Monday 20th October

 BAIKAL TEAL - Female-type still at Abbotsbury Swannery (Swannery open 10am - 5pm, entry charges apply. Note there is no right of way SE of tank traps on beach.)

Red-breasted Flycatcher - 1  still at Avalanche Road Hump (Portland)

Pink Footed Goose - 2 Adult Silverlake AM

Spoonbill - 70 Brownsea Lagoon

Little Auk - 1 West past Portland Bill

Sooty Shearwater - 1 Past Portland Bill

Balearic Shearwater - 1 Past Portland Bill

Pomarine Skua - 1 Past Portland Bill

Wryneck - 1 Obs Quarry Portland

White Tailed Eagle - 1 Poss Juvenile over Brownsea AM

Caspian Gull - 1 1cy Abbotsbury Swannery

                          Red Breasted Flycatcher, Avalanche Rd, Portland © Phil Cheeseman

Sunday 19th October 2025

BAIKAL TEAL - 1 still Abbotsb0ury Swannery, do not view from SE of Tank Traps
Grey Plover - 4 Brands bay
Spotted Redshank - 2 Middlebere, 1 Lytchett Fields
Sandwich Tern - 3 Brands Bay
Sooty Shearwater - 2 past Portland Bill
White Stork - 1 on chimney, Crawthorne Dewlish
Glossy Ibis - 11 Wareham Channel
Great White Egret - 1 over Poole Quay
White-tailed Eagle - 1m Middlebere
Kingfisher - 1 Wooden Bridge, Stanpit Marsh
Radde's Warbler - 1 again Portland Bird Observatory
Firecrest - 6 Hatch Pond
Red-breasted Flycatcher - 1 still The Hump, Avalanche Road
Black Redstart - 1 at Durlston Lighthouse

Yesterday: -\

Caspian Gull - 1 Portland Bill
Ring Ouzel - 1 still Portland Bill 

Stone Curlew, Lodmoor RSPB © Phil Cheeseman

Avocet, Brownsea Lagoon © Don Williams

Black Redstart, Portland Bill © Sharon Towning

 

Saturday 18th October 2025

BAIKAL TEAL - Female-type still at Abbotsbury Swannery (Swannery open 10am - 5pm, entry charges apply. Note there is no right of way SE of tank traps on beach.)
Eider - 4 Shell Bay
Jack Snipe - 1 Silverlake
Common Sandpiper - 1 Silverlake
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 adult at Silverlake
Mediterranean Gull - 500+ at Silverlake
Black-throated Diver - 1 Studland Bay from South Beach
Sooty Shearwater - 2 past Portland Bill this morning
Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Red- Kite - 1 over Wareham Forest
Short-eared Owl - 1 over Liitlesea (The Fleet)
Wryneck - 1 still in PBO quarry
Hobby - 1 Briantspuddle Heath
Radde's Warbler - 1 seen briefly beside PBO garden this afternoon
Firecrest - 5 trapped & ringed at Durlston CP
Red-breasted Flycatcher - 1 at Avalanche Road Hump (Portland)
Black Redstart - 2 still at Charminster, 2 Carey Estate, 1 Southwell Business Park, 1 Woodville
Crossbill - 30+ Briantspuddle Heath

Crossbill, Bryantspuddle Heath © Colin Chainey

Crossbill, Bryantspuddle Heath © Colin Chainey

 

Greenfinch, Woodville © John Bishop

 

Friday 17th October 2025

BAIKAL TEAL - Female-type still at Abbotsbury Swannery but mobile. (Swannery open 10am - 5pm, entry charges apply. Note there is no right of way SE of tank traps on beach.)
Red-throated Diver - 1 west past Durlston CP
Glossy Ibis - 4 Wareham Channel, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Spoonbill - 70 on Brownsea Lagoon
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Poole Harbour
Wryneck - 1 still in PBO quarry
Merlin - 1 Wareham Channel, 1 Durlston CP
Woodlark - 1 over Osmington Mills
Black Redstart - 2 Charminster, 1 near lighthouse at Durlston CP, 1 Portland Bill, 1 West Bay
Firecrest - 3 trapped & ringed at Lytchett Bay, 1 Durlston CP, 1 trapped & ringed at PBO
Goldfinch - 725 east over Durlston CP
Chaffinch -125 east over Durlston CP
Linnet - 1210 east over Durlston CP
Brambling - 2 east over Durlston CP
Redpoll - 215 east over Durlston CP
Siskin - 382 east over Durlston CP
Crossbill - 24 over Durlston CP

Yesterday - a Bittern roosted at Swineham GPs, arriving at 6:30pm:

Thursday 16th October 2025

BAIKAL TEAL - Female-type still with large Teal flock at Abbotsbury Swannery. (Unlikely to be visable other than from within Swannery grounds which opens at 10am - charges apply. Note there is no right of way SE of tank traps on beach.)
Eider - 1 west past Hengistbury Head
Stone-curlew- 1 by the Hump at Lodmoor RSPB
Spotted Redshank -  4 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Greenshank - 4 Swineham GPs
Glossy Ibis - 8 Swineham GPs this evening, 1 again at Stanpit Marsh
Spoonbill - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Red Kite - 1 over Winterborne Abbas
Wryneck - 1 still in PBO quarry
Hobby - 1 over Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Durlston CP
Cattle Egret - 30+ Swineham GPs, 22 left roost on Hengistbury Head, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Ring Ouzel - 2 Durlston CP
Fieldfare - approx 12 over Kingston Lacy, 1 north over Hengistbury Head
Black Redstart - 1 West Bay
Firecrest - 3 Durlston CP, 2 trapped & ringed at Wild Woodbury DWT
Linnet - 720 over Durlston CP, 520 east over Hengistbury Head 
Redpoll - 96 east over Hengistbury Head, 79 over Durlston CP
Siskin - 270 over Durlston CP, 230 east over Hengistbury Head
Hawfinch - 1 over Allington Hill (Bridport)
Crossbill - 42 over Durlston CP, 11 east over Hengistbury Head
Cirl Bunting - 2 Durlston CP

Wednesday 15th October 2025

Baikal Teal - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery. Visible only from the Swannery (open from 10am).
Crane - 1 W over Canford Heath.
Stone-curlew - 6 Portland (three seen to depart south over the Bill).
Golden Plover - 1 Ballard Down.
Green Sandpiper - 2 Magiston cressbeds.
Sooty Shearwater - 3 Portland Bill.
Glossy Ibis - 8 Swineham roost.
Spoonbill - 74 Brownsea Island.
Great White Egret - 2 Swineham roost.
Cattle Egret - 87 Swineham roost (a Poole Harbour record), 2 Langton Herring.
Arctic Skua - 6 Portland Bill.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Hen Harrier - 1 Wareham (Piddle valley).
Short-eared Owl - 1 Durlston CP.
Merlin - 1 Durlston CP.
Swallow - 210 Durlston CP.
Common Redstart - 1 Portland Bill.
Black Redstart - 2 Blacknor, 1 Durlston CP.
Ring Ouzel - 3 Durlston CP, 1 West Bay.
Wheatear - 2 Christchurch Hbr, 1 Durlston CP.
Garden Warbler - 1 Portland Bill, 1 Wareham (Piddle valley).
Firecrest - 4 Durlston CP.
Brambling - 4 Ballard Down, 2 Durlston CP.
Linnet - 1045 Durlston CP, 995 West Bay, 200 Hengistbury Head.
Goldfinch - 730 West Bay, 690 E Durlston CP.
Crossbill - 53 Ballard Down, 35 Durlston CP, 31 South Haven (Studland).
Cirl Bunting - 1 West Bay.

Tuesday 14th October 2025

Baikal Teal - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery.  Visible only from the Swannery (open from 10am).
Golden Plover - 291 Lodmoor.
Grey Plover - 1 Stanpit.
Little Ringed Plover - 1 recorded over Oakdale last night.
Jack Snipe - 1 Portland Bill.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Crossways (Redbridge Road quarry).
Greenshank - 2 Brands Bay, 1 Stanpit.
Red-throated Diver - 1 W Hengistbury Head.
Glossy Ibis - 1 Hengistbury Head roost, 1 Moonfleet. Stanpit.
Cattle Egret - 31 Hengistbury Head roost.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel.
Marsh Harrier - 4 Swineham, 1 Christchurch Hbr.
Red Kite - 8 over C13 north of Blandford.
Hobby - 1 Arne Moors RSPB.
Swallow - 1160 Ballard Down, 670 Durlston CP, 220 Hengistbury Head, 

      206 South Haven (Studland).
Red-backed Shrike - 1 Portland Bill.
Wheatear - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Hartland Moor.
Firecrest - 5 Durlston CP, 1 Pentridge Down.
Brambling - 2 Ballard Down.
Linnet - 1850 E Durlston CP, 730 E Hengistbury Head.
Goldfinch - 670 Ballard Down, 475 NE South Haven (Studland), 260 E Durlston CP.
Siskin - 1282 Ballard Down, 620 E Durlston CP, 160 E Hengistbury Head.
Crossbill - 56 Durlston CP, 54 South Haven (Studland), 35 Ballard Down, c20 Wytch Heath.
Hawfinch - 1 NE South Haven (Studland).

Robin, Highcliffe © Clinton Whale.

Baikal Teal, Abbostbury Swannery © Steve Groves.

Great White Egret, Rodden Hive yesterday © Paul Harris
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Glossy Ibis, Moonfleet © Paul Harris.

Monday 13th October 2025

Goldeneye - 1 Longham Lakes.
Velvet Scoter - 1 E Hengistbury Head
Golden Plover - 6 E Hengistbury Head, 1 Portland Bill.
Jack Snipe - 1 Portland Bill.
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Middlebere.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Middlebere.
Arctic Skua - 3 Portland Bill.
Red-throated Diver - 1 E Hengistbury Head.
Balearic Shearwater - 7 Portland Bill.
Manx Shearwater - 1 Portland Bill.
Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit.
Great White Egret - 1 Longham Lakes, 1 Rodden Hive, 1 to Swineham roost.
Cattle Egret - 52 to Swineham roost, 29 Hengistbury Head roost, 1 Hampreston fields.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Stanpit.
Hen Harrier - 1 Portland Bill.
Red Kite - 2 Rodden Hive.
Merlin - 5 Portland Bill, 1 Durlston CP.
Hobby - 1 Portland Bill.
Wryneck - 1 Portland Bill.
Swallow - 300 Portland Bill, 240 E Hengistbury Head.
Red-backed Shrike - 1 Portland Bill.
Black Redstart - 4 Portland Bill, 2 Durlston CP.
Redwing - 150 Portland Bill, c40 Lytchett Bay, c30 Carey (Wareham), c20 Upton CP, 

     12 Hengistbury Head, 2 Durlston CP.
Fieldfare - 6 Portland Bill, 4 Studland, 1 Rodden Hive, 1 Slepe Heath.
Ring Ouzel - 1 E Hengistbury Head, 1 Portland Bill.
Yellow-browed Warbler - 2 Portland Bill.
Firecrest - 4 Durlston CP, 2 Holes Bay (PCW drain), 2 Portland Bill.
Brambling - 3 Portland Bill, 2 E Hengistbury Head
Linnet - 1400 E Hengistbury Head, 1100 W Durlston CP, 820 Portland Bill.
Goldfinch - 570 E Hengistbury Head.
Crossbill - 159 E Hengistbury Head, 51 W Durlston CP, 4 Slepe Heath.
Lapland Bunting - 1 Durlston CP.

Sunday 12th October 2025

Goldeneye - 1 Longham Lakes.
Grey Plover - 2 Christchurch Harbour.
Knot - 5 Middlebere, 1 Holes Bay.
Curlew Sandpiper - 7 Middlebere.
Sanderling - 8 Christchurch Harbour.
Greenshank - 13 Brownsea Island, 3 Christchurch Harbour.
Spotted Redshank - 2 Middlebere.
Glossy Ibis - 9 W over Swineham, 7 later in Wareham Channel.
Spoonbill - 76 Brownsea Island.
Great White Egret - 2 Middlebere, 2 Wareham Channel, 1 Longham Lakes.
Cattle Egret - 6 roosted at Hatch Pond.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 over Arne Moors.
Marsh Harrier - 4 Wareham Channel, 1 Arne Moors, 1 Stanpit.
Merlin - 1 Arne Moors, 1 Middlebere.
Hobby - 1 Arne Moors.
Swallow - c300 Langton Herring, 52 N from Studland.
Redwing - 5 Portland Bill, 3 West Bay.
Willow Warbler - 1 late migrant at Langton Herring.
Firecrest - 1 Ham Common viewpoint, 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Wareham (Piddle Valley).
Linnet - 1030 West Bay, c800 Langton Herring.
Goldfinch - 755 N from Studland.
Crossbill - 96 Durlston CP, 71 N from Studland, 60 Abbotsbury, 13 Worth Matravers, 

      c10 Slepe Heath, 6 Hatch Pond.
Cirl Bunting - 1 Durlston CP.

Chiffchaff, Highcliffe © Clinton Whale.

Saturday 11th October 2025

Eider - 10 past West Bay
Grey Plover - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Ruff - 1 Hengistbury Head
Knot - 7 Middlebere
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Middlebere
Green Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Middlebere
Spotted Redshank -  2 Middlebere, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Brownsea Lagoon, 1 Hengistbury Head
Greenshank - 10 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Little Gull - 2 Hengistbury Head
Red-throated Diver - 2 past West Bay
Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Spoonbill - 75 Brownsea Lagoon
Cattle Egret - 29 left roost on Hengistbury Head
Wryneck - 1 in PBO quarry and nearby field, 1 again in private garden at Portesham
Redwing - 1 Chase Woods (Dorset part) near Sixpenny Handley, 1 Hengistbury Head
Sedge Warbler - 1 trapped & ringed at PBO
Firecrest - 2 Chase Woods (Dorset part) near Sixpenny Handley, 1 trapped & ringed at PBO
Marsh Tit - 17 Chase Woods (Dorset part) near Sixpenny Handley, 1 Culpeppers Dish
Bullfinch - 18 Chase Woods (Dorset part) near Sixpenny Handley
Redpoll - 235 over  Christchurch Harbour, 108+ Chase Woods (Dorset part) near Sixpenny Handley, 13 trapped & ringed at Carey Estate
Siskin - 515 over Christchurch Harbour,  63+ Chase Woods (Dorset part) near Sixpenny Handley
Crossbill - 72 over Christchurch Harbour, 30 Culpeppers Dish

Yesterday : 2 Common Cranes were still around Portland Harbour

Redpoll, Chase Woods © Tom Coldwell

Nuthatch, Chase Woods © Tom Coldwell

Friday 10th October 2025

Dark-Bellied Brent - 28 Ferrybridge, 6 Wareham Channel
Eider - 11 Studland Bay
Common Scoter - 8 off Hengistbury Head
Red-necked Grebe - 1 West Bexington, 1 off Portland Bill
Black-necked Grebe - 2 Central Poole Harbour
Avocet - 200+ Middlebere
Grey Plover - 3 Brands Bay
Bar-tailed Godwit - 4 Ferrybridge
Black-tailed Godwit - 255 Brands Bay, 250 Middlebere
Knot - 8 Middlebere
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 still West Scrape, Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Long Groyne, Hengistbury
Green Sandpiper - 2 Middlebere
Spotted Redshank - 5 still Lytchett Fields, 1 Middlebere
Black-throated Diver - 1 Weymouth Bay, off Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Poole Bay
Great Northern Diver - 2 Poole bay
Balearic Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill
Glossy Ibis - 1 sth over Portland Harbour
Cattle Egret - 20 still Holmebridge Fields
Great White Egret - 2 Middlebere, 1 Swineham
Red Kite - 1 Chesil Beach, nth from Moonfleet
White-tailed Eagle - 2 over Arne RSPB
Ring Ouzel - 1 from Portland Bill Obs & into Quarry
Redwing - 3 over Carey's Secret Garden
Black Redstart - 1 Portland Marina Breakwater
Redpoll - c100 over Carey's Secret Garden, 63 over Hengistbury Head
Crossbill - 60 over Carey's Secret Garden, 50+ around Sugar Hill, Wareham Forest

Egyptian Goose, Longham Lakes © Allan Hansford

Canada Geese, Holes Bay © Allan Hansford

Rock Pipit, The Nothe, Weymouth © Phil Cheeseman

 

Thursday 9th October 2025

Pink-footed Goose - 2 adults East Lake, Silverlake
Common Crane - 2 over Abbotsbury, over to Portland & back over Granby Ind. Est.
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 juv still West Scrape, Lodmoor RSPB
Green Sandpiper - 2 Warmwell CB
Spotted Redshank - 5 still French's Pool, Lytchett Fields
Cattle Egret - 20 over Stoborough Causeway
Great White Egret - 2 Middlebere, 1 Holes Bay
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Middlebere
Kingfisher - 1 Warmwell CB
Merlin - 1f Ballard Down
Hobby - 1 Middlebere
Skylark - 712 West Bay migration
Chiffchaff - c170 Hengistbury Head
Firecrest - 3 Hengistbury Head, 1 Bushey nr. Corfe Castle
Wheatear - 2 Bushey nr. Corfe Castle, 1 Hengistbury Head
Brambling - 2 West Bay migration
Redpoll - c100 - over Carey's Secret Garden, 15 Hengistbury Head
Crossbill - c60 over Carey's Secret Garden

Yesterday: - 

Balearic Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill
Black Redstart - 1 past Portland Bill
Meadow Pipit - 895 West Bay migration
Redpoll - 32 West Bay migration 

Snipe, Lodmoor RSPB © Sharon Towning

Turnstone, The Nothe, Weymouth © Phil Cheeseman

Cirl Bunting, Cogden Beach © Vince Smith

 

Wednesday 8th October 2025

Wigeon - 645 Holes Bay North
Pintail - 37 Holes Bay North
Avocet - 480 Middlebere, 200 Brownsea Lagoon
Knot - 20 Middlebere, 3 Brownsea Lagoon
Ruff - 2 Stilt Pools, Swineham
Curlew Sandpiper - 7 still Middlebere
Green Sandpiper - 2 Stilt Pools, Swineham, 1 Middlebere
Spotted Redshank - 5 French's Pool, Lytchett Fields, 2 from Rock Lea Viewpoint, 1 Middlebere
Greenshank - 13 French's Pool, Lytchett Fields, 12 Wareham Channel, 12 Brownsea Lagoon
Black-Throated Diver - 1 into Poole Harbour from South Haven
Spoonbill - c100 Brownsea Lagoon
Cattle Egret - 15 nr. East Holme Floodplain
Great White Egret - 3 Middlebere, 1 Holes Bay
Goshawk - 1 Middlebere
Red Kite - 1 North Dorset
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Wareham Channel
Kingfisher - 1 Holes Bay North, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Merlin - 1 Middlebere
Bearded Tit - 12 high over Radipole RSPB
Firecrest - 1 Littlesea, The Fleet
Goldcrest - c47 Hengistbury Head
Crossbill - 14 nth across Poole Harbour Mouth
Cirl Bunting - 1 Littlesea, The Fleet

Little Egret, Hamworthy © Tina Dawkins

Red Kite, North Dorset © Harry McBride

Water Rail, Lodmoor RSPB © Phil Cheeseman

 

Tuesday 7th October 2025

Pink-footed Goose - 2 Silverlake

Cattle Egret - 5 Lodmoor RSPB

Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

White-tailed Eagle - 2 Lytchett Bay, 1 over Lodmoor

Hobby - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Golden Plover - c40 Lodmoor RSPB

Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Spotted Redshank - 3 Lytchett Bay

Richard's Pipit - 1 west West Bay

Meadow Pipit - 20 Stanpit Marsh

Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Hengistbury Hd.

Whinchat - 2 Cogden Beach

Redwing - 9 Pentridge Down

Chiffchaff - 75 Hengistbury Hd, 40 Wick

Siskin - 16 Hengistbury Hd.

Redpoll - 2 Hengistbury Hd.

Red Kite (with white tail) - Abbotsbury © Sue & Tony Wingett.

White-tailed Eagle - Abbotsbury © Sue & Tony Wingett.

Monday 6th October 2025

Whooper Swan - 6 past West Lexington & West Bay

Pink-footed Goose - 2 Silverlake

Goldeneye - 1 Longham Lakes

Goosander - 4 Silverlake

Cattle Egret - 16 Lytchett Bay, 1 Longham Lakes

Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB

Spoonbill - 94 Brownsea Island

Visual Migration

Goshawk - 1 West Bay

Skylark - 2256 West Bay

Meadow Pipit - 1124 West Bay, 8 Lower Piddle Valley

Grey Wagtail - 2 south Lytchett Bay, 1 Lower Piddle Valley

"alba" Wagtail - 230 West Bay

Blackcap - 19 Lower Piddle Valley

Chiffchaff - 50 Hengistbury Hd.

Chaffinch - 756 West Bay

Greenfinch - 39 West Bay

Siskin - 719 West Bay, 11 east Lytchett Bay

Linnet - 1325 West Bay

Redpoll - 82 West Bay, 3 Lower Piddle Valley

Crossbill - 49 West Bay

Reed Bunting - 17 West Bay, 3 Lower Piddle Valley

Sunday 5th October 2025

Whooper Swan - 1 found with Mute Swans Christchurch Hbr.

Cattle Egret - 3 Carey

Great White Egret - 4 Lodmoor RSPB

Glossy Ibis - 1 Stoborough Heath NNR, 1 Arne Moor (seen from Sleep Heath), 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Spoonbill - 100+ Brownsea Lagoon

White-tailed Eagle - 3 off Holton Heath in the Wareham Channel.

Hobby - 1+ Lodmoor RSPB

Little Stint - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Curlew Sandpiper - 8 Middlebere, 2 Lodmoor RSPB

Ruff - 2 Swineham Pt.

Green Sandpiper - 1 Bardolf Farm

Spotted Redshank - 4 Middlebere

Caspian Gull - 1 1st/w Lodmoor RSPB

Crossbill - 30 Wareham Forest

Glossy Ibis - Lodmoor RSPB © Colin Chainey

Wheatear - Highcliffe Beach © Clinton Whale

Saturday 4th October 2025

Sooty Shearwater - 1 south Chesil Cove

Cattle Egret - 31 with cattle off Carey Road

Spoonbill - 100+ Brownsea Lagoon

Glossy Ibis - 1 in off sea Medford Quay, 1 west p.m. Stanpit Marsh

Merlin - 1 Portland Bill

Curlew Sandpiper - 7 Middlebere, 2 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Stanpit Marsh

Long-tailed Skua - 1 juv. west past Portland Bill

Yellow-legged Gull - 1 ad Holes Bay

House Martin - 1 over Stanpit Marsh

Wheatear - 4 Crouch Hill Stanpit

Rock Pipit - Highcliffe Beach © Clinton Whale

Friday 3rd October 2025

Red-breasted Merganser - 3 Ower Bay
Black-necked Grebe - 2 Poole Harbour
Curlew Sandpiper - 8 at Middlebere this evening, 1 still on West Scrape at Lodmoor RSPB
Greenshank - 5 Wareham Channel
Spotted Redshank - 2 in Wareham Channel
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 in Wareham Channel seen from BoPH Autumn Safari cruise this afternoon
Arctic Skua - 3 past Durlston CP
Balearic Shearwater - 1 past Durlston CP
Glossy Ibis - 1 in Wareham Channel seen from BoPH Autumn Safari cruise
Spoonbill -  116 Brownsea Lagoon

Crossbills, yesterday in Wareham Forest © John Bishop

 

Thursday 2nd October 2025

Pink-footed Goose - juvenile still on East Lake at Silverlake
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Middlebere, 2 on West Scrape at Lodmoor RSPB
Glossy Ibis - 1 on Postbox Pool at Lodmoor RSPB this morning
Pomarine Skua - 1 past Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill
Spoonbill -  30 Brownsea Island this morning
Cattle Egret - 126 left the roost at Abbotsbury Swannery early morning
Red Kite - 1 Ashmore
Hobby - 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Wryneck - 1 still in Long Field at Hengistbury Head
Redwing - 1 noc-migged over Oakwood (Poole) last night
Siberian Lesser Whitethroat - 1 still at Portland Bill

Stonechat, Highcliffe © Clinton Whale

 

Wednesday 1st October 2025

Pink - footed Goose - 1 juv on East Lake Silverlake

Common Scoter - 2 Studland Bay

Black-necked Grebe - 1 Wareham Channel

Ruff - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Curlew Sandpiper - 6 Middlebere, 1 Lodmoor RSPB west scrape

Little Stint - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Little Gull - 1 Lodmoor RSPB 

Glossy Ibis - 1 Lodmoor RSPB Postbox Pool

Spoonbill 115 still on Brownsea Lagoon DWT, 2 Middlebere

Cattle egret - 1 Wick Water Meadows Christchurch

Great White Egret, 4 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Middlebere, 1 over Ham Common

Wryneck - 1 West Cliff end of Barleycrates Portland, 1 Long Field Hengisbury Head, 1 in private garden Portesham

Merlin - 1 Harland Moor

Hobby - 2 Radipole Lake RSPB, 1 Arne Moor, 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Bearded Tit - 10 Radipole RSPB, 3 Lodmoor RSPB

Whinchat - 1 Durlston CP

Wheatear - 2 Greenlands Farm Studland, 1 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Highcliffe Beach, 1 Peveril Point

Tree Pipit - 2 Middlebere

Hawfinch - 1 long Meadow Durlston CP

Lesser Redpoll - 20 Hengisbury Head, 5 Greenlands Farm

Cirl Bunting - 1 Durlston CP

Wheatear - Hengisbury Head © Clinton Whale

Pink footed Goose - Silverlake © Paul Harris

Wryneck - Private Garden Portesham
©  Angela Passells

Tuesday 30th September 2025

Black-necked Grebe - 1 Wareham Channel

Ruff - 1 flew in through Christchurch Harbour entrance

Curlew Sandpiper - 6 Middlebere, 1 Lodmoor RSPB west scrape

Spoonbill - 115 Brownsea Lagoon DWT New County record

Great White Egret - 2 Middlebere

Wryneck - 1 Portland Bill coast path near Barleycrates still

Hobby - 3 over Slepe Heath, 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Woodlark - 3 Pentridge Down, 1 over Weston street Portland

Garden Warbler - 1 The Wick Christchurch Harbour

Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Pentridge Down

Wheatear - 5 Hengisbury Head, 3 Greenlands Farm Studland, 2 Swyre Head, 

Yellowhammer - 30 Pentridge Down

Kingfisher - Middlebere © Garry Hayman

Monday 29th September 2025

Mandarin Duck - 1 Sunnyside

Ruff - 1 Swineham Stilt pool

Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Swineham Stilt Pool, 1 South Haven by houseboats, 1 Lodmoor RSPB west scrape

Little Stint - 1 Swineham Stilt pool

Spotted Redshank - 1 Hengisbury Head

Black Tern - 1 Sherbourne Lake

Spoonbill - 93 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Cattle Egret - 8 Abbotsbury Swannery

Great White Egret - 3 Swineham roost, 1 Hatch Pond

White tailed Eagle - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 flew east over Sandbanks

Wryneck - 1 West cliff coastpath N of Barleycrates Portland Bill

Redpoll - 15 flew N over South Haven

YELLOW - BROWED BUNTING - 1 first cy male trapped and ringed at Abbotsbury Swannery

Yellow - browed Bunting - Abbotsbury Swannery 
 © @joestockwell.bsky.social

Wryneck - Portland Bill © Alan Membury

Wryneck - Portland Bill © Alan Membury

Sunday 28th September 2025

Brent Goose - 32 The Fleet at Moonfleet

Goldeneye - 1 Longham Lakes South lake

Black necked Grebe - 1 Wareham Channel

Ruff -2 Swineham Pools, 2 Brownsea, 1 Arne Moor

Curlew Sandpiper - 4 Swineham Pools, Stilt pool 1 Radipole RSPB

Little Stint - 2 Swineham pool Stilt Pool 

Caspian Gull - 1 1st winter West Bexington

White Stork - 1 over Radipole Lake RSPB & flew west

Glossy ibis - 2 Over Arne Moor, 1 Lodmoor RSPB Postbox pool, 1 over Portland Bill & flew North

Spoonbill - 108 Brownsea Lagoon DWT (County record count) 

Cattle Egret - 30 Abbotsbury Swannery fields, 3 Longham Lake Waterworks

Great White Egret - 2 Longham Lakes, 2 Longham Lakes Waterworks, 1 Hatch Pond

White tailed Eagle - 1 over river Frome Wareham

Wryneck - 1 Portland Bill from Coast path north of Barleycrates

Grasshopper Warbler - 1 The Fleet at Moonfleet

Lesser Whitethroat (poss Siberian) - 1 Trapped & ringed at Portland Obs

Ring Ouzel - 2 Middlebere track, 1 West Bexington

Wheatear - 7 West Bexington

Curlew Sandpiper - Swineham Pools © Garry Hayman

Little Stint - Swineham Pools © Garry Hayman

Saturday 27th September 2025

Velvet Scoter - 1west past Durslton CP
Common Scoter - 13 past Durlston CP
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Wareham Channel
Avocet - c300 Brownsea Lagoon
Grey Plover - 5 Brownsea lagoon
Knot - 16 Brownsea Lagoon
Ruff - 2 Stilt / Curlew Pools, Swineham, 1 Stanpit Bight
Curlew Sandpiper - 3 Stilt / Curlew Pools, Swineham, 1 Chesil Cove, 1 still from Radipole VC
Little Stint - 3 Stilt / Curlew Pools, Swineham
Green Sandpiper - 1 Stilt Pools, Swineham, 1 Wick Meadows
Cormorant - 655 into Poole Harbour
Spoonbill - 93 Brownsea Lagoon, 15+ Shipstal Pt, Arne RSPB
Bittern - 1 over Stilt Pools, Swineham
LITTLE BITTERN - 1 sound recorded over Southdown Road, Weymouth
Great White Egret - 2 Middlebere
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Silverlake, 1 Poole Harbour, 1 over Christchurch Harbour
Short-eared Owl - 3 Portland Bill, 1 Coombefield, 1 over Arne RSPB
Wryneck - 1 West Cliff path, nth of end of Barleycrates Lane
Merlin - 1 St. Aldhem's Head, 1 Middlebere
Dartford Warbler - 1 Silverlake
Firecrest - 1 Arne RSPB
Ring Ouzel - 2 Middlebere, 1 Durlston CP
Spotted Flycatcher - 2 St. Aldhem's Head


 

Sandwich Terns, Lodmoor RSPB © Phil Cheeseman

Chiffchaff, Lodmoor RSPB © Tim Ballard

Woodlark, Silverlake © Paul Harris

Friday 26th September 2025

Pintail - 18 Middlebere, 10 Holes Bay, 3 Brands Bay
Cuckoo - 1 juv still sth of Maiden Castle
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Avocet - 400+ Middlebere, 200+ Brownsea Lagoon
Bar-tailed Godwit - 1 Middlebere
Ruff - 1 Curlew Pools, Swineham
Curlew Sandpiper - 6 Middlebere, 2 Curlew Pools, Swineham, 1 Rock Lea Viewpoint, 1  Radipole RSPB
Little Stint - 2 still Stilt Pools, Swineham
Common Sandpiper - 1 PC World Drain
Green Sandpiper - 1 Middlebere
Spotted Redshank - 1 still from Rock Lea Viewpoint
Greenshank - 5 Middlebere
Sandwich Tern - 6 Poole Harbour
Glossy Ibis - 9 French's Pool, Lytchett Fields, 1 Middlebere, 1 east from Abbotsbury Swannery
Cattle Egret - 20+ Fordington Meadows, 14 Wareham Common
Spoonbill - 82 Brownsea Lagoon, 27 Shipstal Point, Arne RSPB
Great White Egret - 3 Middlebere, 2 Radipole RSPB
Osprey - 1 Middlebere
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Middlebere
Kingfisher - 1 from Stone Bench, Holes Bay, 1 Middlebere, 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Whinchat - 1 Maiden Castle
Wheatear - 1 Maiden Castle

Yesterday: -

Marsh Tit - 1 Kingcombe Meadows
Dipper - 1 Maiden Newton, 1 Kingcombe Meadows

Little Owl, Portland Bill © Russell Parrett

Dartford Warbler, Arne RSPB © Damien Weston

Grey Wagtail, River Piddle, Wareham © Tony Furnell

 

Thursday 25th September 2025

Pink-footed Goose - 1 juv still Abbotsbury Swannery
Common Scoter - 3 off Durlston CP
Goosander - 1 redhead on River Frome, Woodsford
Cuckoo - 1 juv south of Maiden Castle
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 still from VS Radipole RSPB, 1 Lytchett Fields, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Little Stint - 5 still Ferrybridge, 2 Swineham Pools, 1 Lytchett Fields
Grey Phalarope - 1 west past Portland Bill
Sandwich Tern - 1 close in Newton's Cove
Glossy Ibis - 7 on French's Pool, Lytchett Fields
Spoonbill - 93 again Brownsea Lagoon, 61 Wareham Channel
Cattle Egret - 5 Holmebridge
Great White Egret - 5 nth from Radipole RSPB, 2 still Radipole RSPB, 1 Holton Shoreline, 1 Middlebere
Osprey - 3 on Chesil Beach, 1 sth over Portland Bird Obs
Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail sth past Blacknor
Red Kite - 3 over Chesil Beach, 1 over Hogs Hill
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Keysworth, 1 nth from Christchurch Harbour, 1 juv type over Wareham Channel
House Martin - 1500+ over Durlston CP
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Canford Heath
Whinchat - 1f Maiden Castle
Wheatear - 7 Maiden Castle
Tree Pipit - 1 sth of Maiden Castle
Crossbill - 62 over Ballard Down
Siskin - 723 over Ballard Down

Curlew Sandpiper, Radipole RSPB © Phil Cheeseman

Red Kite, Maiden Castle © Alan Membury

Cuckoo juvenile, Maiden Castle © Colin Chainey

 

Wednesday 24th September 2025

Pink-footed Goose - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery in the lower meadows (Ditchmoor) west of the Swannery this evening
Green Sandpiper - 2 on Stilt Pools at Swineham, 1 South Haven
Curlew Sandpiper - 8 Brownsea Lagoon, 1 Radipole Lake RSPB from Visitor Centre, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Little Stint - 2 on Stilt Pools at Swineham, 1 Ferrybridge
Glossy Ibis - 5 Lytchett Fields RSPB on French's Pool this afternoon, 4 at Wick Hams on Hengistbury Head, 4 Lytchett Bay from Rock Lea Viewpoint, 1 over Stanpit
Spoonbill -  93 Brownsea Island and 1 at Swineham (a new Poole Harbour record)
Cattle Egret - 8+ behind London Road garages in Dorchester
Great White Egret - 9 Radipole Lake RSPB, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Red Kite - 1 Hurn Airport
Wryneck - 1 retrapped at Crown Estates Field at PBO, 1 Durlston CP
Firecrest - 4 Hengistbury Head Wood, 2 Osmington Mills this morning
Pied Flycatcher  - 1 Durlston CP
Siskin - 450 in 2 hours over South Haven this morning

Little Egret, Lodmoor RSPB © Joe Kaplonek

Dartford Warbler, Highcliffe © Clinton Whale