Tuesday 23rd April 2024

Swift - 20+ Lodmoor RSPB
Cuckoo- 1 calling River Piddle, Hyde
Whimbrel - 5 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 NE Holes Bay
Purple Sandpiper - 4 still Portland Bill
BONAPARTE'S GULL - 1 probable still Wareham Common
Greenshank - 2 West Scrapes, Lodmoor RSPB
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 offshore nr. Hamworthy
Red-throated Diver - 19 on sea off  West Bexington
Red Kite - 1 over Ocean Bay, Swanage, 1 over Willd Woodbury
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel
Skylark - 46 Wild Woodbury
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 by Lane End Road, nr. Wild Woodbury
Firecrest - 1 in woods at Wild Woodbury
Whinchat - 1 Portland
Wheatear - 2 Ferrybridge
Tree Pipit - 10 Wild Woodbury
Yellowhammer - 10 Wild Woodbury

Yesterday; -

Eider - 2
Whimbrel - 34
Knot - 6
Kittiwake - 199
Arctic Skua - 5
Great Northern Diver - 3 

All off Portland Bill 22/04/24

Forster's Tern, Poole Harbour © Karl Sargent


Grey Heron, Charmouth © Richard Taylor


Whinchat, Portland © Simon Craft