Sunday 31st March 2024

Brent Goose - 1 Stanpit.
Mandarin Duck - 2 Shillingstone.
Forster's Tern - 1 Poole Harbour (Brownsea Island and Shipstal).
Sandwich Tern - 50+ past Hengistbury Head.
Common Tern - 3 past Hengistbury Head.
Little Gull - 2 off Hengistbury Head.
Great Northern Diver - 1 Poole Harbour.
Osprey - 1 Langton Herring, 1 Longham Lakes, 2-3 north over Morden Bog, 1 Middlebere.
Red Kite - 1 Merley, 1 Shillingstone, 1 Upwey, 1 Winterborne Zelston, 1 Woodsford.
Hen Harrier - 1 Morden Bog.
Great Grey Shrike - 1 Morden Bog.
House Martin - 8 Swyre.
Wheatear - 5 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Hardy's Monument.
Willow Warbler - 2 Christchurch Harbour.
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 still at Dorchester (Louds Mill).

Late news: Cirl Bunting at Durlston CP yesterday.

Meadow Pipit, Stanpit © Clinton Whale.

Chiffchaff, Cogden © Helen Wood.

Skylark, Wareham Forest © Robert Fielding.

Saturday 30th March 2024

Barnacle Goose - 1 Holme Lane GPs.
Bar-headed Goose - 1 Holme Lane GPs.
Eider - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Grey Plover - c20 Brownsea Island.
Purple Sandpiper - 5 Hengistbury groynes.
Sanderling - c20 Brownsea Island, 2 Hengistbury groynes.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Forster's Tern - 1 Poole Harbour, presumably last year's bird returning.
Mediterranean Gull - 300+ through Christchurch Harbour.
Little Gull - 1 Lodmoor.
Great Northern Diver - 5 northern Poole Harbour, 1 Hengistbury beach huts.
Guillemot - 1 off Brownsea Island, unusual at this time of year.
Cattle Egret - 16 Holmebridge.
Spoonbill - 3 Brownsea Island, 2 Christchurch Harbour.
Osprey - 1 Morden Bog, 3 Poole Harbour.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 N of Sherborne, 1 Wareham Channel.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Christchurch Harbour, 4 Wareham Channel.
House Martin - 2 Lytchett Bay.
Wheatear - 8 Christchurch Harbour
Willow Warbler - 10 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Lytchett Fields.
Firecrest - 2 Hengistbury Head.
Snow Bunting - 1 East Dorset on private land.

Wheatear, Stanpit © Clinton Whale.

Little Gull, Lodmoor © Derek Fowler.

Curlew, Arne © Helen Wood.

Dartford Warbler, Arne © Helen Wood.

Snow Bunting, East Dorset © reserved, via Paul Harris.

Friday 29th March 2024

Bar-headed Goose - 1 Holmebridge.
Garganey - 1 Stanpit.
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes, 1 Studland Bay.
Grey Plover - 92 Brownsea Island.
Ruff - 3 Christchurch Harbour.
Purple Sandpiper - 15 Mudeford Quay, 5 Portland Bill.
Sanderling - 45 Brownsea Island.
Black-tailed Godwit - 3400+ Brownsea Island, c500 Christchurch Harbour didn't settle.
Sandwich Tern - 1 Silverlake is a first for the site.
Little Gull - 1 Brownsea Island, 5 Lodmoor, 2 Longham Lakes.
Arctic Skua - 1 Mudeford Quay.
Great Northern Diver - 5 Brands Bay (Jerrys Point/Redhorn), 1 Hengistbury beach huts.
Cattle Egret - 17 Wareham Common/Worgret.
Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Island.
Osprey - 1 Middlebere.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Pimperne.
Marsh Harrier - 2 Christchurch Harbour.
Red Kite - 1 Slepe, 1 Stratton.
Great Grey Shrike - 1 Morden Bog.
House Martin - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Longham Lakes.
Swallow - 2 Hatch Pond, 6+ Longham Lakes.
Red-rumped Swallow - 1 Wick Meads.

Grey Heron, Stanpit © Clinton Whale.

Wigeon, Christchurch Harbour © Clinton Whale.

Red-rumped Swallow, Wick © Scott Usher.

Thursday 28th March 2024

Little Gull - 4 Lodmoor RSPB (incl 3 adults), 1st-winter at Longham Lakes
Great Northern Diver - 8 from Branksome Chine
Manx Shearwater - 2 Peveral Point, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery (first record for site)
Cattle Egret - 21 Wareham Common
Sedge Warbler - 1 Christchurch Harbour

Curlew, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

 

Wednesday 27th March 2024

Barnacle Goose - 1 East Holme GP
Golden Pheasant - 1 east of Tolpuddle before junction with B3390
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Studland Bay from South Beach
Black-necked Grebe - 2 Studland Bay off Middle Beach
Purple Sandpiper - 4 Portland Bill
Little Gull - 1st winter at Longham Lakes
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Longham Lakes
Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Island Lagoon
White-tailed Eagle - 1 over Hod Hill near Stourpaine
Great Grey Shrike - 1 still in Wareham Forest near Sugar Hill
Water Pipit - 1 East Holme GP

Tuesday 26th March 2024

Barnacle Goose - 1 East Holme GP
Long-tailed Duck - 3 East Fleet
Eider - 1 off Greenhill in Weymouth Bay
Sanderling - c30 Brownsea Island Lagoon
Knot - 20 Brownsea Island Lagoon
Ruff - 2 past Hengistbury Head in large Black-tailed Godwit flock
Green Sandpiper - 1 Swineham
Purple Sandpiper - 29 Hengistbury Head
FORSTER'S TERN - a possible 2nd winter past Shipstal Point heading towards Middlebere this morning
Great Northern Diver - 4 Poole Harbour
Black-throated Diver - 1 past Hengistbury Head
Spoonbill - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Great White Egret - 2 over Christchurch Harbour
Osprey - Female '017' joined  male '022' today in Poole Harbour, earliest return date
Red Kite -  1 Longham Lakes
White-tailed Eagle - a pair in Wareham Channel
Short-eared Owl - 1 east of Abbotsbury this afternoon
Great Grey Shrike - 1 still in Wareham Forest near Sugar Hill
Ring Ouzel - 1 female Hengistbury (Barn Fields)
Black Redstart - 1 Portland (East Cliffs), 1 St Aldhelm's Head (coastguard cottages)

Yesterday : A Cuckoo heard near Wild Woodbury in the morning.

Greenfinch, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Eider, Weymouth Bay © Daragh Croxon

Dartford Warbler © Nigel Tooth

Monday 25th March 2024

Eider - 1 Hengistbury Head
Purple Sandpiper - 7 Hengistbury Head
Little Gull - 1st-winter Lodmoor RSPB
Sandwich Tern - 17 Hengistbury Head
Great Northern Diver - 2 Hengistbury Head
Red-throated Diver - 1 Hengistbury Head
Black-throated Diver - 1 Portland Harbour
Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Osprey - Male '022' back this morning at Poole Harbour on same date as last year
Red Kite -  1 over Fleetsbridge and Hatch Pond
Hoopoe - 1 Penn's Weare (Portland)
Great Grey Shrike - 1 still in Wareham Forest near Sugar Hill

Sunday 24th March 2024

Cattle Egret - 2 on Stilt Pools Swineham.

Great White Egret - 2 Avon Causeway, 1 Sturminster Marshall GP.

Red Kite, 2 nr. Kimmeridge, singles at Avon Causeway, Wareham, Brand's Bay, Stoborough, Cosmore and St. Aldhelm's Hd.

White-tailed Eagle - 2 over Poole Town, 1 over Sugar Hill

Hen Harrier - 1male Wareham Forest east.

Osprey - 2 Wareham Channel, 1 Brand's Bay.

Little Ringed Plover - 1 Stilt Pools Swineham

Ruff - 1 Swineham Pt north of GP.

Black-tailed Godwit - 3612 Avon Causeway

Spotted Redshank - 2 Middlebere

Sand Martin - 11 Longham Lakes

Swallow - 2 West Bay, 1 Swineham GP, 1 Longham Lakes

Black Redstart - 1 St. Adhelm's Hd.

Wheatear - 9 St Aldhelm's Hd, 3 Greenland's Farm

Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Louds Mill Dorchester.

Great Grey Shrike - 1 Sugar Hill Wareham Forest

Yellow-browed Warbler - Louds Mill © Colin Chainey

Saturday 23rd March 2024

Dark-bellied Brent Goose - 6 Stanpit Marsh

Garganey - 1 Wareham

Long-tailed Duck - 1 Jerry's Pt.

Great Northern Diver - 3 Poole Hbr.

Slavonian Grebe - 1 off Jerry's Pt.

Spoonbill - 2 Lodmoor, 1 Brand's Bay

Red Kite - 2 over Sugar Hill

White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel, 1 over Wareham Forest, 2 Wimborne St. Giles

Osprey - 2 Poole Hbr

Golden Plover - 300 Winterborne Clenston

Sand Martin, 175 Swineham, 2 Hengistbury Hd.

Swallow - 1 Weymouth

Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Fields 

Wheatear - c8 Stanpit, 5 Hengistbury Barn Field.

Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Louds Mill Dorchester.

Wheatear - Stanpit Marsh © Robert Fielding

Friday 22nd March 2024

Scaup - 1 1st/w Abbotsbury Swannery

Long-tailed Duck - 3 Littlesea (Fleet)

Red-throated Diver - 4 past Portland Bill

Black-throated Diver - 3 off Sandsfoot Castle

Cattle Egret - 18 Wareham Common

Spoonbill - 4 Brownsea Lagoon, 1 Brand's Bay

Red Kite - 2 Middlebere, 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Swineham Pt.

White-tailed Eagle - 2 Poole Hbr, 1 over Weymouth

Osprey - 1 Middlebere, 1 Siverlake

Little Ringed Plover - 1 Wareham Common

Purple Sandpiper - 21 Hengistbury Hd, 5 Portland Bill

Spotted Redshank -  1 Lytchett Bay

Sandwich Tern - 1 Littlesea (Fleet)

ALPINE SWIFT - 1 over Brand's Bay / Jerry's Point 

Sand Martin - c50 Swineham GP, 1 Longham Lakes

Swallow - 1 Hydes Heath, 1 Swineham GP.

House Martin - 1 Longham Lakes.

Black Redstart - 1 near Obs Quarry Portland Bill, 1 West Bay

Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Louds Mill

Willow Warbler - 15 Portland Bill, 2 Lodmoor, 1 Portland Bill.

Great Grey Shrike - 1 Sugar Hill Wareham Forest

Wheatear - 25 Portland Bill, 3 Greenlands Fm, 3 Baiter Park, 2 Peveril Pt.

Thursday 21st March 2024

Mandarin - 2 Corfe Mullen

Long-tailed Duck - 1 off Jerry's Point

Red-throated Diver - 4 past Portland Bill

Great Northern Diver - 4 Poole Hbr, 1 off Hamm Beach

Cattle Egret - 35 Swineham GP

Spoonbill - 4 Brownsea Lagoon

White-tailed Eagle - 2 Poole Hbr, 1 Christchurch Hbr.

Merlin - 1 over Hartland Moor

Purple Sandpiper - 35 Hengistbury Hd.

Spotted Redshank - 2 Wareham Channel, 1 Holes Bay

Sandwich Tern - 6 Brownsea Laggon

Short-eared Owl - 1 Portland Bill

Green Woodpecker - 1 Wick (1st here for several Years)

Sand Martin - 3 Peveril Pt.

Swallow - 3 Portland Bill, 1 Hartland Moor, 1 Bridport

House Martin - 1 Portland Bill, 1 Louds Mill

Black Redstart - 1 male Portland Bill

Siberian Lesser Whitethroat - 1 probable Southwell

Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Louds Mill

Willow Warbler - 15 Portland Bill, 2 Lodmoor.

Great Grey Shrike - 1 Wareham Forest

Wheatear - 30 Portland Bill, 24 Barn Field & Crouch Hill Christchurch, 8 California Fm, 3 Slepe Heath, 2 Holes Bay, 2 Redhorn Quay, singles from Durlston, Perveril Pt.

Cirl Bunting - 1 Wild Woodbury

Leucistic Black-headed Gull - Longham Lakes © Gary Holderness

Nuthatch - Silverlake © Alan Membury

Wheatear - Redhorn Quay © Janet Panter

Wednesday 20th March 2024

Scaup - 1 female Abbotsbury Swannery, from New Barn Road
Common Scoter - 33 Past Portland Bill
Long-tailed Duck - 1 still off Jerry's Point
Alpine Swift - 1 north over Southwell, Portland
Slavonian Grebe - 2 Brands bay
Black-necked Grebe - 2 Smallmouth Bay
Little Ringed Plover - 2 Sherford Pools, Lytchett Fields
Purple Sandpiper - 5 Portland Bill
Kittiwake - 32 past Portland Bill
Little Gull - 1 1st winter, south towards Stanpit Marsh
Red-throated Diver - 18 past Portland Bill
Great Northern Diver - 2 Shell Bay, 2 Portland Harbour, 1 Brands Bay, 1 off Middle Beach
Manx Shearwater - 12 past Portland Bill
Gannet - 95 east past Portland Bill
Cattle Egret - 40 Abbotsbury Swannery, from New barn Road
Osprey - 1 Wareham Channel
Red Kite - 2 over Lytchett Matravers, 1 Ballard Down
Merlin - 1 Portland Bill
Great Grey Shrike - 1 NW of Woolbarrow Fort
Yellow-browed Wardler - 1 still nr. Louds Mill, Dorchester
Willow Warbler - 2 Ballard Down, 1 Portland Bill, 1 Slough Lane, Lytchett Fields
Chiffchaff - 31 Ballard Down
Firecrest - 1 Portland Bird Observatory, 1 Ballard Down
Wheatear - 15 Portland Bill, 8 Ballard Down, 4 Hartland Moor, several St. Aldhem's Head
Water Pipit - 1 Pools Field, Lytchett Fields

Blackcap female, Blandford Forum © Sharon Towning

Great Grey Shrike, Woolbarrow Fort © John Bishop

Long-tailed Duck, off Jerry's Point © David Camp

 

Tuesday 19th March 2024

Scaup - 1 1st winter female, Abbotsbury Swannery
Long-tailed Duck - 1 off Jerry's Point
Slavonian Grebe - 2 off Jerry's Point
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Lytchett Fields
Bar-tailed Godwit - 29 Brownsea Lagoon
Green Sandpiper - 1 Doddings Farm Cress Beds
Spotted Redshank - 1 French's Pool, Lytchett Fields
Great Northern Diver - 2 off Jerry's Point
Spoonbill - 4 Brownsea Lagoon, 1 Brands Bay
Red Kite - 1 over Wild Woodbury
Skylark - 47 over fields at Wild Woodbury
Sand Martin - 10 over Charminster WM, Dorchester, several over Wareham Channel
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 still Louds Mill SW, Dorchester
Firecrest - 4 Wild Woodbury
Siskin - c12 Winterborne Stickland

Egyptian Geese with young, Holme Lane GP © Colin Moyes

Short-eared Owl, North Dorset © Sarah Corbett
 

Siskin, Winterborne Stickland © Will Bown

 

Monday 18th March 2024

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 8 Bridging Camp, The Fleet
Barnacle Goose - 1 still Holme Lane Gravel Pit
Mandarin - 2 again Holmebridge, 2 Carey's Secret Garden
Scaup - 1 still Abbotsbury Swannery, view from New Barn Road
Long-tailed Duck - 3 still East Fleet, 1 off Jerry's Point
Goosander - 10 female at Silverlake roost
Red-breasted Merganser - 16 off Jerry's Point
Slavonian Grebe - 2 off Jerry's Point
Grey Plover - 24 Brands Bay
Knot - 4 Brands Bay
Spotted Redshank - 1 still Lytchett Fields
Sandwich Tern - 7 on Brownsea Lagoon
Great  Northern Diver - 1 still East Fleet, 1 off Jerry's Point
Spoonbill - 1 Brands Bay
Cattle Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail Wareham Forest
Red Kite - 1 over Upton
Great Grey Shrike - 1 still Wareham Forest between Woolsbarrow Fort and Sugar Hill
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 still Louds Mill SW, nr. Dorchester
Firecrest - 2 Thorncombe Wood, 1 Lanehouse
Black Redstart - 1 Greenlands Farm, 1 on rocks below Nothe Fort
Wheatear - 1 Greenlands Farm
Water Pipit - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Brambling - 1 near Hardy's Cottage, Thorncombe Wood

Meditteranean Gulls, Lodmoor RSPB © Phil Cheeseman

Cattle Egret, Lodmoor RSPB © Phil Cheeseman

Sunday 17th March 2024

Barnacle Goose - 1 East Holme Gravel Pit
Garganey - 1 Lytchett Pools Field
Common Scoter - 20 on sea off Hengistbury
Long-tailed Duck - 3 East Fleet, 1 off Redhorn Quay
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Smallmouth Bay
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields
Great Northern Diver - 2 off Portland Castle
Cattle Egret - 20+ Wareham Common, 1 Swineham
Hen Harrier - 1 male Lytchett Fields
Red Kite - 1 over Charlton Down
White-tailed Eagle - 1 over Child Okeford
Sand Martin - 10 Swineham, 1 from Rock Lea Viewpoint
Chiffchaff - 50 over Hengistbury & Wick
Ring Ouzel - 1 Trev's Quarry, St. Aldhem's Head
Fieldfare - 9 over Hengistbury
Black Redstart - 1 female-type Portland Castle
Wheatear - 2 Maiden Castle, 1 Greenhill Beach, Weymouth, 1 Tidmoor Point, 1 Hengistbury, 1 Little Bredy
Meadow Pipit - 235 over Hengistbury
Brambling - 1 over Hengistbury
Corn Bunting - 1 singing St. Aldhem's Head

Great Tit, Hamworthy © Tina Dawkins

Goosander, female, Holes Bay © Ian Ballam

Saturday 16th March 2024

Grey Partridge - 1 Southover nr Tolpuddle

Barnacle Goose - 1 Holme Lane GP

Mandarin Duck - 1 Holmebridge

Long tailed Duck - 1 off Jerry's Point

Goosander - 1 Holes Bay PCW drain

Slavonian Grebe - 1 Brands Bay

Black necked Grebe - 1 off Jerry's Point

Mediterranean Gull - 120 Longham Lakes

Great Northern diver - 3 off Jerry's Point 

Spoonbill - 4 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Cattle Egret - 12 Christchurch Harbour

Red Kite - 1 St Aldhelms Head, 1 Longham Lakes

White tailed Eagle - 1 Hydes Heath Arne RSPB

Merlin - 1 Middlebere

Black redstart - 1 Portland Castle

Wheatear - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Greenlands Studland Heath

Corn Bunting 1 Ballard Down

Woodlark - Wareham Forest ©  Alan Membury

Reed Bunting - Wareham Forest ©  Alan Membury

Stonechat - Wareham Forest ©  Alan Membury

Friday 15th March 2024

Mandarin Duck - 4 Lower Piddle Valley, 2 Holmebridge

Goosander - 1 Devil's Brook Athelhampton

Slavonian Grebe - 1 Brands Bay

Black necked Grebe - 1 Brands Bay

Golden Plover - 1 Middlebere Farm

Spotted Redshank - 2 Middlebere Channel

Sandwich Tern - 1 Brands Bay

Red Throated Diver - 1 off Peveril Point flew west

Black throated Diver - 1 on the sea off Peveril Point

Great Northern Diver - 2 Brands Bay

Spoonbill - 10 Wareham Channel, 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Cattle Egret - 23 Wareham Common, 4 Athelhampton

White tailed Eagle - 2 Durweston, 1 Male G812 Child Okeford, 1 female G466 flew west over Swanage Bay

Sand Martin - 5 Swineham GP

Yellow browed Warbler - 1 Dorchester Louds Mill Sewage works

Wheatear - 2 Green Hill Beach Weymouth, 1 Stanpit Marsh

White tailed Eagle G812 - Childe Okeford © Marilyn Peddle

Thursday 14th March 2024

Surf Scoter - 1 female/imm Flew past Portland Bill with Common Scoter flock  in the morning

Velvet Scoter - 1 Flew past Hegisbury Head

Long tailed Duck - 1 on the sea off Hengisbury Head

Goosander - 1 Holes Bay

Grey Partridge - 2 St Aldhelms Head

Little Gull - 1 Rock Lea VP Lytchett Bay

Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Wareham Common

Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Cattle Egret - 32 Wareham Common

Great White Egret - 1 Sturminster Marshall GP

Red Kite - 1 over Sturmister Marshall GP

Hoopoe - 1 Durlston CP car park

Sand Martin - 2 Radipole RSPB

Whitethroat - 2 Winspit Valley

Wheatear - 2 Winspit Valley, 1 Norden Sewage Works

Reed Bunting - Longham Lake © Robert Fielding

Pintail - Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Great Crested Grebe - Longham Lakes © Robert Fielding

Wednesday 13th March 2024

Goosander - 1 River Avon Christchurch

Black tailed Godwit  - 2500 - 3000 Avon Causeway

Sandwich Tern - 1 Brands Bay

Spoonbill - 3 Wareham Channel

Marsh Harrier - 4 Wareham Channel, 1 Middlebere, 1 Avon Causeway

Hen Harrier - 1 Wareham Channel

Red Kite - 1 Avon Causeway, 1 Arne RSPB, 1 Winterborne Whitchurch

Merlin - 1 Wareham Channel

Marsh Tit - 1 Thornecombe Wood

Black Redstart - 1 Newton's Cove Weymouth

Brambling - 2 Thornecombe Wood

Lesser Redpoll - 4 Thornecombe Wood

Black tailed Godwit - Avon Causeway © Kevin Sayer

Shoveler - Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Tuesday 12th March 2024

Golden Pheasant - 1 Cheselbourne.
Grey Plover - 15 Brands Bay.
Spotted Redshank - 2 Holes Bay.
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Hengistbury Head.
Great Northern Diver - 1 Portland Harbour, 3 Studland Bay (Middle Beach).
Cattle Egret - 28 Wareham Common.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Brands Bay, 1 Kimmeridge Bay.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Red Kite - 3 Organford.
Merlin - 1 Studland (Greenlands Farm).
Great Grey Shrike - 1 Wareham Forest (Trigon Heath).
Sand Martin - 3 Lodmoor.
Black Redstart - 1 Weymouth (Newton's Cove).
Wheatear - 1+ Portland Bill.
Firecrest - 1 Hengistbury Head.

Greenfinch, Stanpit © Clinton Whale.

White-tailed Eagle, Kimmeridge Bay © Dan Bartlett.

Monday 11th March 2024

Grey Partridge - 2 St Aldhelm's Head.
Goldeneye - 2 Longham Lakes.
Long-tailed Duck - 3 The Fleet (Chickerell).
Slavonian Grebe - 2 Portland Harbour, 6 The Fleet (Chickerell).
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields, 1 Middlebere.
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Silverlake.
Great Northern Diver - 4 Portland Harbour, 3 Studland (Shell Bay), 2 The Fleet (Chickerell).
Cattle Egret - 2 Hampreston meadows, 62+ Abbotsbury roost, 12 Wareham Common.
Red Kite - 1 Bridport, 1 Holton Lee.
Merlin - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Meadow Pipit - 143 Hengistbury Head from the sea, 16 NE over St Aldhelm's Head.
Black Redstart - 1 Portland Bill.
Chiffchaff - c.50 Hengistbury Head.
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 still at Louds Mill STW (Dorchester).
Wheatear - 1+ Portland Bill.
Firecrest - 1 Hengistbury Head.

News from yesterday: at least 17 Great Northern Diver in Portland Harbour; 2 Mandarin Duck briefly at Corfe Mullen.

Rock Pipit, Stanpit © Clinton Whale.

Sunday 10th March 2024

Grey Partridge - 2 Allen valley, 4 nr Blandford.

Long-tailed Duck - 3 The Fleet (Tidmoor).
Mandarin - 1 lower Frome valley, 1 Hinton Parva.
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Brands Bay, 1 Portland Harbour, 4 Tidmoor.
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Brands Bay, 3 Portland Harbour.
Grey Plover - 5 Stanpit.
Knot - 27 Holes Bay.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Great Northern Diver - 7 Brands Bay, 2-3 Tidmoor.
Cattle Egret - 19 Wareham Common.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 over A350 SE of Blandford.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Avon Causeway, 1 Radipole Lake.
Red Kite - 7 Allen valley, 1 nr Blandford, 2 Broadwey, 6 Corfe Castle, 2 Studland, 7 Worth Matravers.
Merlin - 1 Allen valley.
Great Grey Shrike - 1 Lower Hyde bog.
Whitethroat - 2 reported Durlston CP.
Firecrest - 1 nr Blandford, 1 Gussage valley.

Woodlark, Wareham Forest © Garry Hayman.

Saturday 9th March 2024

Long-tailed Duck - 1 Tidmoor.
Black-necked Grebe - 4 Brands Bay, 1 Tidmoor.
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Tidmoor.
Avocet - 4 Silverlake.
Grey Plover - 19 Brands Bay.
Knot - 25 Brands Bay.
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Wareham Common.
Great Northern Diver - 6 Hamworthy Beach, 1 Tidmoor.
Spoonbill - 5 Brownsea Island.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Langton Herring.
Red Kite - 1 Hardy's monument, 1 Martinstown, 1 Sturminster Marshall GP.
Short-eared Owl - 1 Tidmoor.
Great Grey Shrike - 1 Wareham Forest (near Sugar Hill).
Wheatear - 1 Poole Harbour, 1 Wareham Common.
Firecrest - 2 Kilwood NR, 1 Wareham Common.
Cirl Bunting - 1 Chickerell Army Camp.

Great Grey Shrike, Wareham Forest © Steve Carey.

Great Grey Shrike, Wareham Forest © Steve Carey.

Teal, Stanpit © Clinton Whale.

Friday 8th March 2024

 Long-tailed Duck - 1 close in Chesil beach/Cove

Black-necked Grebe - 2 Poole Harbour

Avocet - 1 Lodmoor

Ruff - 1 Swineham Point

Green Sandpiper - 1 Upton Country Park

Black-throated Diver - 1 Poole Harbour

Great Northern Diver - 8 Poole Harbour

Spoonbill - 6 Poole Harbour

Great White Egret - 1 Middlebere

Red Kite - 1 Winterbourne Zelston

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Poole Harbour

Short-eared Owl - 1 again at Wyke Down

Great Grey Shrike - 1 still showing well near Sugar Hill, Wareham Forest

Sand Martin - 2 Wareham Common

Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 remains at Louds Mill Sewage Works

Firecrest - 1 The Grove, Upton Country Park

Black Redstart - 1 Portland Bill

Northern Wheatear - 1 Holes Bay

Common Scoter - West Bexington  © John Pritchard

Thursday 7th March 2024

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 8 Pirate's Cove Wyke Regis

Slavonian Grebe - 1 Jerry's Point

Black-necked Grebe - 2 Jerry's Point

Black-tailed Godwit - 2061 Holes Bay

Dunlin - 381 Holes Bay

Spotted Redshank - 1 Holes Bay, 2 Swineham Point

Great Northern Diver - 2 Pirate's Cove Wyke Regis, 2 Jerry's Point

 Spoonbill - 1 north over Portland Bill

Red Kite - 2 over Lytchett Matravers  

White-tailed Eagle - 2 Brands Bay 

Short-eared Owl - 1 Pirate's Cove Wyke Regis

Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 remains at Louds Mill sewage works, St George's Road Dorchester

Black Redstart - 1 West Bay

 Common Pochard, Radipole Lake  ©  Clinton Whale

Wednesday 6th March 2024

Garganey - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

 Long-tailed Duck - 3 Littlesea

Black-necked Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour, 2 Jerry's Point

Knot - 1 Littlesea

Dunlin - 50 Stanpit Marsh

Purple Sandpiper - 4 Portland Bill

Great Northern Diver - 1 Littlesea, 3 Portland Harbour

Red Kite - 1 over Lanehouse, Weymouth, 1 Marnhull, 1 Christchurch, 2 Badbury Rings

Great Grey Shrike - 1 still Sugar Hill, Wareham Forest

Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 remains at Louds Mill Sewage Works

Firecrest - 1 West Christchurch garden, 1 Badbury Rings

Redwing - 30+ Badbury Rings, 6 Wick

Dunlin, Stanpit Marsh  © Clinton Whale

Starling, Hengistbury Head © John Bishop

Dartford Warbler, Hengistbury Head © John Bishop

House Sparrow, Hengistbury Head © John Bishop