Ring-necked Duck - female still at Silverlake
Velvet Scoter - juvenile still at Longham Lakes (North Lake)
Goosander - 21 Silverlake this evening, 6 on R Frome at Woodsford
Knot - 1 Brand's Bay
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Green Sandpiper - 2 Woodsford
Greenshank - 1 Brand's Bay
Caspian Gull - 1st winter again at Silverlake
Spoonbill - 61 Brownsea Lagoon, 1 over Hengistbury
Osprey - 1 Brand's Bay
Red Kite - 3 Iwerne Minster, 2 Monkton Up Wimborne
Merlin - 1 Hartland Moor
ISABELLINE SHRIKE sp - 1st winter still in weedy field north of Pound Lane/Wavering Lane in Gillingham (ST794269)
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Lodmoor RSPB in sallows at NW end, 1 Portland (Langley Close, Southwell)
Firecrest - 2 Cogden Beach
Black Redstart - 1 Broadwey (Wey Valley School), 1 Portland
Hawfinch - 1 at Gold Oak Farm, Cripplestyle (between Cranborne & Alderholt)
Monday 21st October 2024
Sunday 20th October 2024
Wood Sandpiper, Stanpit Marsh ©Scott Usher |
Black-tailed Godwit, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale |
Ring-necked Duck, Silverlake © Alan Membury (taken yesterday) |
Isabelline Shrike, Gillingham © Steven Carey |
Saturday 19th October 2024
Isabelline Shrike, Gillingham ©John Bishop |
Friday 18th October 2024
Juvenile Velvet Scoter, Longham Lakes © Steven Carey |
Thursday 17th October 2024
Wednesday 16th October 2024
Ruff - 1 Stanpit.
Knot - 5 Brownsea Island.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Greenshank - 13 Brownsea Island.
Caspian Gull - 1 Silverlake.
Sandwich Tern - 2 at Silverlake is only the second record for the site.
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Brands Bay (Jerrys Point).
Great White Egret - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Middlebere.
Cattle Egret - 14 Christchurch Harbour, 10 Wareham Common.
Spoonbill - 61 Brownsea Island.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Brands Bay, 1 Wareham Channel.
Marsh Harrier - 3 Swineham, 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Yellow-browed Warbler - 3 Portland (PBO, the Borstal and the Mermaid), 1 Wick.
Firecrest - 1 Hengistbury.
Late news: 2 White-tailed Eagle at Badbury Rings on 7th Oct.
Tuesday 15th October 2024
Velvet Scoter - 3 past Mudeford Quay, 1 Longham Lakes.
Goosander - 19 Silverlake.
Ruff - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Jack Snipe - 1 Hengistbury.
Great White Egret - 1 Longham Lakes, 2 Lytchett Bay.
Cattle Egret - 20 Hengistbury, 5 Wick.
Spoonbill - 45 Brownsea Island.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Brands Bay, 1 Wareham Channel.
Marsh Harrier - 3 Keysworth, 2 Lytchett Bay, 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Hen Harrier - 1 still Portland Bill.
Red Kite - c10 over Cerne Abbas, 3 Maiden Newton.
Wheatear - 1 Portland.
Whinchat - 1 Maiden Castle (Hog Hill).
Ring Ouzel - 1 Middlebere.
Yellow-browed Warbler - 2 Portland (Culverwell & Avalanche Rd Hump), 1 Hengistbury.
Firecrest - 13 Hengistbury and Wick, 2 Holes Bay (PC World drain), 1 Corfe River valley, 1 Wareham (Carey).
Goldfinch - 475 E over Hengistbury.
Linnet - 385 E over Hengistbury.
Ring Ouzel, Middlebere © Alan Membury |
Velvet Scoter, Longham Lakes © Mike Kirby |
Monday 14th October 2024
Velvet Scoter - 1 Longham Lakes.
Goosander - 3 Woodsford.
Golden Plover - 3 Eggardon Hill.
Whimbrel - 1 Brands Bay.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Greenshank - 2 Brands Bay.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Woodsford.
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes.
Great White Egret - 1 Turlin Moor.
Cattle Egret - 12 Wick, 5 Holmebridge, 1 Lodmoor, 1 Upton CP, 1 Woodsford.
Spoonbill - c45 Brownsea Island.
Osprey - 1 Goathorn.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Holmebridge.
Ring Ouzel - 1 Middlebere.
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Wareham (Carey).
Pied Wagtails, Stanpit © Clinton Whale |
Sunday 13th October 2024
Golden Plover - 3 St Aldhelm's Head.
Spotted Redshank - 3 Lytchett Fields.
Greenshank - 6 Brownsea Island, 3 Swineham.
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes.
Cattle Egret - 3 Worgret.
Spoonbill - 44 Brownsea Island.
Osprey - 1 Wareham Channel.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Poole, 1 Bournemouth.
Red Kite - 1 Ringstead Bay.
Marsh Harrier - 3 Christchurch Harbour, 3 Swineham.
Wheatear - 3 St Aldhelm's Head, 2 Christchurch Harbour.
Ring Ouzel - 1 Middlebere.
Redwing - 4 Lytchett Fields.
Dartford Warbler - 1 Swineham is a rarity here.
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Broadstone (Hillbourne Copse), 1 Coward's Marsh,
Radde's Warbler - 1 still present Wakeham, Portland.
Firecrest - 3 around Holes Bay, 3 Wick, 2 Durlston CP, 2 Swineham, 1 Hengistbury Head.
Saturday 12th October 2024
Ring Ouzel - Middlebere Track © Colin Chainey |
Sparrowhawk - Middlebere © Colin Chainey |
Kingfisher - Middlebere © Colin Chainey |
Radde's Warbler - Wakeham Portland © Nick Hopper via X |
Friday 11th October 2024
Peregrine Falcon - Durlston CP © Alan Membury |
Perregrine Falcon - Purbeck © Will Bown |
Thursday 10th October 2024
Wednesday 9th October 2024
Tuesday 8th October 2024
Brent Goose - 7 Brands Bay
Pintail - 4 Brands Bay
Great-crested Grebe - 46 Brands Bay
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Brands Bay
Spotted Redshank - 1 still Lytchett Fields
Spoonbill - 48 Brownsea Lagoon
Marsh Harrier - 4 Swineham
Peregrine - 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Yesterday: -
Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail Swineham
Short-eared Owl - 1 south of Corfe Castle
Little Owl, Portland © Phil Cheeseman |
Firecrest, Portland © Phil Cheeseman |
Black-tailed Godwit, Lytchett Bay © Peter John Corbin |
Monday 7th October 2024
Wigeon - 782 Holes Bay
Goosander - 1 River Frome, Woodsford
Black-necked grebe - 1 still Longham Lakes
Avocet - 7 Brownsea Lagoon
Bar-tailed Godwit - 2 Bramble Bush Bay
Green Sandpiper - 1 River Frome, Woodsford
Spotted Redshank - 1 from Rock Lea Viewpoint
Sandwich Tern - 6 Bramble Bush Bay
Cormorant - 300 Brownsea Lagoon
Spoonbill - 73 Brownsea Lagoon, 3 Shipstal Point, 1 Lytchett Fields
Cattle Egret - 15 Wick
Great White Egret - 9 Longham Lakes, 1 Bramble Bush Bay
Kingfisher - 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Green Woodpecker - 1 near Stone Bench, Upton CP
Hobby - 1 over Old Hill, Portland
Yellow-browed Warbler - 2 Thumb Lane, 1 Southwell, 1 The Hump, 1 Portland Bird Obs
Firecrest - 1 Wick
Red-breasted Flycatcher - 1 still Portland Bird Obs
Yesterday: - \
Firecrest - 7 various locations Portland
Great White Egret, Lodmoor RSPB © Mark Churchill |
Grey Wagtail, Mudeford © Andy Enefer |
Balck-tailed Godwit, Lodmoor RSPB © Annabel Sharpe |
Sunday 6th October 2024
Eider - 5 Wareham Channel
Goosander - 19 Silverlake
Black-necked Grebe - 1 still Longham Lakes
Avocet - c30 Brownsea Lagoon
Knot - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Ruff - 1 Lower Piddle Floods
Green Sandpiper - 3 Lytchett Fields
Spotted Redshank - 3 Middlebere. 1 Lytchett Fields
Greenshank - 15 Lytchett Fields, 3 Brownsea Lagoon
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 1st year, from Rock Lea Viewpoint
Black Tern - 1 juv down The Fleet from Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Sth from Ferrybridge
Balearic Shearwater - 3 past Portland Bill
Spoonbill - 65 still Brownsea Lagoon, 3 in channel, Lytchett Bay
Cattle Egret - 11 Wick
Great White Egret - 7 Longham Lakes, 1 Coombe Heath, Arne RSPB
Osprey - 2 Newton Bay, Poole Harbour
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Mudeford, 1 Furzey Island, 1 Newton Bay, Poole Harbour
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Avalanche Road Hump, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Culverwell
Firecrest - Portland Bird Observatory
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Portland Bird Observatory
Red-breasted Flycatcher - 1 adult Male at Portland Bird Observatory, 1 juv. still Culverwell
Yesterday: -
Ruddy Shelduck - 3 Longham Lakes
Golden Plover - 45 Lodmoor RSPB
Kestrel - 9 Pentridge Down
Woodlark - 3 Pentridge Down
Golden Plovers, Lodmoor RSPB © Derek Fowler |
Red-breasted Flycatcher juvenile, Culverwell © Steven Carey |
Snipe, Lodmoor RSPB © Phil Cheeseman |
Saturday 5th October 2024
Red-legged Partridge - 6 NW Southill
Grey Partridge - 2 near Manor French Farm, Blandford
Brent Geese - 7 Stanpit Marsh
Garganey - 1 Juv. Coward's Marsh
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes
Avocet - 1 in Rock Lea Channel
Ruff - 2 Lower Piddle Floods
Spotted Redshank - 6 Middlebere, 1 from Rock Lea Viewpoint
Sooty Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 10 past Portland Bill
Cattle Egret - 24 over Turlin Shore, 8 Wick Water Meadows, 7 Radipole RSPB
Great White Egret - 2 Middlebere, 1 Longham Lakes
Osprey - 1 Brands Bay
Red Kite - 1 near Manor French Farm, Blandford
White-tailed Eagle - 2 over Shipstal, Arne RSPB, 1 Hengistbury, 1 near Manor French Farm
Merlin - 1 St. Aldhem's Head
Hobby - 1 Juv over Old Hill, Portland, 1 over Portland Bill, 1 Lower Piddle Floods
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 calling Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 calling Thumb Lane
Firecrest - 1 Portland Bird Observatory, 1 near Manor French Farm, Blandford
Ring Ouzel - 2 Top Fields, Portland Bill, 1 between Old Hill & Verne Hill Road, Portland
Redwing - 7 near Loverly Lane, Didlington
Red-breasted Flycatcher - 1 Culverwell
Black Redstart - 1 Blacknor, Portland
Whinchat - 1 St. Aldhem's Head, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Wheatear - 8 Crouch Hill, 2 St. Aldhem's Head, 1 Witchampton
Hobby, Silverlake © Simon Craft |
Chiffchaff, Lodmoor RSPB © Maurice Whitney |
Black-necked Grebe, Longham Lakes © Gary Holderness |
Friday 4th October 2024
Goosander - 14 Silverlake this evening, 1 on R Frome at Woodsford
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes (South Lake)
Golden Plover - 300+ Pentridge Down
Whimbrel - 1 Brand's Bay
Knot - 5 Brand's Bay, 5 Brownsea Lagoon
Common Sandpiper - 1 East Fleet
Green Sandpiper - 1 Woodsford
Greenshank - 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Spoonbill - 75 Brownsea Lagoon
Great White Egret - 4 Hampreston fields
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Meyrick Park GC, 1 over Longham Lakes
Short-eared Owl - 1 West Bay
Merlin - 1 West Bay
Woodlark - 7 Pentridge Down
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Littlesea Woods near water tank
Redwing - 1 trapped & ringed at Wild Woodbury DWT
Whinchat - 1 St Aldhelm's Head
Yellow Wagtail - 1 West Bay
Crossbill - 2 Pentridge Down
Yesterday : 2 Yellow-browed Warblers on Portland (PBO and Sweethill)
Common Scoter, Shell Bay © Will Bown |
Thursday 3rd October 2024
Goosander - 1 on R Frome at Woodsford
Common or Pallid Swift - 1 Wick Fields
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes (South Lake)
Common Sandpiper - 1 Woodsford
Greenshank - 1 Holes Bay
Cattle Egret - 27 left Pergins Island roost in Holes Bay this morning
Great White Egret - 1 Longham Lakes
Goshawk - 1 juvenile seen briefly in Poole Harbour north
Pallid Harrier - a probable ringtail over Hengistbury this morning
Red Kite - 6 Badbury Rings
Yellow-browed Warbler - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 trapped & ringed at Careys Secret Garden, 1 Moonfleet
Firecrest - 4 trapped & ringed at Durlston CP, 3+ at Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Cogden Beach
Ring Ouzel - 1 Ballard Down this morning, 1 Hengistbury
Yellow Wagtail - 2 Ballard Down
Hawfinch - 1 over PBO
Vis mig at West Bay included - a ticking Bunting most resembling Rustic and a possible Turtle Dove. Also a Red Kite, Redwing, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Woodlark, 5 Chiffchaff, 5 Song
Thrush, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jays, 1000 Linnets, 400 Swallows, 1900 House Martins and
140 Meadow Pipits.
Yesterday : a Redwing over Litton Cheney and 6 over Poole Harbour
Kestrel, Woodville © John Bishop |
Great White Egret, Lodmoor RSPB © Will Bown |
Wednesday 2nd October 2024
Goosander - 13 Silverlake (East Lake) this evening, 4 on R Frome at Woodsford this morning
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes (South Lake)
Ruff - 1 Lower Piddle Valley floods
Green Sandpiper - 3 Lower Piddle Valley floods, 1 Woodsford
Common Sandpiper - 1 Holes Bay
Greenshank - 17 in Poole Harbour area
Spoonbill - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB on French's Pool
Cattle Egret - 25 roosted on Pergins Island in Holes Bay last night, 1 Longham Lakes
Great White Egret - 2 Longham Lakes, 1 Brand's Bay
Marsh Harrier - 20 left roost in Poole Harbour this morning
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 trapped & ringed at the Carey Secret Garden
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Thumb Lane on Portland, 1 trapped & ringed at the Carey Secret Garden
Firecrest - 2 Ballard Down
Yellow Wagtail - 2 Ballard Down
Yesterday : a Short-eared Owl at West Bay
Wheatear, Crouch Hill (Stanpit) © Clinton Whale |
Tuesday 1st October 2024
Garganey - 1 on Decoy Pond at Abbotsbury Swannery
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes
Ruff - 3 Swineham
Sanderling - 21 Brownsea Lagoon
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB on French's Pool
Greenshank - 2 Brownsea Island, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 seen again in Holes Bay from Upton CP lookout
Glossy Ibis - 1 flew down Lorton Valley in direction of Lodmoor this evening
Spoonbill - 55 Brownsea Lagoon
Cattle Egret - 8 Holmebridge, 1 Swineham
Great White Egret - 1 Shipstal (Arne RSPB), 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Longham Lakes
Osprey - 2 Middlebere, 1 Wareham Channel
Honey-buzzard - 1 headed south over Hengistbury Head mid-morning
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 trapped & ringed at the Carey Secret Garden
Yellow-browed Warbler - 2 heard at Abbotsbury Swannery
Greenshank, Lodmoor RSPB © Will Bown |
Monday 30th September 2024
Sunday 29th September 2024
Saturday 28th September 2024
Peregrine, Durlston © Will Bown |
Friday 27th September 2024
Thursday 26th September 2024
Wednesday 25th September 2024
Tuesday 24th September 2024
Yellow-legged Gull - Stilt Pools - Meadows © Gary Hayman |
Monday 23rd September 2024
Sunday 22nd September 2024
Common Scoter - 1 Swineham GPs on Main Pit
Grey Plover - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Knot - 5 Brownsea Lagoon, 4 Brand's Bay
Ruff - 1 Lower Piddle Valley Floods (Swineham)
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Sanderling - 24 Brownsea Lagoon
Pectoral Sandpiper - 1 on Stilt Pools at Swineham, but not seen this evening
Common Sandpiper - 3 Brownsea Island, 3 Silverlake, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Green Sandpiper - 4 Lower Piddle Valley Floods (Swineham)
Wood Sandpiper - 1 briefly at Stanpit, 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 briefly at Silverlake, 1 Lower Piddle Valley Floods (Swineham)
Spotted Redshank - 8 Middlebere, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Greenshank - 11 Middlebere, 7 Brownsea Island, 1 Stanpit
Spoonbill - c70 Brownsea Lagoon
Cattle Egret - 5 Lodmoor RSPB
Great White Egret - 3 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 near Round Island (Poole Harbour), 1 Silverlake
Honey-buzzard - 1 headed north over East Cliffs on Portland Bill
Short-eared Owl - 1 Portland Bill
Hobby - 1 Lower Piddle Valley (Swineham), 1 Stanpit
Yellow-browed Warbler - a probable heard at Old Hill on Portland
Firecrest - 1 Cogden Beach
Pied Flycatcher - 1 at PBO
Whinchat - 1 Silverlake
Yellow Wagtail - 24 Stanpit, 3 Lower Piddle Valley Floods (Swineham)
Saturday 21st September 2024
Grey Plover - 2 Brownsea Lagoon
Knot - 6 Brownsea Lagoon, 4 Brand's Bay
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Bay from Rock Lea Viewpoint
Sanderling - 2 Brownsea Lagoon
Little Stint - 1 Tidmoor Point
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Greenshank - 23 Brownsea Lagoon, 1 Brand's Bay
Caspian Gull - 2cy on Stilt Pools at Swineham
Balearic Shearwater - 4 past Portland Bill (18 past yesterday)
Spoonbill - 73 Brownsea Lagoon
Cattle Egret - 7 Wick, 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Great White Egret - 1 Stanpit
Honey-buzzard - 1 over Tidmoor
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 heard in Littlesea Woods (The Fleet)
Pied Flycatcher - 1 male at Shillingstone in field opposite railway station, 1 at PBO
Yesterday : a Wryneck heard at Arne RSPB in woods at start of the Shipstal Trail.
Friday 20th September 2024
Garganey - Female on South Marsh (Stanpit)
Grey Plover - 2 Brownsea Lagoon, 2 Stanpit
Knot - 4 Hengistbury Head, 2 Stanpit, 2 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Holes Bay
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Bay again from Rock Lea Viewpoint, 1 Christchurch Harbour
Sanderling - 5 Hengistbury Head, 1 Stanpit
Little Stint - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Snipe - 1 Holes Bay (SW), the first of the season
Common Sandpiper - 1 Holes Bay (NE), 1 Longham Lakes, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 6 Middlebere at high tide, 1 still at Lytchett Fields RSPB
Greenshank - 15 Brownsea Lagoon, 3 Middlebere
Balearic Shearwater - 3 past Portland Bill
Spoonbill - 66 Brownsea Lagoon
Cattle Egret - 8 Christchurch Harbour flying upriver
Great White Egret - 3 Longham Lakes, 3 Priory Marsh (Christchurch)
Hobby - 1 at Broadmayne (over lake by Watergates Lane)
Yellow-browed Warbler - a probable heard at Tidmoor Point
Ring Ouzel - 1 briefly on Batters at Hengistbury
Spotted Flycatcher - 3 Middlebere
Pied Flycatcher - 1 still at PBO
Yellow Wagtail - 8 over Hengistbury Head, 1 Ringstead Bay
Thursday 19th September 2024
Swift - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Ballard Down
Whimbrel - 1 Stanpit Bight
Ruff - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Curlew Sandpipper - 1 Lytchett Bay from Rock Lea Viewpoint
Little Stint - 1 Swineham (Stilt Pools)
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Greenshank - 1 Holes Bay (SW)
Osprey - 2 Poole Harbour
Merlin - 2 over Christchurch Harbour
Hobby - 1 Ballard Down
Hirundines - 16,680 counted over Ballard Down this morning including 10,810 House Martins, 7,500 House Martins and 4,600 Swallows over Hengistbury
Pied Flycatcher - 1 still at PBO
Spotted Flycatcher - 2 over Ballard Down
Yellow Wagtail - 31 over Hengistbury Head, c18 Stanpit Marsh
Wednesday 18th September 2024
Common Scoter - 4 West off Durlston CP
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 on long Groyne, Hengistbury, 1 Lytchett Fields
Little Stint - 1 still on pools near The Hump, Lodmoor RSPB
Common Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Longham Lakes
Spotted Redshank - 4 from Coombe Heath Viewpoint, Arne RSPB, 1 again Lytchett Fields, 1 from Stone Bench, Upton CP
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 1cy Western Scrapes, Lodmoor RSPB
Red-throated Diver - 1 off Hengistbury
Spoonbill - 2 from Coombe Heath Viewpoint, Arne RSPB
Great White Egret - 3 still Lodmoor RSPB, 2 high over Swanage Bay, 1 Longham Lakes
Osprey - 1 over Arne Bay
Hen Harrier - 1 Crown Estate Field, Portland, 1 ringtail off Hengistbury
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel
Kingfisher - 4 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Red-footed Falcon - 1 possible Juv towards Clayhanger Farm
Merlin - 1 over Hengistbury
Swallow - 4,500 over Hengistbury
House Martin - 2,600 over Hengistbury
Firecrest - 3 in Wood, Hengistbury, 1 in Youth Hostel Garden, Swanage
Yellow Wagtail - 19 Crouch Hill, 16 over hengistbury Head, 11 Durlston CP
TAWNY PIPIT - 1 on Abbotsbury Beach
Tree Pipit - 2 over Hengistbury
Yesterday: -
Honey Buzzard - 1 over Arne RSPB
Chiffchaff, Portesham © Jayson Grove |
Little Stint, Lodmoor RSPB © Phil Cheeseman |
Starling, Hamworthy © Tina Dawkins |