Tuesday 11th November 2025

Spotted Redshank - 1 Middlebere, 1 Lytchett Fields
Black-Throated Diver - 1 Sandbanks
Glossy Ibis - 12 Swineham
Spoonbill - 14 off Otter Point Lytchett Bay
Cattle Egret - 15 in fields opposite the entrance to Kingston Maurwood College
Hen Harrier - 1 Ringtail Top Fields, Portland
Red Kite - 1 Middlebere
Merlin - 1 Middlebere
Yellow-Browed Warbler - 1 Wakeham Railways Cuttings
Black Redstart - 1 St Marys Churchyard, Wareham

            Hen Harrier. Portland © D.Saunders

Monday 10th November 2025

Velvet Scoter - 6 Flew East viewed from Kimmeridge
Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Hen Harrier - 1 Ringtail Kimmeridge
Red Kite - 2 Tarrant Rushton Airfield
Pallas's Warbler - 1 Peveril Point, North end of Peveril Down Wood, 1 Durlston C100m west of castle.
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Ringed Abbotsbury Swannery.  Swannery closed for winter, view only from public footpaths. Do not walk south-east of Tank Traps on beach.
Black Redstart - 1 Wareham. Mellstock Cresent.



        Glossy Ibis. Stanpit Marsh. © Scott Usher

     Velvet Scoter. Kimmeridge © James Leaver

Sunday 9th November 2025

Pink footed Goose - 1 Longham Lakes

Black necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes

Ruff - 1 Lower Piddle flood fields Swineham

Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Bay

Purple Sandpiper - 3 Sandspit Groynes Hegisbury Head

Spotted Redshank - 2 Lower Piddle flood fields Swineham

Yellow-legged Gull - 2 Longham Lakes, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery closed for winter

Glossy Ibis - 1 Christchurch Harbour

Spoonbill - 10 Shipstal Point Arne RSPB

Cattle Egret - c50 Keysworth Ware Channel, 41 Christchurch Harbour, 25 Holmebridge

Great White Egret - 8 Longham Lakes, 1 Wareham Common

Hen Harrier - 1 over Crown Estate field Portland Bill, 1 in off the sea Hengisbury Head

Red Kite - 2 Lower Piddle flood fields Swineham

White tailed Eagle - 3 off Chapmans Pool, 2 Lower Piddle flood fields Swineham

Swallow - 1 Holmebridge

Yellow-browed Warbler - 2 Private gardens Wakeham

Pallas's Warbler - 1 Perveril Point copse,  1 Durlston CP, 1 trapped & ringed at Crown Estate field Portland Bill

Redwing - 48 Watton Hill Bridport

Black Redstart - 1 West Bay

Stonechat - Highcliffe Beach ©  Clinton Whale

White tailed Eagle - Lower Piddle Flood Fields Swineham
©   Garry Hayman

Saturday 8th November 2026

Whooper Swan - 1 in fields nr Kingston Maurward

Wood Pigeon - 30,560 West Bay, 26120, St Aldhems Point, 13055 Constitution Hill Poole, 9500 Hengisbury Head

Black-necked Grebe - 1 Wareham Channel

Golden Plover - 500 Lodmoor RSPB

Ruff - 1 Lower Piddle floods Swineham

Purple Sandpiper - 5 Hengisbury Head

Spotted Redshank - 5 Lower Piddle Floods Swineham

Black Throated Diver - 1 through Poole Harbour Mouth

Glossy Ibis - 8 River Frome Floods Swineham

Spoonbill - 15 Shipstal Point Arne RSPB

Cattle Egret - 50 River Frome Floods Swineham

Great White Egret - 4 Lower Piddle Floods Swineham, 3 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Wareham Channel

Hen Harrier - 1 River Piddle  Valley Carey, 1 Swineham Point, 1 Helens Field Portland

Red Kite - 1 Over Broadwey

White tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel, 1 Encombe

Short-eared Owl - 1 Wyke Regis

Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Peveril Point Copse, 1 Rodwell Drive Weymouth, 1 Wakeham Railway Cuttings

Pallas's Warbler - 1 Peveril Point Copse

Siberian Chiff Chaff - 1 trapped & ringed in Crown Estate field Portland

Black Redstart - 2 Peveril Point RNLI Stn

Tree Sparrow - 2 Hengisbury Head Vis Mig

Water Pipit - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Brambling - 11 Hengisbury Head Vis Mig, 1 Est Bay

Hawfinch - 1 St Aldhelms Head

Snow Bunting - 1 East Cliff pumping station Portland, 1 Hengisbury Head Vis Mig

Snow Bunting - East Cliff Portland  ©  Alan Membury

Spotted Redshank - Lower Piddle Floods Swineham
©  Garry Hayman

Friday 7th November 2025

Whooper Swan - 1 SW of Dorchester (fields by A35).
Egyptian Goose - 5 over Moreton.
BAIKAL TEAL - 1 male Abbotsbury Swannery. (Swannery now closed for winter; view only 

     from public rights of way. Note, there is no right of way SE of tank traps on beach.)
Golden Plover - 1 Durlston CP.
Ruff - 1 Swineham.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Swineham.
Greenshank - 2 Swineham.
Spotted Redshank - 2 Swineham.
Great White Egret - 1 Swineham.
Cattle Egret - 1 Swineham.
White-tailed Eagle - 3 Wareham Channel, 1-2 Christchurch Harbour.
Marsh Harrier - 3 Swineham, 2+ Christchurch Harbour.
Wood Pigeon - 4900 Durlston CP, 4750+ over Portland (New Ground), 4390 over Upton.
Stock Dove - 1890 Durlston CP, 305 over Portland (New Ground).
Swallow - 23 W past Durlston CP.
Black Redstart - 1 Portland Bill.
Ring Ouzel - 1 Portland (New Ground).
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Portland (Wakeham).
Pallas's Warbler - 1 Peveril Down, 1 Peveril Point.
Firecrest - 3 Durlston CP.
Brambling - 57 Durlston CP, 32 Portland (New Ground), 2 Upton.
Crossbill - 21 Durlston CP.
Hawfinch - 1 Durlston CP.
Snow Bunting - 1 Portland East Cliffs, 1 over Portland (New Ground).

Sparrowhawk and Collared Dove, Verwood © Sam Jones.

Pallas's Warbler, Peveril Point cottage gardens © Rob Johnson

Thursday 6th November 2025

Pink-footed Goose -1 still at Longham Lakes

Goosander - 13 on West Lake at Silverlake this evening
PALLID SWIFT - 1 over Top Fields at Portland
Stock Dove - 590 over Durlston CP, 105 over Hengistbury this morning, 34 over West Bay this morning

Woodpigeon - 31,000 over Durlston CP,  21,250 over Hengistbury, 1,710 over West Bay this morning
Grey Plover - 2 Brownsea Lagoon
Ruff - 1 Lower Piddle Valley (Swineham) 
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lower Piddle Valley (Swineham)
Greenshank - 19 Brownsea Lagoon, 3 Lower Piddle Valley (Swineham)
Green Sandpiper - 1 Curlew Pools (Swineham)
Arctic Skua - 1 Hengistbury Head

Glossy Ibis - 12 in field west of Sunnyside Farm and later at Bestwell Meadows (Swineham), 1 left Hengistbury roost
Spoonbill - 4 Brownsea Lagoon
Cattle Egret -74 Bestwell Meadows (Swineham), 5 left Hengistbury roost 
Great White Egret - 2 Lower Piddle Valley, 1 Middlebere, 1 from Wareham bypass
Red Kite - 1 Up Cerne (near Cerne Abbas)
Goshawk - 1 Slepe Heath 
Woodlark - 2 over Durlston CP
Pallas's Warbler - 1 at Littlesea Wood (The Fleet), 1 Hogchester Farm NR (please keep to public footpaths)
Firecrest - 1 North Bestwell Wood (Swineham), 1 Durlston CP, 1 trapped & ringed at Lytchett Bay
Black Redstart - 1 Bridport, 1 East Fleet, 1 Milborne St Andrew
Chaffinch - 980 over Hengistbury, 735 over West Bay, 590 over Durlston CP, 
Goldfinch - 1,300 over Hengistbury this morning, 430 over Durlston CP, 186 over West Bay this morning
Brambling - 80 over Durlston CP, 78 over Hengistbury, 7 over West Bay
Redpoll - 205 over Hengistbury, 85 over Durlston CP,  10 over West Bay this morning
Linnet - 890 over Durlston CP, 435 over Hengistbury
Siskin - 265 over Hengistbury,115 over Durlston CP,  6 over West Bay this morning
Crossbill - 210 over Durlston CP, 36 over Hengistbury this morning
Hawfinch -  3 over Durlston CP, 2 over Hengistbury this morning
Snow Bunting - 1 on Portland at East Cliffs, Southwell
Cirl Bunting - 2 Camp Road (Wyke Regis), 1 trapped & ringed at Hogchester Farm NR
BLACK-FACED BUNTING - 1 trapped & ringed at PBO Crown Estate Field this morning but not seen since

Wednesday 5th November 2025

Pink-footed Goose - 2 Silverlake, 1 Longham Lakes.
Egyptian Goose - 4 Ridge (west of Sunnyside Farm).
Goldeneye - 1 Longham Lakes.
Mandarin Duck - 1 Silverlake.
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes.
Grey Plover - 10 Brownsea Island.
Golden Plover - 8+ Lodmoor.
Knot - 2 Brownsea Island.
Black-tailed Godwit - 826 Lytchett Fields.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Silverlake.
Glossy Ibis - 12 Ridge (west of Sunnyside Farm).
Spoonbill - 38 Brownsea Island.
Great White Egret - 6 Longham Lakes.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Swallow - 3 Hengistbury Head.
Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Black Redstart - 1 Wareham (Bells Orchard Lane area).
Firecrest - 6 Hengistbury Head, 1 Durlston CP.
Brambling - 19 Durlston CP, 2 Hengistbury Head.
Crossbill - 10+ Bovington Camp tank viewing area.

Rock Pipit, Lyme Regis © Helen Wood

Grey Wagtail, Highcliffe © Clinton Whale

Tuesday 4th November 2025

Barnacle Goose - 4 Rodden Hive.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Middlebere.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Swineham.
Razorbill - 7200 W past Durlston CP.
Glossy Ibis - 12 Ridge.
Spoonbill - 21+ Holes Bay.
Cattle Egret - 47 Holmebridge.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Stanpit.
Red Kite - 1 Swineham.
Merlin - 1 Durlston CP.
Swallow - 14 Durlston CP, 6 Hengistbury Head.
House Martin - 2 Durlston CP.
Firecrest - 3 Durlston CP, 2 Wick.
Brambling - 19 Durlston CP, 2 Hengistbury Head.
Crossbill - 110 Durlston CP, 3 Hengistbury Head.

Cattle Egret, Holmebridge © Garry Hayman

Glossy Ibis, Ridge © Garry Hayman

Spotted Redshank, Middlebere © Garry Hayman

Monday 3rd November 2025

Pink-footed Goose - 2 Silverlake.
Spotted Redshank - 2 Wareham Channel.
Yellow-legged Gull - 2 Silverlake.
Little Gull - 1 W past Durlston CP.
Great Skua - 1 past Portland Bill.
Razorbill - 1500+ W past Durlston CP.
Red-throated Diver - 1 W past Durlston CP, 1 off Goathorn Point.
Sooty Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill.
Spoonbill - 9 Wareham Channel, 8 Lytchett Bay.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Rempstone.
Marsh Harrier - 4+ Wareham Channel, 1 Wick.
Red Kite - 1 Silverlake.
Swallow - 12 W past Durlston CP.
House Martin - 2 W past Durlston CP.
Firecrest - 3 Durlston CP.
Brambling - 25 W past Durlston CP.
Crossbill - 35 W past Durlston CP.
Cirl Bunting - 1 St Aldhelm's Head.
Snow Bunting - 1 Portland East Cliffs.

Turnstone, Highcliffe © Clinton Whale.

Sunday 2nd November 2025

Grey Partridge - 15 Blackbush Down, nr. Pentridge
Brent Goose - 2 Pale-bellied among 727 Dark-bellied, Ferrybridge
Pink-footed Goose -2 still Silverlake
BAIKAL TEAL - 1 still Abbotsbury Swannery, view only from Public Footpaths 

Goosander - 1 Silverlake
Red-breasted Merganser - 1 past North Haven into Poole Harbour
Stock Dove -350 over Hengistbury head

Woodpigeon - 18,500 over Hengistbury Head
Grey Plover - 2 Ferrybridge, 
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Common Sandpiper - 2 South Lake, Silverlake
Green Sandpiper - 1 Silverlake
Red-throated Diver - 1 off Poole Quay
Great Northern Diver - 1 on sea off Beach House Cafe

Glossy Ibis - 12 towards Wareham from Swineham, 1 from roost Hengistbury Head
Spoonbill - 30 off Shipstal Point, 7 Holes Bay
Cattle Egret - 9 over Stanpit Marsh
Great White Egret - 6 Longham Lakes, 1 Silverlake, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Red Kite - 11 over Downs SW of Pentridge, 2 over Lower Piddle Valley
Marsh Tit - 1 on feeders Thorncombe Wood, VC
Woodlark - 9 Bottle Brush Down, nr. Pentridge
Pallas's Warbler - 1 Peveril Point, Swanage, 1 still Avalanche Road Hump
Firecrest - 1 Avalanche Road Hump
Wheatear - 1 Ferrybridge
Water Pipit - 2 still Lytchett Fields
Snow Bunting - 1 still in long grass at north end of Knoll Beach
Yellowhammer - 30 Bottlebrush Down, nr. Pentridge 

 

Pallas's Warbler, Avalanche Road Hump © Steven Carey

 

Marsh Harrier, Stanpit Marsh © Scott Usher

Kestel, Portland Bill © Mazz Blehs

Curlew, Holes Bay © Tina Dawkins

Saturday 1st November 2025

Pink-footed Goose - 2 again Silverlake
Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery, possibly viewable from Public Footpaths
Ruff -1 on Lower Piddle Floods
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 still West Scrapes, Lodmoor RSPB
Purple Sandpiper - 1 still Portland Bill
Grey Phalarope - 1 off Chesil Cove
Spotted Redshank - 4 Lytchett Fields, 2 Holes Bay NE
Greenshank - 6 Lytchett Fields
Caspian Gull - 1 1st yr with Gull flock, Culverwell, 1 past Portland Bill
Yellow- legged Gull -1 3rd winter & 1 adult Silverlake
Sandwich Tern - 1 off Portland Castle
Red-throated Diver - 1 sth past Chesil Cove
Spoonbill - 31 Brownsea Lagoon, 2 Holes Bay
Great White Egret - 1 Middlebere
Red Kite - 2 over Swineham
White-tailed Eagle - 3 Swineham / Arne Moors
Merlin - 2 Hartland Moor, 1 Lytchett Bay
Pallas's Warbler - 1 still Avalanche Road Hump
Firecrest - 1 Avalanche Road Hump
Water Pipit - 1 Silverlake

Red Kite - Tarrant Rushfield Airfield © William Morris

Snipe, Lodmoor RSPB © Phil Cheeseman

Curlew Sandpiper, Lodmoor RSPB © Phyl England

Friday 31st October 2025

BAIKAL TEAL - 1 still Chesil Shoreline, only view from tank traps on Chesil Beach
Common Scoter - 2 off Mudeford, 2 off Round Island, 1f Littlesea, The Fleet
Red-breasted Merganser - 24 off Round Island, 9 Littlesea, The Fleet
Black-necked Grebe - 1 South Lake, Longham Lakes
Avocet - 500 Brownsea Lagoon, 50 Holes Bay
Grey Plover - 2 Stanpit Marsh
Whimbrel - 1 Lynch Cove, The Fleet
Bar-tailed Godwit - 3 in paddock, nr. Bridging Camp
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 still Middlebere, 1 still West Scrape, Lodmoor RSPB
Purple Sandpiper - 3 Hengistbury Head, 1 Portland Bill
Spotted Redshank - 1 Middlebere
Greenshank - 5 Brownsea Lagoon
Razorbill - c18k Durlston CP seawatch
Guillemot - c2k Durlston CP seawatch
Red-throated Diver - 1 1cy off Mudeford Quay
Black-throated Diver - 1 west over Poole Quay
Sooty Shearwater - 1 east over Bridging Camp, The Fleet
Manx Shearwater - 1 off Cheyne Cliff, Portland
Spoonbill - 31 Brownsea Lagoon, 5 Holes Bay, 2 Silverlake
Bittern - 1 over reeds towards Postbox Pool, Lodmoor RSPB
Cattle Egret - 1 Holes Bay
Red Kite - 2 Swineham
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Brands Bay
Kingfisher - 2 Lynch Cove, The Fleet, 1 Holes Bay
Pallas's Warbler - 1 The Hump, Avalanche Road
Black Redstart - 1 Reap Lane, in ploughed field
Snow Bunting - 1 still Studland Bay, by main path to nudist beach

Purple Sandpipers, Hengistbury Head © Paul Watts

Grey Wagtail, Poole © Tony Furnell

Greylag Geese, Poole Park © Tina Dawkins

 

Thursday 30th October 2025

Barnacle Goose - 4 Rodden Hive
Goldeneye - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 still West Scrapes, Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Christchurch Harbour
Great Northern Diver - 1 briefly Christchurch Harbour
Great White Egret - 3 still Lodmoor RSPB
Marsh Harrier - 4 Swineham
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel
Bee-Eater - 1 past Durlston CP
Merlin - 2 Hartland Moor
Woodlark - 1 Rodden Hive
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 old Civic Buildings, Christchurch Harbour
Ring Ouzel - 1m in Eastern Quarry, Portland
Richard's Pipit - 1 west past West Bay
Water Pipit - 5 trapped & ringed Lytchett Fields RSPB
Redpoll - 72 past West Bay
Crossbill - 19 past West Bay, 2 Canford Heath
Snow Bunting - 1 on beach near main footpath, Studland Bay

Yesterday :-

Sooty Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill

Goosander, River Stour © Mandy Lennox-Gordon

Green Woodpecker, Woodville, N. Dorset © John Bishop

Great White Egret, Longham Lakes © Ann Baldwin

 

Wednesday 29th October 2025

Common Scoter - 26 off Hengistbury Hd, 2 Off Pottery Pier Brownsea Is.

Velvet Scoter - 2 off Hengistbury Hd.

Red-breasted Merganser - 1 Poole Hbr 

Red-throated Diver - 1 past Hengistbury Hd.

Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Spoonbill - 26 Brownsea lagoon, 7 Arne RSPB, 3 Holes Bay

White-tailed Eagle - 1 over Wareham Channel

Merlin - 1 male Middlebere

Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Middlebere, 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Green Sandpiper - 5 Lytchett Fields, 1 Swineham Meadows

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 on Stilt Pools Lower Frome.

Greenshank - 11 Brownsea Lagoon

Grey Phalarope - 1 Shell Bay

Sandwich Tern - 4 Poole Hbr

Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Black Redstart - 1 Swanage 

Chaffinch - 95 Hengistbury Hd.

Brambling - 1 Hengistbury Hd.

Goldfinch - 135 Goldfinch

Siskin - 54 Hengistbury Hd.

Linnet - 105 Hengistbury Hd.

Redpoll - 158 Hengistbury Hd.

Hawfinch - 1 west over Durlston CP

Lapwing - Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Tuesday 28th October 2025

Scaup - 3 1st/w Abbotsbury Swannery

Goosander - 5 Lytchett Bay, 1 River Stour

Baikal Teal - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Black-necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes

Cattle Egret - 42 West Holme, 6 Wareham Common,1 Holes Bay

Great White Egret - 4 Lodmoor RSPB

Glossy - 1 Wareham South Causeway

Spoonbill - 40 Shipstal Arne RSPB, 15 Middlebere, 5 Holes Bay NE.

Red Kite - 1 Wareham Common, 1 Tarrant Rushton

White-tailed Eagle - 4 between Middlebere & Wareham Channel

Golden Plover - c250 Lodmoor RSPB

Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Green Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Short-eared Owl - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Swallow - 3 Blackers Hole

Pied Wagtail - 40 Hengistbury Hd.

Black Redstart - 1

Chaffinch - 22 Hengistbury Hd,

Brambling - 1 Hengistbury Hd., 1 over Carey

Siskin - 15 Hengistbury Hd.

Redpoll - 55 Hengistbury Hd.

Monday 27th October 2025

Greater Scaup - 1 flew past West Bay

Goosander - 9 juv. Silverlake

Spoonbill - 25+ Shipstal Arne RSPB, 7 Holes Bay

Red Kite - 1 West  Bay

White-tailed Eagle - 1 over Arne RSPB

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Greenshank - 11 Lytchett Fields

Kittiwake - 10+ off Durlston CP.

Woodpigeon - 20,010 West Bay, c10,000 Hengistbury Hd, 400 Hatch Pond, 1770 South Haven

Swallow - 2 Balard Down, 1 Durlston CP.

Black Redstart - 1 fem Wild Woodbury car park

Crossbill - 31 West Bay, 5 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 2 Canford Heath, 2 Hatch Pond

Wheatear - Highcliffe © Clinton Whale

Sunday 26th October 2025

Pink-footed Geese - 2 Arne Moors RSPB (No public access) View from Slepe Heath.

Barnacle Geese - 4 Rodden Hive

Dark-bellied Brent Geese - c10 Brownsea Lagoon

Common Scoter - 8 on the sea Hengistbury Hd.

Velvet Scoter - 2 on the sea Hengistbury Hd.

Cattle Egret - 2+- Shillingstone

Red Kite - 1 Shillingstone, 1 Corfe Mullen

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Wareham Channel

Merlin - 1 River Piddle mouth.

Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Greenshank - 14 Brownsea Lagoon

Mediterranean Gull - 80 Christchurch Hbr.

Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Arne RSPB (by the cafe)

Richard's Pipit - 1 west over Portland Bill

Ring Ouzel - 1 off The Batters

Brambling - 2 Arne RSPB

Linnet - Highcliffe Cliffs © Clinton Whale

Saturday 25th October 2025

Pale bellied Brent Goose - 5 Flew East off Hengisbury Head

Pink footed Goose - 2 Silverlake

Whooper Swan - 8 (2 ad + 6 juv) Cutcleaves Cove The Fleet

Eider - 1 off Hengisbury Head

Goosander - 2 Silverlake

Crane - 2 over Radipole Lake RSPB

Grey Plover - 2 Ferrybridge

Knot - 1 Ferrybridge

Woodcock - 1 over Double Dykes Hengisbury Head

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Red Kite - 1 Over Wareham Common, 1 over Upcerne, 1 over Corfe Mullen

Hobby - 1 Durlston CP

Woodlark - 3 over Durlston CP

Cetti's Warbler - 1 Durlston CP (rare here)

Black Redstart - 1 Easton Portland, 1 Peveril Point

Brambling - 4 Durlston CP, 2 Arne RSPB on the feeders, 1 over Hengisbury Head, 1 Over Carey secret gardens.

Hawfinch - 2 Durlston CP

Redpoll - 50 Durlston CP

Crossbill - 20+ Durlston CP

Yesterday - 4 Tree Sparrow at Durlston CP

Crane - Radipole Lake RSPB
©  Tracé & Allan Cooper

Friday 24th October 2025

BAIKAL TEAL -  1 Female-type still at Abbotsbury Swannery (Swannery now closed for winter and view only from public rights of way. Note there is no right of way SE of tank traps on beach.)

Velvet Scoter - 2 off Hengisbury Head flying west

Goldeneye - 1 Longham Lakes

Goosander - 5 River Frome at Woodsford north of the castle

Black-necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes

Green Sandpiper - 1 River Frome Woodsford

Spotted Redshank - 2 Brownsea Island Lagoon DWT

Cormorant - 1085 Brownsea Island Lagoon DWT

Great White Egret - 5 Longham Lakes

Glossy Ibis - 9 Swineham GP

Spoonbill - 56 Brownsea Island Lagoon DWT

Swallow - 2 Longham Lakes

Black Redstart - 3 Weymouth Citadal, 3 Bridport scout hut

Hawfinch - 1 Durlston CP

Thursday 23rd October 2025

BAIKAL TEAL -  1 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.) 

Scaup -  1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Velvet Scoter - 2 off Long Gryone Hengisbury Head

Cormorant - 897 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Bittern - 1 Swineham Gravel Pit this evening

Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Haven Littlesea Holiday park Wyke Regis

Ring Ouzel - 1 Durlston CP

Black Redstart - 1 West Bay

Whinchat - 1 Durlston CP

Turnstone - Highcliffe Cliff © Clinton Whale

Wednesday 22nd October 2025

Scaup - 3 Wareham channel seen from Ham Common VP, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

BAIKAL TEAL -  1 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.)

Black-necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes

Arctic Tern - 1 Weymouth Harbour

Spoonbill - 70 Bownsea Lagoon DWT

Great White Egret - 5 Longham Lakes, 2 Lodmoor RSPB

White tailed Eagle - 1 Circling over Corfe Mullen

Short eared Owl - 1 Over Thumb Lane and flew towards Weston

Hobby - 2 Brownsea Island

Yellow - browed Warbler - 1 Durlston CP in dell east of the castle

Chiff Chaff (Siberian) - 1 Jimmy's Yard off Reap Lane Portland

Ring Ouzel - 1 Fig tree Quarry Portland, 1 Durlston CP

Black Redstart - 1 Purewell Christchurch, 1 Reap Lane Portland, 1 1 Brandy Row Portland

Common Redstart - 1 North of Reap lane Portland

Wheatear - 2 Reap Lane Portland, 1 Portland Castle

Little Bunting - 1 Trapped and Ringed at East Fleet

Meadow Pipit - Woodville © John Bishop

Tuesday 21st 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.)
Greater Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery 
Goldeneye - 1 S. Lake Longham Lakes. Note car park is permit holders only.
Black-necked Grebe - 1 S. Lake Longham Lakes. Note car park is permit holders only.
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor
Arctic Tern - 1 Juvenile Weymouth Harbour
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields
Great White Egret - 1 Longham Lakes. Note car park is permit holders only.
Merlin - 1 West Bexington
Wryneck - 1 Still Obs quarry Portland
Ring Ouzel - 1 Pentridge
Black Redstart - 2 Charminster

Merlin. W.Bexington © Mike Morse

Juv Arctic Tern. Weymouth Harbour © Paul Harris

Monday 20th October 2025

Pink Footed Goose - 2 Adult Silverlake AM
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.)
Caspian Gull - 1 1cy Abbotsbury Swannery
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
White Tailed Eagle - 1 Poss Juvenile over Brownsea AM
Wryneck - 1 Obs Quarry Portland
Red-breasted Flycatcher - 1  still at Avalanche Road Hump (Portland)

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.