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Pectoral Sandpiper, Lodmoor © Kevin Guest |
Tuesday 22nd July 2025
Monday 21st July 2025
Sunday 20th July 2025
Saturday 19th July 2024
Friday 18th July 2025
Thursday 17th July 2025
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Grasshopper Warbler - Lower Piddle Valley © Ed Betteridge |
Wednesday 16th July 2025
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Wren - Arne RSPB © Alan Membury |
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Jay - West Moors © Roy Nicklin |
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Swallow - Arne RSPB © Alan Membury |
Tuesday 15th July 2025
Monday 14th July 2025
Sunday 13th July 2025
Quail - 2 Sth & W of St. Aldhelm's Car Park
Garganey - 1 still Radipole RSPB, viwed from platform nr. Tennis Courts
Avocet - 2 Brownsea Lagoon
Whimbrel - 4 Stanpit Marsh
Curlew - 18 Stanpit Marsh
Common Sandpiper - 2 Stanpit Marsh
Green Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Greenshank - 7 Brownsea Lagoon, 1 Stanpit Marsh, 1 from Rock Lea Viewpoint
Little Gull - 3 1sr summer still Abbotsbury Swannery
Meditteranean Gull - 150+ Lodmoor RSPB
Spoonbill - 5 still Brownsea Lagoon
Cattle Egret - 2 over Christchurch Harbour
Great White Egret - 3 Lodmoor RSPB
Osprey - 1 Wareham Channel
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel
Marsh Tit - family at Garston Wood
Sand Martin - 114 through Christchurch Harbour
Garden Warbler - 1 Holton Heath
Crossbill - 4 over Christchurch Harbour, 3 east past Holton Heath
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Comon Tern, Brownsea Island © Lesley Colquhuon-Graham |
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Bearded Reedling, Lodmoor RSPB © Alfred Otton |
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Kingfisher, Lodmoor RSPB © Alfred Otton |
Saturday 12th July 2025
Whimbrel - 1 Middlebere
Common Sandpiper - 9 Seymers Marsh, 3 Stanpit Marsh, 2 Brownsea Lagoon, 1 Middlebere
Green Sandpiper - 2 Stanpit Marsh
Greenshank - 10 Brownsea Lagoon, 6 Middlebere
Little Gull - 1 2cy Stanpit Marsh
Spoonbill - 5 still Brownsea Lagoon
Bittern - 1 Morden Bog Lake
Cattle Egret - 1 sth over Wick
Great White Egret - 1 Middlebere
Osprey - 1 Middlebere
Hobby - 1ad 1juv Morden Bog lake
Spotted Flycatcher - 6 Thorncombe Wood
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Cattle Egrets, Lodmoor RSPB © Phil Cheeseman |
Friday 11th July 2025
Bar-headed Goose - 1 still Shipstal, probable escape
Oystercatcher - 137 Brownsea Lagoon
Avocet - 9 Brownsea Lagoon
Black-tailed Godwit - 23 Brownsea Lagoon
Common Sandpiper - 2 Brownsea Lagoon, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Greenshank - 10 Brownsea Lagoon
Little Gull - 2 1st summer still Abbotsbury Swannery
Red Kite - 2 Wareham Forest
Lesser Whitethroat - 2 Crouch Hill
Spotted Flycatcher - 2 Brownsea Island
Crossbill - several small flocks Wareham Common & Carey's
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Grey Wagtail, Maiden Newton © Phil Cheeseman |
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Hobby, Iwerne Minster © Robbie McBride |
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Linnet, Corfe Mullen © Martin Shaw |
Thursday 10th July 2025
Whimbrel - 1 Lytchett Fields
Common Sandpiper - 1 Peveril Point, 1 Bramble Bush Bay
Green Sandpiper - 6 Lytchett Fields
Redshank - 40 + Lytchett Fields
Greenshank - 3 Brownsea Lagoon, 2 Lytchett Fields
Little Gull - 1 1st summer still Abbotsbury Swannery
Cattle Egret - 9 Lodmoor RSPB
Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Sand Martin - 450 south from Portland Bill
Swallow - 100 south from Portland Bill
Whinchat - 1 Wareham Common
Serin - 1 north over Portland Bird Obs.
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Great White Egret, Lodmoor RSPB © Allan Hansford |
Wednesday 9th July 2025
Avocet - 6 Brownsea lagoon
Whimbrel - 1 Holes Bay
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Little Gull - 2cy 1 Stanpit marsh
Storm Petrel - 7 trapped & ringed Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 3 past Portland Bill
Spoonbill - 4 Brownsea Lagoon
Purple Heron - 1 possible over Verne Common
Hobby - 1 from Carey's Secret Garden
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Arboretum, Brownsea Lagoon, 1 Carey's Secret Garden
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Nuthatch, Poole © Tony Furnell |
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Mute Swan, River Stour, Blandford © Tracy Hart |
Tuesday 8th July 2025
Whimbrel - 2 Brands Bay, 2 Portland Bill.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Brownsea Island, 1 Stanpit.
Greenshank - 2 Brownsea Island.
Yellow-legged Gull - 2 Portland Bill, 1 Holes Bay.
Kittiwake - 140 past Portland Bill
Little Tern - 2 Brownsea Island.
Arctic Skua - 1 Portland Bill.
Manx Shearwater - 80 Portland Bill.
Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor.
Spoonbill - 4 Brownsea Island.
Osprey - 1 Wareham Channel.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Wareham Channel.
Marsh Harrier - 3 Wareham Channel.
Yellow Wagtail - 1 Stanpit.
Monday 7th July 2025
Avocet - 3 Brownsea Island, 1 Lytchett Bay.
Whimbrel - 2 Stanpit.
Common Sandpiper - 13 Stanpit, 10 past Portland Bill, 5+ Longham Lakes, 1 Lytchett Bay.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Greenshank - 5 Lytchett Bay, 4 Brownsea Island.
Arctic Skua - 1 past Portland Bill.
Manx Shearwater - a few past Portland Bill.
Cattle Egret - 2 Wick meadows.
Spoonbill - 4 Brownsea Island.
Osprey - 2 Lytchett Bay.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Crossbill - 1 Portland (Culverwell).
Sunday 6th July 2025
Arctic Skua - 5 past Portland Bill.
Balearic Shearwater - 14 past Portland Bill.
Sooty Shearwater - 1 Portland Bill.
Red Kite - 1 Charlton Marshall, 1 Garston Wood.
Hobby - 1 Iwerne Minster.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel.
Spotted Flycatcher - 2 Garston Wood.
Marsh Tit - 1 Garston Wood.
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Curlew, Stanpit © Clinton Whale |
Saturday 5th July 2025
Little Ringed Plover - 2+ Swineham, 1 Stanpit.
Common Sandpiper - 3 Brownsea Island, 2 Stanpit, 2 Swineham, 1 Lytchett Bay.
Greenshank - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Cattle Egret - 1 Swineham.
Spoonbill - 4 Brownsea Island.
Osprey - 1 Lytchett Bay.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel.
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Stanpit.
Friday 4th July 2025
Common Sandpiper - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Greenshank - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Arne RSPB
Little Gull - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery
White Stork - 1 west along Piddle Valley this morning
Spoonbill - 4 still on Brownsea Lagoon
Cattle Egret - 2+ Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 over Wick
Red Kite - 1 Carey Estate
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Lapwing, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale |
Jay, West Moors © Roy Nicklin |
Thursday 3rd July 2025
Bar-headed Goose - 1 still at Shipstal Point, Arne RSPB
Nightjar - 1 Warren Hill, Hengistbury Head churring around midday
Common Sandpiper - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Little Gull - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery
Cattle Egret - 4 Wick
Osprey - 1 over Christchurch Harbour
Red Kite - 2 over Woolsbarrow Hill Fort
Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 at Swanage allotments
Firecrest - 1 Leeson Wood near Swanage
Crossbill - 2 Wareham Forest (east of Stroud Bridge CP)
Yesterday : 3 Balearic Shearwaters past Portland Bill
Wednesday 2nd July 2025
Quail - 1 singing west of car park at Cogden Beach
Cuckoo - 1 heard last night on Stoborough Heath
Little Ringed Plover - 2 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Green Sandpiper - 2 Brownsea Lagoon
Common Sandpiper - 2 Brownsea Lagoon
Greenshank - 3 Lytchett Bay
Spotted Redshank - 2 still from Rock Lea Viewpoint at Lytchett Fields RSPB
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 adult at Lytchett Fields RSPB on French's Pools
Spoonbill - 4 still at Brownsea Lagoon
Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Arne RSPB at Coombe Heath
Red Kite - 4 Bridport, 1 Toller Porcorum
Hobby - 1 Arne RSPB at Coombe Heath
Crossbill - 4 flew west over hillside behind Abbotsbury beach
Tuesday 1st July 2025
Green Sandpiper - 1 Woodsford
Common Sandpiper - 3 Brownsea Lagoon
Little Ringed Plover - 4 Silverlake
Greenshank - 3 Brownsea Lagoon
Spotted Redshank - 2 still from Rock Lea Viewpoint at Lytchett Fields RSPB
Balearic Shearwater - 1 Portland Bill
Spoonbill - 4 still at Brownsea Lagoon
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel
Monday 30th June 2025
Sunday 29th June 2025
Bar-headed Goose - 1 with Canada Geese at Arne RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 2 still at Lytchett Fields RSPB
Black-tailed Godwit - 3 Brand's Bay, the first of the Autumn
Whimbrel - 3 Brand's Bay
Great White Egret - 2 Silverlake
Red Kite - 1 over Corfe Mullen
Osprey - 2 Lytchett Bay near mouth of R. Sherford (female C6C and male 5H3)
Yesterday : a Roseate Tern was briefly at Ferrybridge
Peregrine chicks, Corfe Castle © Fiona Keeling Female Peregrine feeding chick, Corfe Castle © Fiona Keeling
Saturday 28th June 2025
Spotted Redshank - 2 still at Lytchett Fields RSPB
Little Gull - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Balearic Shearwater - 4 Portland Bill
Cattle Egret - 4 west over Christchurch Harbour
Osprey - 2 Lytchett Bay (female C6C, hatched Lancs in 2022 and male 5H3, hatched at Carey Estate in 2023)
Friday 27th June 2025
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Little Gull - 1 West Bexington
White-tailed Eagle - 2 in Wareham Channel
Osprey - 2 Lytchett Bay (incl female 6C6 hatched 2022 in Lancashire)
Red Kite - 1 Wild Woodbury DWT, 1 Bridport
Corn Bunting - 1 singing at Wild Woodbury DWT
Thursday 26th June 2025
Osprey - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB and Holten Lee
Hobby - 2 over the Piddle Valley
Little Ring Plover - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Common Sandpiper - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Bay
Greenshank - 1 Lytchett Bay
Little Gull - 3 2CY Abbotsbury Swannery
Wednesday 25th June 2025
Tuesday 24th June 2025
Monday 23rd June 2025
Sunday 22nd June 2025
Cuckoo - 1 from Middlebere Hide
Curlew - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Redshank - 1 East Lake, Silverlake
Little Tern - 60 nests confirmed at Ferrybridge, 3 individuals at Stanpit Marsh
Balearic Shearwater - c100 past Portland Bill
Spoonbill - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Great White Egret - 1 Silverlake
Red Kite - 1 over Lower Bockhampton
Barn Owl - 1 Middlebere
Peregrine - 3 chicks at Corfe Castle, 2 adults Silverlake
Yesterday: -
Stone Curlew - 1 from Abbotsbury Swannery
Little Gull - 3 still Abbotsbury Swannery
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Avocets, Poole Harbour © Harry McBride |
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Magpie, Lesley Heath © Allan Hansford |
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Common Sandpiper, Lodmoor RSPB © Phil Cheeseman |
Saturday 21st June 2025
Mandarin - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Cuckoo - 1 calling nr. Coombe Heath viewpoint
Common Sandpiper - 1 from VS Lodmoor RSPB
Green Sandpiper - 3 Lytchett Fields
White Stork - 2 over Carey's Secret Garden
Spoonbill - 6 Brownsea Lagoon, 2 Middlebere
White-tailed Eagle - 1 from Coombe Heath viewpoint
Crossbill - 2 Chase Wood, Sixpenny Handley
Yesterday: -
Sooty Shearwater - 1 still off Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 15 off Portland Bill
Purple Heron - 1 Bennett's Water Gardens, Weymouth
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Mandarin, Lodmoor RSPB © Phil Cheeseman |
Friday 20th June 2025
Curlew - 4 Holes Bay
Green Sandpiper - 4 Lytchett Fields
Redshank - 9 Lytchett Fields
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields
Greenshank - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Spoonbill - 4 Christchurch Harbour
Osprey - 2nd successful nest announced by BOPH
Red Kite - 4 from Carey's Secret Garden
Firecrest - 3 Upton CP
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Hinton St. Mary
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Grey Wagtail, River Frome © Phil Cheeseman |
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Redshanks, Lodmoor RSPB © Mary Stevens |
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Meditteranean Gull, Hengistbury Head © David Wareham |
Thursday 19th June 2025
Greylag - 115 Longham Lakes
Common Scoter - 60 east past Kimmeridge Bay
Nightjar - 1 at Tadnoll NR
Cuckoo - 2 from Arne Road
Curlew - 6 Lytchett Fields, 4 from Coombe Heath, 2 Stanpit Marsh
Redshank - 11 Stanpit Marsh, 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Manx Shearwater - 250 east past Kimmeridge Bay
Balearic Shearwater - 21 past Portland Bill
Red Kite - 1 Longham Lakes
White-tailed Eagle - 2 from Coombe Heath
Kingfisher - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Hobby 1 Coombe Heath
Grey Wagtail - 1 River Stour, Blandford
Yesterday: -
Dipper - 1 Maiden Newton
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Greenfinch, Upton Heath © Peter John Corbin |
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Wren, River Stour, Blandford © Tracy Hart |
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Dipper, Maiden Newton © Phil Cheeseman |
Wednesday 18th June 2025
Little Gull - 1 West Bexington
Roseate Tern - 1 over Brownsea Lagoon
Arctic Skua - 2 Portland Bill
Great Northern Diver - 1 again off West Bexington
Sooty Shearwater - 1 still offshore at Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 21 Portland Bill
Red Kite - 2 over Pymore, 1 over Poundbury, 1 over Carey Estate
Tuesday 17th June 2025
Cattle Egret - 1 Wick Meadows
Honey-buzzard - 1 over Charminster
Red Kite - 2 over Bridport and Pymore
Firecrest - 1 Durlson CP
Monday 16th June 2025
Cuckoo - 1 Wick Fields this morning, 1 Middlebere, 1 Higher Hyde Heath DWT
Greenshank - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Whimbrel - 3 Portland Bill
Little Gull - 1 Coward's Marsh
Arctic Skua - 1 Portland Bill
Puffin - 1 Portland Bill
Great Northern Diver - 1 in full breeding plumage off West Bexington this morning
Balearic Shearwater - 8 Portland Bill
Spoonbill - 4 Brownsea Lagoon
Osprey - 1 over Stanpit Marsh this afternoon
Red Kite - 1 over Wareham Causeway
Nightjar, last night at Purbeck Heath NR © Garry Hayman |
Sunday 15th June 2025
Little Ringed Plover - 2 adults on Stilt Pools, Swineham
Green Sandpiper - 2 Middlebere this evening
Little Gull - 1 West Bexington
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 adult at Middlebere
Balearic Shearwater - 3 past Portland Bill
Red Kite - 1 over West Parley, 1 over Eggardon Hill
Saturday 14th June 2025
Friday 13th June 2025
Common Scoter - 31 W past Portland Bill.
White Stork - 2 King's Stag area.
Avocet - 6 Brownsea Island.
Little Tern - 1 Brownsea Island.
Sooty Shearwater - 1 Portland Bill.
Balearic Shearwater - 3 Portland Bill.
Spoonbill - 4 Brownsea Island.
Osprey - 1 Middlebere.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Brownsea Island.
Red Kite - 1 Houns-tout, Kingston.
Woodchat Shrike - 1 Eype (Downhouse Farm NT).
Stonechat, Morden Bog © Marcus Jones |
Thursday 12th June 2025
Cuckoo - 1 Middlebere Heath
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Lytchett Bay
Whimbrel - 2 Portland Bill
Little Gull - 2 or 3 West Bexington
Arctic Skua - 2 Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 15 Portland Bill
Hobby - 1 Bardolf Farm
Wednesday 11th June 2025
Sanderling - 2 Hengistbury sandspit.
Roseate Tern - 1 Brownsea Island.
Storm Petrel - 2 Portland Bill last night.
Great Northern Diver - 1 W past Portland Bill.
Sooty Shearwater - 1 Portland Bill.
Balearic Shearwater - 3 Portland Bill.
Great White Egret - 1 N along Portland West Cliffs, 1 Silverlake.