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