1 South Haven
Cattle Egret -5 Stanpit
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Lytchett Bay
Osprey - 1 again at Silverlake
Mistle Thrush - 17 at Shillingstone Hill
Pied Flycatcher - 2 Powerstock Common DWT
Spotted Flycatcher - 3 Powerstock Common DWT

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Friday 11th August 2023

Sanderling - 18 Brownsea Lagoon
Common Sandpiper - 4 Stanpit, 4 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Knot - 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Green Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit
Spotted Redshank - 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Greenshank - 10 Brownsea Lagoon, 1 Coombe Heath
Wood Sandpiper - 1 over Abbotsbury Swannery
Bar-tailed Godwit - 9 Coombe Heath
Whimbrel - 5+ Stanpit, 1 Coombe Heath
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Coombe Heath, 1 Christchurch Harbour
Arctic Tern - 1 past Hengistbury Head
FORSTER'S TERN  - 1st summer this afternoon at Shipstal Point, Arne RSPB
Spoonbill - 19 Brownsea Island, 1 Swineham (Stilt Pool)
Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Cattle Egret - 4 at Herston (Swanage) this morning then flew towards Harmans Cross, 3 Lodmoor RSPB
Osprey - 2 Lytchett Bay, 1 over Silverlake
Lesser Whitethroat - 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Turlin Moor NR, 1 Church Knowle, 1 Langton Herring village
Redstart - 1 Durlston CP
Wheatear - 6 Stanpit, 2 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Durlston CP

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Thursday 10th August 2023

Egyptian Goose - 1 Hampreston Meadows
Garganey - 6 Stanpit Marsh
Common Sandpiper - 5 Stanpit, 4 & 1 ringed at Lytchett Fields RSPB
Green Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Greenshank - 10 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Stanpit
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Whimbrel - 7 Stanpit, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
FORSTER'S TERN  - 1st summer still reported regularly at Shipstal Point,Arne RSPB
Great White Egret - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Cattle Egret - 8 Lodmoor RSPB
Spoonbill - 7 Stanpit Marsh, 3 Arne RSPB
Osprey - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Arne RSPB
Hobby - 2 Silverlake
Redstart - 1 at Barn Dairy east of Kimmeridge Bay
Whinchat - 1 Hen Cliff east of Kimmeridge Bay
Sedge Warbler - 16 ringed at Lytchett Fields RSPB, 2 ringed at Durlston CP
Reed Warbler - 6 ringed at Lytchett Fields RSPB
Lesser Whitethroat - 3 ringed at Durlston CP
Whitethroat -  17 ringed at Durlston CP
Grasshopper Warbler - 4 ringed at Durlston CP,  2 ringed at Lytchett Fields RSPB
Garden Warbler - 6 ringed at Durlston CP, 2 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Kimmeridge

Peregrine, Christchurch Priory © Clinton Whale


Lesser Black-backed Gull, Merley © Roger Peart


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Wednesday 9th August 2023

Cattle Egret - 1 Swineham GP.
Spoonbill - 11 Brownsea Is.
Red Kite - 2 Didlington Fm
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Lytchett Bay
Osprey - 1 Swineham, 1 off Rockley Park, 1 Wareham Forest
Avocet - 3 over west Hengistbury Hd.
Whimbrel - 5 Stanpit Marsh, 5 Holes Bay, 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Common Sandpiper - c13 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 4 Holes Bay, 1 Peveril Pt, 1 Brownsea Is.
Green Sandpiper - 13 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 2 over Wick
Greenshank - 10 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 4 Brownsea Is, 2 Stanpit Marsh
Yellow-legged Gull - 6 Swineham on Stilt Pools.
Forster's Tern - 1 1st/sum Arne RSPB
Sand Martin - 70 Didlington Fm.
Swallow - 45 Didlington Fm.
House Martin - 145 Didlington Fm.
Redstart - 1 Sharford Bridge (Hartland), 1 Winspit, 1 Lambert's Castle
Wheatear - 30 Kimmeridge, 9 Stanpit Marsh, 5 Ailwood Down
Lesser Whitethroat - 2 Hengistbury Hd.
Whitethroat - 28 Hengistbury Hd.
Spotted Flycatcher - 4 Sharford Bridge (Hartland), 4 Lanbert's Castle
Linnet - c50 Kimmeridge
Corn Bunting - c80 Tarrant Rushton airfield

Wheatear - Stanpit Marsh © Dave Hill























Juvenile Stonechat - Stanpit Marsh © Dave Hill

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Tuesday 8th August 2023

Manx Shearwater - 12 Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 3 Portland Bill
Storm Petrel - 4 west Portland Bill
Cattle Egret - 8 west over Tidmoor Pt.
Spoonbill - 10 Middlebere
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Lytchett Bay also seen at Arne RSPB
Osprey - 1 Middlebere
Little Ringed Plover - 1 over Nutcrack Lane Stoborough
Whimbrel - 4 Stanpit Marsh, 2 Arne RSPB
Common Sandpiper - 5 Lytchett Fields, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Green Sandpiper - 9 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Greenshank - 15 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 2 Stanpit Marsh
Arctic Kua - 5 Portland Bill
Arctic Tern - 1 Arne RSPB
Forster's Tern - 1 1st/sum Arne RSPB
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Arne RSPB





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Monday 7th August 2023

Common Scoter - 77 past Portland Bill
Cattle Egret - 6 in off sea Christchurch Hrs flew inland, 2 flew over west Swanage
Little Egret - c50 west high over Portland Bill later over West Bexington
Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Spoonbill - 14 Middlebere
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Lytchett Bay, 1 Arne RSPB (pos. 1 of Lytchett Birds)
Osprey - 1 Middlebere, 1 Wareham Channel (un-ringed birds)
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Common Sandpiper - 6 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1+ Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Green Sandpiper - 8 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 3 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Tidmoor
Greenshank - 13 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 3 Stanpit Marsh
Arctic Tern - 2 Swineham GP (early evening)
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 1st/sum Arne RSPB
Swift - 45 Hengistbury Hd, 30 Portland Bill
Sand Martin - 80 Portland Bill
Swallow - 100 Portland Bill
Tree Pipit - 3 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Tidmoor
Yellow Wagtail - 4 over Stanpit Marsh
Grey Wagtail - 2 over Stanpit Marsh
Whinchat - 1 Fontmell Down, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Wheatear - 7 Stanpit Marsh
Spotted Flycatcher - 7+ Tyneham, 6 Thorncombe Wood, 4 Lambert's Castle
Pied Flycatcher - 2 Lambert's Castle, 1 Arne RSPB, 1 Durlston CP, 1 Wild Woodbury DWT, 1 Stanpit Marsh

Great White Egret _ Lodmoor RSPB © Nick Hull


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Sunday 6th August 2023

Garganey - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Quail - 1calling West Compton
Manx Shearwater - 12 Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 1 Portland Bill
Spoonbill - 13 Brownsea Lagoon.
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Curlew Sandpiper - 3 Brownsea Is. Lagoon
Whimbrel - 3 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Portland Bill
Common Sandpiper - 3 Stanpit Marsh
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Arctic Skua - 1 past Portland Bill
Mediterranean Gull - 330 Ferrybridge
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 1st/sum Arne RSPB
RED-RUMPED SWALLOW - 1 over Crossways Garden
Tree Pipit - 3 Portland Bill
Wheatear - 70 Portland Bill, 4 Stanpit Marsh
Sedge Warbler - 30 Portland Bill
Garden Warbler - 8 Portland Bill
Willow Warbler - 60 Portland Bill, 25 Lamber's Hill
Spotted Flycatcher - 4 Lambert's Hill
Pied Flycatcher - 2 Lambert's Hill
Hawfinch - 1 over Hengistbury Hd.

Wheatear - Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale


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Saturday 5th August 2023

Long-tailed Duck - 1 past Durlston CP
Common Scoter - 6 past Durlston CP
Knot - 4 over Shipstal Point
Red-necked Phalarope - 1 West from Abbotsbury Swannery
Arctic Tern - 1 Shipstal Point
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 still Shipstal Point
Storm Petrel - 1 past Mudeford Quay
Cory's Shearwater - 1 off Chesil Cove
Balearic Shearwater - 1 West past Durlston CP
Osprey - 2 Lytchett Fields
White-tailed Eagle - 1 past Rock Lea Viewpoint, Lytchett Fields

Nuthatch, Upton CP © Tina Dawkins

 

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Friday 4th August 2023

Egyptian Goose - 25 Silverlake
Nightjar - 2 ringed Carey's Secret Garden, nr. Wareham Common
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Whimbrel - 3 Ferrybridge, 2 Brands Bay
Common Sandpiper - 3 Silverlake, 2 Holes Bay, 2 Lodmoor RSPB, 2 Lytchett Fields
Green Sandpiper - 6 Lytchett Fields
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Greenshank - 6 Lytchett Fields
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 still at Shipstal Point, Arne RSPB
Little Egret - 70+ Sth. Railway Embankment, Holes Bay
Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Osprey - 3 Middlebere, 2 Lytchett Bay, 1 Brands Bay, 1 Morden Bog
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Arne Bay
Woodlark - 1 Silverlake
Dartford Warbler - 3 Silverlake
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Brownsea Island, 1 Piddle Valley, 1 Carey's Secret Garden
Tree Pipit - 4 Carey's Secret Garden

Yesterday: -

Garganey - 4 over Stampit Marsh
Spoonbill - 4 Middlebere
Cattle Egret - 2 from Stanpit Marsh

Redstart, Badbury Rings © Lyn Lambert

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Thursday 3rd August 2023

Little Ringed Plover - 2 Tidmoor Point, The Fleet
Whimbrel - 5 Holes bay
Black-tailed Godwit - 275 Holes Bay
Common Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Green Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Fields, 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Tidmoor Point
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Greenshank - 12 Lytchett Fields, 9 Lytchett Bay
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 still at Shipstal Point, Arne RSPB
Sooty Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill
Osprey - 1 Lytchett Bay
Whinchat - 1 Wareham Common
Wheatear - 2 Crouch Hill, Stanpit Marsh

Yesterday: -

Storm Petrel - 5 past Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill

House Sparrow, Hamworthy © Tina Dawkins


Black-tailed Godwits, Lodmoor RSPB © Phil Cheeseman


Linnet, Crouch Hill, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

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Wednesday 2nd August 2023

Eider - 1 off Shell Bay
Common Scoter - 7 West past Hengistbury Head, 5 West off Shell Bay
Avocet - 2 Juv., possibly 3, on Brownsea Lagoon
Little Ringed Plover - 1 off Mudeford Quay
Whimbrel - 2 Holes Bay, 1 Ferrybridge
Knot - 2 Lytchett Bay
Sanderling - 40 Shell bay
Wood Sandpiper - 1 East from Abbotsbury Swannery
Spotted Redshank - 1 towards Lytchett Fields
Sandwich Tern - 500+ from Hengistbury Head
Arctic Tern  - 1 over Barn Bight
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 Shipstal Point, Arne
Arctic Skua - 4 off Hengistbury Head, 3 off Shell Bay
Storm Petrel - 1 off Chesil Cove
Gannet - 30 off Chesil Cove
Osprey - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Wareham CHannel
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Wareham Channel
Wheatear - 2 Crouch Hill, Stanpit Marsh, 1 Ferryridge, 1 Lytchett Fields
 

Wheatear, Crouch Hill, Stanpit Marsh  © Clinton Whale


Nightjar, Arne © Jim Downes

 

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Tuesday 1st August 2023

Common Sandpiper - 3 Longham Lakes, 1 Stanpit
Whimbrel - 11 Stanpit
FORSTER'S TERN  - 1 Arne RSPB on shoreline at Shipstal Point
Arctic Skua - 4 around Christchurch Harbour, 1 Portland Bill
Storm Petrel - 1 Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 2 Portland Bill
Osprey - 1 unringed adult at Morden Bog
Wood Warbler - 1 Longham Lakes

Other news : Cirl Buntings have bred at Cogden Beach with at least 3 birds present.

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