Wednesday 31st January 2024

Pintail - 82 Hengistbury at sea
Shoveler -95 Hengistbury at sea
Sanderling - 5 Brownsea Island Lagoon
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay from Rock Lea Viewpoint, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Middlebere
Greenshank - 2 Brownsea Island Lagoon, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Purple Sandpiper - 1 Christchurch Harbour Sandspit
Red-throated Diver - 23 Hengistbury
Great Northern Diver -  6 Poole Harbour entrance, 1 Hengistbury
Cattle Egret - 1 from roost on Hengistbury
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Hen Harrier - 1 male at Dewlish
Waxwing - 8 still comuting between Canford Heath Asda car park and Dacombe Drive in Upton
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 at Portland Community Hospital

Shoveler, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Waxwing, yesterday in Upton © David Camp

 

Tuesday 30th January 2024

Scaup - 1 Wareham Channel
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour, 1 Jerry's Point, 1 Studland Bay
Black-necked Grebe - 6 Portland Harbour, 5 Studland Bay, 3 Poole Harbour (South Deep)
Golden Plover - 846 Lodmoor RSPB, 300 Maiden Castle
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay from Rock Lea Viewpoint
Purple Sandpiper - 4 Portland Bill
Great Northern Diver -  7 Poole Harbour, 4 Portland Harbour, 3 Jerry's Point
Spoonbill - 10 Arne RSPB at Shipstal Point, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Wareham Channel (G463)
Hen Harrier - 1 Lytchett Bay
Merlin - 1 West Compton
Waxwing - up to 8 at Asda Canford Heath  and Dacombe Drive in Upton
Black Redstart - 1 Portland Castle, 1 Portland Bill
Water Pipit - 1, Lytchett Fields RSPB in  Pools Field
Lesser Redpoll - 4 Moreton Plantation

Bullfinch, Lodmoor RSPB © Alan Membury

Treecreeper, Lodmoor CP © Alan Membury

 

Monday 29th January 2024

Avocet - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Golden Plover - 100+ Lodmoor RSPB
Purple Sandpiper - 23 Highcliffe (on Groyne H10), 5 Portland Bill
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Green Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Great Northern Diver - 1 Ferrybridge
Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Waxwing - 5 still at Canford Heath in Asda car park then later at Dacombe Drive in Upton
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 by Kinson STW
Firecrest - 2 Hatch Pond, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB (by the feeders)
Water Pipit - 1 in Pools Field at Lytchett Fields RSPB

Purple Sandpiper, Highcliffe © Clinton Whale

Firecrest, Hatch Pond © Mike Hetherington

Waxwing, Canford Heath © Mike Hetherington

Waxwing, Canford Heath © Mike Hetherington

 

Sunday 28th January 2024

Common Scoter - 2 Swanage Bay
Goldeneye - 3 off Jerry's Point, 1 small island, Longham Lakes
Goosander - 2 Silverlake
Slavonian Grebe - 2 still off Jerry's Point, 2 Tidmoor Point
Black-necked Grebe - 6 off Jerry's Point
Golden Plover - 200 over Winterborne Stickland
Bar-tailed Godwit - 5 Littlesea, The Fleet
Knot - 1 Ferrybridge
Green Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Fields
Black-throated Diver - 1 still Poole Harbour
Great Northern Diver - 6 off Brands Bay, 6 Parkstone Bay, 1 Ferrybridge, 1 Littlesea, The Fleet
Sandwich Tern - 1 1st winter off Bridging Camp, The Fleet
Spoonbill - 14 from Shipstal Point, Arne RSPB, 1 still Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Middlebere
Goshawk - 1 Middlebere
Hen Harrier - 1m Swineham Point, 1 ringtail Middlebere, 1 ringtail Otter Island
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Godlingston Heath, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Short-eared Owl - 2 Wyke Down, 1 Tidmoor Point
Merlin - 1 Greenlands Farm
Waxwing - 5 still Asda car park, Canford Heath then again Dacombe Drive, Upton
Woodlark - 3 Silverlake
Dartford Warbler - 1 Silverlake
Black Redstart - 1f Portland Bill, 1m by Qinetiq compound, 1 Broadwey garden, 1 Tarrant Rushton   
Water Pipit - 1 again Pools Field, Lytchett Fields
Cirl Bunting - 2 again west of Bridging Camp , The Fleet

White-tailed Eagle & Carrion Crows, Stanpit Marsh © Alan Crockard

 

Saturday 27th January 2024

Pintail - 453 east past Barton-on-Sea
Scaup - 1 1st winter still Abbotsbury Swannery
Common Scoter - 14 past Hengistbury Head
Long-tailed Duck - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery
Goosander - 25 East Lake, Silverlake, from roost
Slavonian Grebe - 1 still off Jerry's Point
Black-necked Grebe - 2 off Jerry's Point
Grey Plover - 16 Stanpit marsh
Purple Sandpiper - 2 still Portland Bill
Common Sandpiper - 1 Silverlake
Green Sandpiper - 1 past screen hide, Upton CP
Spotted Redshank - Lytchett Fields
Red-throated Diver - 96 past Hengistbury Head
Black-throated Diver - 1 again past North Haven into Poole Harbour
Great Northern Diver - 2 from N.Haven, 2 Shell Bay, 1 Littlesea, The Fleet, 1 past Hengistbury Hd
Gannet - 150+ west past Portland Bill
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Barn Owl, 1 north from West Knighton
Waxwing - 5 Asda car park, Canford Heath and on to Fleetsbridge then NW to Nuffield Ind. Est.
                 several again Dascombe Drive, Upton
Woodlark - 2 Silverlake
Siberian Chiffchaff - 2 still by Kinson Sewage Works, Stour Valley LNR
Dartford Warbler - 2 Silverlake
Black Redstart - 1f Portland Bill, 1m also by Qinetiq compound
Water Pipit - 2 in Whimbrel Field, Lytchett Fields

Crossbill male, Culpepper's Dish, Briantspuddle © Phil Cheeseman

Raven, Littlesea, The Fleet © Steve Mansfield

Red-breasted Merganser, Jerry's Point, Studland © Danni Dyson

 

Friday 26th January 2024

Goldeneye - 3 from Jerry's Point
Goosander - 1 Silverlake
Slavonian Grebe - 2 still off Jerry's Point
Black-necked Grebe - 4 still off Jerry's Point, 1 off Middle Beach, Studland
Grey Plover - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Purple Sandpiper - 2 Portland Bill
Spotted Redshank - 1 Middlebere, 1 SW Holes Bay, 1 still Lytchett Fields
Razorbill - 2+ off Mudeford Quay
Red-throated Diver - 14 past Branksome Chine, 4 past Hengistbury Head
Black-throated Diver - 1 off Hamm Beach, Portland Harbour
Great Northern Diver - 8 past Branksome Chine, 1 off Middle beach, Studland
Cattle Egret - 11 Wareham Channel
Red Kite - 2 over Tarrant Rushton Airfield
White-tailed Eagle - 2 over Arne RSPB and Ballard Down
Waxwing - 8 again Dacombe Drive, Upton, Poole
Woodlark - several singing at Silverlake
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 West Path, Longham Lakes
Dartford Warbler - 2 Silverlake
Black Redstart - 1 Tarrant Rushton Airfield, 1 Portland Bill, 1 Bridging Camp, 1 Osprey Quay
Corn Bunting - several Tarrant Rushton Airfield
Cirl Bunting - 2 again West of Bridging Camp, The Fleet

Brent Geese, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Mute Swan, Longham Lakes © Kerrie Anne Hillebrandt

Pied Wagtail, Wimborne Chase © Ann Baldwin

 

Thursday 25th January 2024

Goosander - 1 redhead, East Lake, Silverlake
Avocet - 150 Holes Bay
Spotted Redshank - 1 still from Rock Lea Viewpoint
Kittiwake - 8 past Hengistbury Head
Little Gull - 1 Lytchett Bay
Red-throated Diver - 116 west past Hengistbury Head
Black-throated Diver - 1 still Holes Bay Sth, 1 past Hengistbury Head
Great Northen Diver - 1 North Haven, Poole Harbour
Cattle Egret - 2 from Christchurch Harbour roost
Woodlark - 5 singing Silverlake
Firecrest - 1 Hatch Pond

Nuthatch, Upton CP © Maurice Whitney

Treecreeper, Lodmoor CP © Phil Cheeseman

 

Wednesday 24th January 2024

 Pale-bellied Brent Goose - Pirate's Cove

Slavonian Grebe - 1 Jerry's Point

Black-necked Grebe - 6 Jerry's Point, 1 Sandsfoot Castle

Avocet - 1 Lodmoor, 120 Lytchett Bay, 250 Brownsea Lagoon

Lapwing - c.650 Puddletown Water Meadows, c.300 Maiden Castle

Golden Plover - c.600 Maiden Castle 10.00am, similar numbers later at Lodmoor

Grey Plover - 36 Brand's Bay

Sanderling - 12 Jerry's Point

Dunlin - 1150+ Brand's Bay, 315 Stanpit

Purple Sandpiper - 6 Mudeford

Greenshank - 1 Jerry's Point

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Black-throated Diver - 1 Holes Bay, 1 Hengistbury Head

Great Northern Diver - 6 Jerry's Point, 1 Sandsfoot Castle

Spoonbill - 16 Shipstal Point Arne RSPB

Cattle Egret - 2 Hampreston, 7 Wareham Common

Great White Egret - 2 Longham Lakes

Goshawk - 1 over Bardolf Farm

Red Kite - 1 Bardolf Farm, 1 Tarrant Rushton

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Lytchett Bay

Firecrest - 1 Thorncombe Wood

Fieldfare - c.250 Maiden Castle

Black Redstart - 1 West Bay, 1 Badbury Rings

Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB 

Skylark, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Pale-bellied Brent Geese, Pirate's Cove © Freddy Alway

Tuesday 23rd January 2024

 Scaup - female-type Wareham Channel

Common Scoter - 1 male Poole Harbour

Black-necked Grebe - 1 at South Deep Poole Harbour

Grey Plover - a few Wareham Channel

Curlew - c.150 Wareham Channel

Dunlin - c.300 Wareham Channel

Great Northern Diver - 11 Poole Harbour

Spoonbill - 6 Newton Bay, Poole

Great Black-backed Gulls, Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale

Monday 22nd January 2024

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 7 Pirate's Cove Wyke Regis

Pintail - drake Lodmoor west path

Slavonian Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour

Black-necked Grebe - 3 Studland Bay

Avocet - 1 Lodmoor, 1 Stanpit Creek

Bar-tailed Godwit - 4 Pirate's Cove, Wyke Regis

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Yellow-legged Gull - 2 adults Lodmoor

Red-throated Diver - 2 Hengistbury

Great Northern Diver - 2 Sandsfoot Castle, 3 off Shipstal Point

Spoonbill - 6 Middlebere

Cattle Egret - 16 Wareham Common

Great White Egret - 1 in valley west of Knowlton

Hen Harrier - 1 Wareham Channel

White-tailed Eagle - 1 over Christchurch Harbour

Short-eared Owl - 1 Wyke Down

Waxwing - 2 today at Cacombe Drive Upton

Siberian Chiffchaff - 2 Kinson sewage works, Stour Valley LNR

Teal, Hengistbury Head  © Clinton Whale

Gadwall, Sutton Poyntz © John Dadds

Peregrine Falcon, Bournemouth Square © David Wareham

Waxwing, Upton © Alan Membury

Sunday 21st January 2024

Black-necked Grebe - 2 Studland Bay

 Golden Plover - c.600 West Compton

Purple Sandpiper - 4 Portland Bill

Yellow-legged Gull - 1 west path Lodmoor

Great Northern Diver - 1 Peveril Point Swanage

Goshawk - 1 Middlebere

Hen Harrier - immature male at Middlebere

White-tailed Eagle - 1 over Christchurch Harbour

Waxwing - 3 again at Dracombe Drive Upton

Firecrest - 1 in Chideock garden, 1 Peveril Point Swanage

Saturday 20th January 2024

Pochard - 7 Swineham Gravel Pit

Sanderling - 12 Brownsea Lagoon DWT 

Spoonbil - 3 Flew up Frome Valley towards warehaW

Goshawk - 1 Middlebere Channel

Hen Harrier - 1 Grey Male Poole Harbour, 1 Ringtail Middlebere Channel

White tailed Eagle - 1 Hartland Moor, 1 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Merlin - 1 Swineham Point

Waxwing - 8 Dacombe Drive Upton Poole again this morning 

Yesterday: 

Barnacle Goose - 1 in water meadow near Pallington Lake

Spoonbill - 1 in Water Meadow near Pallington Lake

Short eared Owl - 2 Wyke Down

Redshank - Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Waxwing - Upton Poole © Robert Fielding

Friday 19th January 2024

 

Scaup - 1 still Wareham Channel

Golden Plover - c800 Maiden Castle, c50 over Litton Cheney, c40 by A30 SE of Shaftesbury

Purple Sandpiper - 5 Lyme Regis (rock armour by museum)

Black-throated Diver - 1 off Baiter Park, Poole Harbour

Great Northern Diver - 4+ Portland Harbour

Spoonbill - 9 Wareham Channel, 3 flew up River Frome towards Wareham, 1 Pallington Lakes (on water meadow by R. Frome)

Cattle Egret - 2 in fields W of Abbotsbury

Goshawk - 1 Middlebere Channel

Hen Harrier - 2 (1m + 1 f)  Middlebere Channel, 1 Swineham

Red Kite - 2 Badbury Rings

Waxwing - 8 on Dacombe Drive, Upton, Poole

Bearded Tit - 4 Radipole RSPB

Lesser Redpoll - 1 Middlebere track

Waxwing - Upton © @lytchettbirder (X)

Sparrowhawk - Winterborne Stickland
© Will Bown

Thursday 18th January 2024

Mandarin Duck - 35 Sadbarrow Thorncombe

Teal - 1621 Holme Lane GP high count for this lake

Scaup - 1  female type in Wareham Channel

Long-tailed Duck - 1 Tidmoor point The Fleet

Slavonian Grebe - 6 Tidmoor Point The Fleet

Black-necked Grebe - 3 off Knoll Beach Studland

Black-tailed Godwit - 3212 Holes Bay

Knot - 60 Holes Bay

Purple Sandpiper - 5 Portland Bill

Spotted Redshank - 1 Middlebere Channel

Red throated Diver - 3 West Bay

Hen Harrier - 1 Lytchett Fileds RSPB, 1 Middlebere Channel

White tailed Eagle - 2 Arne RSPB

Merlin - 1 perched midway between Studland village & Corfe castle

Black Redstart - 1 Portland Bill

Spoonbill - Lodmoor RSPB © David Camp

Sparrowhawk - Wareham © Fiona Keeling

Snipe - Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

 

Wednesday 17th January 2024

Teal - 1250 Holme Lane Gravel Pit

Long-tailed Duck - 1 off Tidmoor Point The Fleet

Goldeneye - 4 Brands Bay

Slavonian Grebe - 1 Brands Bay

Black-necked Grebe - 4 Littlesea The Fleet

Black-tailed Godwit - 2727 Holes Bay Poole Harbour

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Black Throated Diver - 1 Portland Harbour off Sandsfoot Castle

Great Northern Diver - 4 Littlesea The Fleet

Spoonbill - 4 Shipstal point Arne RSPB

Goshawk - 1 Arne RSPB / Middlebere NT Hide

Hen Harrier - 1 Arne RSPB / Middlebere NT Hide

Red Kite - 3 Wyke Down

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Brands Bay, 1 from Middlebere NT Hide

Merlin - 2 Hartland Moor, 1 Middlebere NT Hide, 1 Wyke Down

Short-eared Owl - 1 Wyke Down

Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Cirl Bunting - 2 Bridging Camp Chickerell

Spoonbill & Avocet - Lodmoor © RSPB Mike Foot

Stonechat - Hengisbury Head © Clinton Whale

Tuesday 16th January 2024

Grey Partridge - 6 Wyke Down.
Goldeneye - 3 Brands Bay.
Golden Plover - c55 Lodmoor briefly, 7-800 Maiden Castle.
Avocet - 1 Lodmoor.
Knot - 32 Holes Bay.
Purple Sandpiper - 3 Lyme Regis (The Cobb).
Green Sandpiper - 2 Bere Regis cress beds.
Spotted Redshank - 2 Middlebere.
Black-tailed Godwit - 3201 Holes Bay.
White-tailed Eagle - 4 Poole Harbour, 1 Morden.
Marsh Harrier - 1 East Holme, 2-3 Lodmoor, 1 Middlebere.
Hen Harrier - 1 Brands Bay, 1 Middlebere, 2 Wareham Channel, 1 Wyke Down.
Red Kite - 1 Morden, 1 Wild Woodbury, 4 Wyke Down.
Merlin - 1 Middlebere, 1 Wyke Down.
Short-eared Owl - 1 Wyke Down.
Great Northern Diver - 1 Brands Bay.
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Brands Bay.
Great White Egret - 1 Hampreston fields, 1 Longham Lakes, 1 Wareham Channel.
Cattle Egret - 1+ Bog Lane SANG.
Spoonbill - 6 Lodmoor, 5 Middlebere.
Firecrest - 1 Bog Lane SANG.

Cirl Bunting - 1 west of West Bexington.

Turnstone, Lyme Regis © Roger Boswell.

Monday 15th January 2024

Egyptian Goose - 2 reported Swineham.
Pochard - 3 Swineham.
Goldeneye - 1 Longham Lakes.
Golden Plover - 2 St Aldhelm's Head.
Purple Sandpiper - 3 Portland Bill.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Swineham.
Hen Harrier - 1 Middlebere.
Waxwing - 1 briefly at Lytchett Bay.
Great Northern Diver - 1 Ferrybridge, 1 The Fleet (Pirates' Cove).
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Brands Bay.
Great White Egret - 1 Longham Lakes.
Cattle Egret - 2 Wareham water meadows.
Brambling - 9+ Pentridge (Salisbury Plantation).

Ringed Plover, Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale.

Dunlin, Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale.

Hen Harrier, Middlebere © Derek Fowler.

Sunday 14th January 2024

Egyptian Goose - 5 Longham Lakes.
Scaup - 1 Wareham Channel.
Long-tailed Duck - 2 The Fleet (Moonfleet).
Goldeneye - 1 Longham Lakes.
Golden Plover - c80 Lodmoor.
Grey Plover - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Knot - 2 Holes Bay.
Greenshank - 2 Brownsea Island.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Red Kite - 1 Corfe Mullen.
Marsh Harrier - 8 Christchurch Harbour, 4 Coombe Heath, 3 Lodmoor, 5+ Swineham area.
Hen Harrier - 2 Coombe Heath.
Great Northern Diver - 16+ from bird boat in Poole Harbour.
Black-throated Diver - 1 Holes Bay, 1 Studland Bay.
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Brands Bay.
Black-necked Grebe - 3 Bramble Bush Bay.
Great White Egret - 1 Longham Lakes, 1 Sturminster Marshall GP.
Cattle Egret - 14 Worgret (from Bog Lane SANG), 15 Hengistbury Head.
Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor, c20 Ower Bay.
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Weymouth.

Long-tailed Duck, The Fleet © Freddy Alway.

Long-tailed Duck, The Fleet © Freddy Alway.

Marsh Harrier and Carrion Crow, Christchurch Harbour © Clinton Whale.

Siberian Chiffchaff, Weymouth © Joe Stockwell.

Saturday 13th January 2024

Barnacle Goose - 13 Swineham.
Egyptian Goose - 2 Bog Lane SANG.
Pochard - 1 Swineham.
Goldeneye - 9 Brands Bay.
Common Scoter - c20 Hengistbury Head.
Golden Plover - 1 Brands Bay, 1 Tidmoor.
Knot - 1 Portland Bill.
Purple Sandpiper - 5 Mudeford Quay, 5 Portland Bill.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Bog Lane SANG.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Christchurch Harbour, 2 Poole Harbour & Wareham Channel.
Marsh Harrier - 6+ Christchurch Harbour, 4 Swineham, 1 Wareham (from Bog Lane SANG).
Hen Harrier - 1 Brands Bay.
Short-eared Owl - 1 Portland Bill.
Great Northern Diver - 3 Brands Bay, 2 The Fleet (Tidmoor).
Red-throated Diver - 18 past Portland Bill.
Red-necked Grebe - 2 Portland Harbour.
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Brands Bay, 2 Portland Harbour, 6 The Fleet (Tidmoor).
Black-necked Grebe - 2 Brands Bay, 3 Portland Harbour.
Great White Egret - 1 Hampreston fields.
Cattle Egret - 14 Wareham (from Bog Lane SANG), 15 Hengistbury Head.
Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Black Redstart - 2 Portland Bill.
Firecrest - 2 Bog Lane SANG.

Friday 12th January 2024

Scaup - 3, 1st/w Abbotsbury Swannery

Long-tailed Duck - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery

Goosander - 5 flew up river Holme Bridge

Red-throated Diver - 13 past Peveril Point

Black-throated Diver - 1 Holes Bay, 1 Portland Hbr.

Great Northern Diver - 10+ Poole Hbr, 2 Jerry's Pt, 2 Portland Harbour, 1 Holes Bay

Red-necked Grebe - 1 Sandfoot Castle

Slavonian Grebe - 1 Sandfoot Castle, 1 Jerry's Pt.

Black-necked Grebe - 3 Sandsfoot Castle, 1 Jerry's Pt.

Cattle Egret - 12 Abbotsbury Swannery

Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Christchurch Hbr.

Hen Harrier - 1 male Middlebere

Goshawk - 1 Wild Woodbury

Merlin - 1 Middlebere

Jack Snipe - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Wild Woodbury

Green Sandpiper - 1 Bere Regis Cress Beds.

Sandwich Tern - 1 Poole Hbr.

Notice - Abbotsbury Swannery is closed for winter viewing only from public footpaths/rights of way.

Green Sandpiper - Bere Regis CB © Alan Membury

Marsh Harrier - Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Pintail - Holes Bay © David Wareham

Thursday 11th January 2024

Barnacle Goose - 14 west Poole Quay presume same at 10+ Swineham GP later, 1 Pallington Lakes.

Scaup - 1 female Brand's Bay

Long-tailed Duck - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery

Goosander - 2 Pallington Lakes

Red-throated Diver - 42 past Portland Bill

Black-throated Diver - 1 still Holes Bay

Great Northern Diver - 15 Poole Hbr, 2 Brand's Bay, 3 Littlesea (Fleet)

Slavonian Grebe - 5 Littlesea (fleet), 1 Redhorn Quay, 1 South Beach

Black-necked Grebe - 3 South Beach

Cattle Egret - 16 Hengistbury Hd.

Great White Egret - 1 Poole Hbr

Spoonbill - 11 Fitzworth, 7 Middlebere, 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Red Kite - 2 Middlebere, 1 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Silverlake

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail Lytchett Fields RSPB 

Merlin - 1 Middlebere, 1 Wyke Down

Mediterranean Gull - 2000 Littlesea (Fleet), 60+ South Beach 

Short-eared Owl - 1+ Wyke Down

Black Redstart - 1 Bridging Camp

Cirl Bunting - 1 west of the Bridging Camp

White-tailed Eagle - Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

 

Barnacle Goose - Pallington Lakes © Rebecca Porter

Wednesday 10th January 2024

Goosander - 6 Iford Bridge Christchurch

Black-throated Diver - 1 Holes Bay

Great Northern Diver - 1 off Jerry's Point

Slavonian Grebe - 1 off Redhorn Quay

Cattle Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB

Spoonbill - 12 Middlebere, 1 Lytchett Bay

Hen Harrier - 1 male Slep Moor, 1 male Coombe Heath Arne RSPB, 1 ringtail East Fleet

White-tailed Eagle - 2 Coombe Heath Arne RSPB

Cirl Bunting - 1 male west of Bridging Camp

Goosander - Iford Bridge Christchurch © Clinton Whale

Tuesday 9th January 2024

Velvet Scoter - 4 past Portland Bill

Goosander - 4 drakes Iford Weir, 1  Holmbridge floods

Black-throated Diver - 1 Holes Bay SE.

Great Northern Diver - 4 Littlesea (Fleet), 1 Westham Bridge

Slavonian Grebe - 1 off Jerry's Point, 1 off Middle Beach, 1 Littlesea (Fleet)

Black-necked Grebe - 6 off Middle Beach

Cory's Shearwater - 1 probable off West Bay

Cattle Egret - 14 Wareham Common

Great White Egret - 4 Longham Lakes

Spoonbill - 1 Ferrybridge

Red Kite - 1 over Stanpit Marsh, 1 Winterborne Whitechurch, 1 Bere Regis, 1 over A338 Bournemouth

Hen Harrier - 1 male Lytchett Bay, 1 male Middlebere

Goshawk - 1 over Lidl Blandford

Golden Plover - 500 Maiden Castle

Little Gull - 1 Jerry's Point

Black Redstart - 1 fem/type Portland Bill

Cirl Bunting - 1 male plus pos female West of the Bridging Camp.

Monday 8th January 2024

Scaup - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 drake off Hengistbury Head
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Brand's Bay
Black-necked Grebe - 4 Studland Bay from Middle Beach
Sanderling - 31 by Houseboats, Bramble Bush Bay
Purple Sandpiper -21 on Groyne H10 at Highcliffe
Black-throated Diver - 1 still in Holes Bay South
Great Northern Diver - 1 Brand's Bay
Spoonbill - 10 Lytchett Bay

White-tailed Eagle - 2 Brand's Bay
Firecrest - 1 South Beach, Studland

 

Purple Sandpiper, Highcliffe © Clinton Whale

 

 

Sunday 7th January 2024

Goldeneye - 11+ Poole Harbour
Goosander - 2 Wareham on R. Piddle
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour from Sandsfoot Castle, 1 Brand's Bay
Black-necked Grebe - 3 Portland Harbour from Sandsfoot Castle
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour from Sandsfoot Castle
Golden Plover - 47 Puncknowle
Black-throated Diver - 2 Portland Harbour from Sandsfoot Castle, 1 still in Holes Bay South
Great Northern Diver - 14+ in Poole Hrbour
Great White Egret - 2 over Wareham Common
Marsh Harrier - 6 Stanpit Marsh
Short-eared Owl - 2 Portesham
Black Redstart - 1 Studland village

 

Yesterday : 3 Long-tailed Duck at Abbotsbury Swannery. (Swannery closed. View only from public rights of way).

Correction -The Green-winged Teal reported in Bournemouth yesterday was actually seen from Hampshire in the Avon Valley. Still present today.

 

Brent Goose, Stanpit Marsh © Scott Usher

Curlew, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale