Wednesday 19th November 2025

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 2 Ferrybridge, among large number of Dark-bellied Brent Goose
Barnacle Goose - 4 in field nr. Rodden Hive
Pink-footed Goose - 2 Arne Moors, 1 still South Lake, Longham Lakes
Eider - 2 Portland Harbour, from Sandsfoot Castle
Goosander - 2 redheads The Fleet at Langton Hive Point
Great Bustard - 1 over Mudeford towards Stanpit Marsh
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Tidmoor Point
Avocet - 500+ Brownsea Lagoon
Golden Plover - 400+ nr Eggardon Hill, 48 Rainbarrow Farm
Grey Plover - 3 Tidmoor Point
Knot - 3 Ferrybridge
Spotted Redshank - 1 still Rock Lea Viewpoint
Greenshank - 5 Brownsea Lagoon
Glossy Ibis - 10 south of Wareham nr. Stoborough Causeway
Spoonbill - 12 still off Shipstal Point, 8 still Brownsea Lagoon
Great White Egret - 2 Stanpit Marsh
Marsh Harrier - 7 Swineham, 4 Radipole RSPB, 1 Langton Hive Point
Red Kite - 12 between Blandford & Shaftesbury, 2 to 4 Swineham
White-tailed Eagle - 1 imm. over West Compton
Firecrest - 1 Charminster
Black Redstart - 1 Ferrybridge VC, 1 Durlston CP
Dipper - 1 Lower Bockhampton
Crossbill - 6 Wareham Forest

Shelduck, Holes Bay © Allan Hansford

Snipe, Lodmoor RSPB © Mick Church

Snow Bunting, Baiter Park © Danni Dyson

 

Tuesday 18th November 2025

Whooper Swan - 1 Moonfleet, Langton Herring
BAIKAL TEAL - 1 still Abbotsbury Swannery, only view from Public Footpaths
Wigeon - 1255 Holes bay
Velvet Scoter - 1 west Hengistbury Head
Common Scoter - 6 off Middle Beach
Red-breasted Merganser - 27 off Jerry's Point
Black-necked Grebe - 2 off Middle Beach, 1 off Jerry's Point
Avocet - 178 Holes Bay
Green Sandpiper - 3 Magiston Cressbeds
Great Northern Diver - 3 off Jerry's Point, 1 off Middle Beach
Spoonbill - 8 Brownsea Lagoon
Cattle Egret - 27 Wareham Common
Red Kite - 6 over Sydling St. Nicholas, 2 over Magiston Cressbeds
White-tailed Eagle - 1 over Wareham Bypass
Merlin - 1f (or juv) Tarrant Rushton Airfiled, 1 over Wareham Bypass
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Fieldfare - 15 to 20 Tarrant Rushton Airfield
Redwing - 5 Tarrant Rushton Airfield
Black Redstart - 2 West Bay
Wheatear (presumed Northern) - 1 Wallisdown Waterworks
Water Pipit - 1 still Lytchett Fields RSPB
Crossbill - c10 close to Moors Valley VC

Yesterday: -

Purple Sandpiper - 5 Portland Bill
Black Redstart - 6 Portland

Curlew, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

House Sparrows, Holes Bay © Tina Dawkins

Kestrel, Portland © Phil Cheeseman

 

Monday 17th November 2025

Barnacle Goose - 3 Christchurch Harbour
Pink-Footed Goose - 1 still Longham Lakes, parking by permit only
Goosander - 2 Lytchett Bay
Red-breasted Merganser - 1 West Bay
Black-necked Grebe - 4 from hide West Bay
Golden Plover - 136 Lodmoor RSPB
Grey Plover - 9 Stanpit Marsh
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 off sea Christchurch Harbour
Purple Sandpiper - 1 West Bay
Spotted Redshank - 1 Salt Hurns
Red-throated Diver - 1 off West bay
Glossy Ibis - 10 still Swineham, 2 Lytchett Fields
Spoonbill - 6 Lytchett Bay
Cattle Egret - 29 from roost Christchurch Harbour
Great White Egret - 1 or 2 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 West Bay
Red Kite - 2 Tarrant Rushton Airfield, 1 West Bay, 1 over Sandford Lane Ind. Est.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Lytchett Fields, 1 imm. Abbotsbury, 1 Christchurch Hbr.
Short-eared Owl - 1 over sea at West Bay
Merlin - 1 Ferrybridge
Hooded Crow (or Hybrid) - nth over A35 Winterbourne Steepleton
HUMES LEAF WARBLER - 1 still copse by East Fleet Shoreline
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Middlebere Farm
Firecrest - 1 West Bexington, 1 in private garden Broadwey
Fieldfare - 22 Lytchett Fields, 15 Tarrant Rushton
Redwing - 74 on vismig Watton Hill, Bridport, 8 through Christchurch Harbour
Black Redstart - 1 West Bexington
Chaffinch - 554 over Ballard Down
Brambling - 74 over Ballard Down, 3 West Bay, 1f Arne RSPB
Twite - 1 NE over Portland Bird Observatory
Snow Bunting - 1 Baiter Park
Cirl Bunting - up to 6 West Bexington

Coot, Lodmoor RSPB © Mick Church

Goosander, River Frome, Lower Bockhampton © Colin Chainey

Short-eared Owl, North Dorset © Sharon Towning

 

Sunday 16th November 2025

Barnacle Goose - 5 River Frome, Woodsford
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE - 1 still Longham Lakes
Egyptian Goose - 51 River Frome, Woodsford
Pintail - 202 Brands Bay, 7 in at North Haven, 1 West Scrape, Lodmoor RSPB
Common Scoter - 5 off West Bay, 4 off Middle beach, Studland
Goosander - 1 River Frome, nr. Lower Bockhampton
Red-breasted Merganser - c50 between Central Poole Harbour & southern shores
Stock Dove - 331 over West Bay
Woodpigeon - 116,560 over West Bay, 2,000+ over Wyke Regis
Black-necked Grebe - 3 off Green Island, 3 Brands Bay, 1 South Lake, Longham Lakes, parking by permit
Grey Plover - 25 Stanpit Marsh, 8 Brands Bay
Knot - 5 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Brands Bay 
Purple Sandpiper - 2 West Bay
Green Sandpiper - 2 River Frome, Woodsford
Spotted Redshank - 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Little Gull - 1 towards Sandbanks
Red-throated Diver - 1 1st winter off Hamworthy Beach
Black-throated Diver - 1 into Polle Harbour
Glossy Ibis - 8 on Swineham Pools
Spoonbill - 16 Central Hbr, Poole, 18 Shipstal Pt, 6 from Rock Lea Viewpoint
Bittern - 1 over Swineham Marshes
Cattle Egret - 15 Piddle Valley
Great White Egret - 1 around Christchurch Harbour
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Poole Harbour
Merlin - 1 over Wick
Firecrest - 1 Thorncombe Wood, 1 from Brands Bay hide
Black Redstart - 1f on rocks at West Bay, 1 Pine View, Bridport
Brambling - 6 West Bay, 1 Hengistbury Head

Coal Tit, Charmouth © Pam Parsons

Oystercatcher, Holes Bay © Tina Dawkins

Skylark, Portland © Phil Cheeseman

 

Saturday 15th November 2025

Black-necked Grebe - 3 Portland Hbr (off Sandsfoot)

Great Northern Diver - 1east Hengistbury Hd.

Glossy Ibis - 12 Swineham Point

White-tailed Eagle - 1 over Christchurch Hbr (heading inland)

Red Kite - 1 over Pokesdown

Merlin - 1 Portland Bill

Golden Plover - 15 Ferrybridge

Kittiwake - 300 off Portland Bill

Mediterranean Gull - 1500 off Portland Bill

Caspian Gull - 1, 1cy Barn Bight Hengistbury.

Swallow - 1 Salt Hurns

Black Redstart - 3, Kimmeridge, 2 West Bay, 2 Damers Rd Dorchester, 2 Portland Bill, 1 Winterborne Steepleton, 

1 St Adhelm's Head, 1 Ferrybridge

Redwing - 13 Portland Bill

Pallas's Warbler - 1 Peveril Down Wood

Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Lodmoor RSPB (along central path)

HUME'S LEAF WARBLER - 1, Moonfleet (in copse near shoreline).

Brambling - 6 Portland Bill

Snow Bunting - 1 Littlesea Wyke Regis 

Cirl Bunting - 1, East Fleet  (Caught & CR ringed part of wider Dorset Project).

Glossy Ibis - Swineham Poine © Clive Hargrave

Black Redstart - Kimmeridge © Rich Prior

Friday 14th November 2025

Baikal Teal - 1 juv. drake Abbotsbury Swannery (Swannery is closed view from Footpaths)

Black-necked Grebe - 3 off Jerry's Point 

Merlin - 1 Hengistbury Hd.

Little Gull - 4 off Jerry's Point

Yellow-legged Gull - 1ad.  Silverlake

Black Redstart -  1 fem/type Dorchester (Milford Rd), 1 Blacknor, 1 Salwayash.

Fieldfare - 10 Bridport

Pallas's Warbler - 1 Peveril Down Wood 

Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Peveril Down Wood 

Yellow-legged Gull - Silverlake © Paul Harris

Thursday 13th November 2025

Pink-footed Goose - 1 Longham Lakes

Baikal Teal - 1 1st/cal/yr drake 1 Abbotsbury Swannery (Swannery is Closed)

Great Northern Diver - 1 Portland Hbr.

Black-necked Grebe - 2, Portland Hbr, 1 Longham Lakes

Cattle Egret - 83 Portesham, 32 Hengistbury Hd.

Great White Egret - 11 Longham Lakes

Glossy Ibis - 12 Swineham on flooded fields

White-tailed Eagle - 1 seen over Combe Heath, 1 Lodmoor RSPB a.m.

Merlin - 1 over Carey

Golden Plover - c55 West Compton

Jack Snipe - 1 Hengistbury Hd.

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB 

Greenshank - 6 Lytchett Bay 

Swallow - 3 Portland Bill

Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Field RSPB

Black Redstart - 3 Portland Bill, 1 Barleycrates, 1 Blacknor

Garden Warbler - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Lesser Whitethroat - 2 Lodmoor RSPB

Siberian Chiffchaff - 2 - Abbotsbury Swannery

Pallas's Warbler - 2 Durlston CP (in wood west of castle), 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Durlston CP (in wood west of castle), 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Brambling - 3 Hengistbury Hd, 2 Portland Bill

Serin - 1 over Hengistbury Hd, 1 over Portland Obs.

Redpoll - 29 Hengistbury Hd, 10 Portland Bill

Crossbill - 8 Portland Bill

PINE BUNTING - 1 St. Aldhelm's Head (Limited parking at Renscombe or park at Worth Matravers. PLEASE DO NOT ENTER FIELDS)

Sparrowhawk - Swineham Point  Garry Hayman

Wednesday 12th November 2025

Common Scoter - 2 Poole Hbr. (Central hbr)

Red-throated Diver - 1 Poole Hbr  (flew through hbr. mouth)

Black-throated Diver - 1 near the Poole Harbour Mouth

Great Northern Diver - 2 Poole Hbr (In the south deep)

Black-necked Grebe - 5 north of Furzey Is.

Manx Shearwater - 1 Portland Bill

Glossy Ibis - 12 Swineham on the scape

Spoonbill - 20 Arne RSPB (Shipstal Pt)

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Wareham Channel

Hen Harrier - 1juv.  Portland Bill (Top Fields)

Merlin - 1 over Wareham Common

Purple Sandpiper - 4 Portland Bill

Greenshank - 16 Brownsea Lagoon

Little Gull - 1 off Portland Bill

Wheatear - 1 Portland Bill

Pallas's Warbler - 1 Durlston CP (in wood west the Castle)

Glossy Ibis - Swineham Point © Garry Hayman

Dartford Warbler - Highcliffe © Clinton Whale

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