Monday 21st July 2025

Balearic Shearwater - 113 Portland Bill

Honey Buzzard - 1 over Morden Bog

White-tailed Eagle - 2 in the Wareham Channel

Osprey - 1 west with fish Lytchett Fields RSPB (un-ringed bird)

Spoonbill - 8 Brownsea Lagoon

Whimbrel - 4 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Ferrybridge

Common Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Green Sandpiper - 8 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Greenshank - 11 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Wood Sandpiper - Lodmoor RSPB (from Southdown Ave)

Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Bay (From RLVP)

Common Quail - 2 singing male Tarrant Rushton (old airfield)

Spotted Flycatcher - 2 Wareham Common

Whinchat - 1 Wareham Common

Sunday 20th July 2025

Common Scoter - 8 past Mudford Quay

Sooty Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill

Manx Shearwater - 3 pastMudeford Quay

Balearic Shearwater - 70 past Portland Bill, 4 west past Peveril Point

Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Purple Heron - juv Little Sea Studland NNR.

Spoonbill - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Red Kite - 1 Middlebere

Goshawk - 1 Middlebere

Osprey - 1 Middlebere

Whimbrel - 3 Middlebere, 1 Hengistbury Hd, 1 Stanpit Marsh

Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Ferrybridge

Common Sandpiper - 2 Longham Lakes, 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Middlebere

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Green Sandpiper - 29 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 3 Middlebere

Greenshank - 9 Middlebere

Whimbrel - Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale

Saturday 19th July 2024

Common Quail - 1 male singing Tarrant Rushton

Great White Egret - 2 seen fly into Poole Hbr over Studland.

Purple Heron 1 still Little Sea Studland (View from Rees Cox Hide).

Osprey - 3 seen over the Wareham Channel

White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel

Whimbrel - 4 Stanpit Marsh, 4 Ferrybridge

Knot - 1 sum/plum Lodmoor RSPB

Common Sandpiper - 4 Mother Siller's Channel Stanpit.

Friday 18th July 2025

Common Scoter - 24 Portland Bill

Balearic Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill

Purple Heron - 1 juv  Little Sea Studland

Spoonbill - 8 - Brownsea Lagoon, 2 Stanpit Marsh

Honey Buzzard - 1 SW over Lytchett Matravers

White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel

Little Ringed Plover - 1 Ferrybridge

Whimbrel - 5 Stanpit Marsh, 3 Holes Bay (SW), 3 Ferrybridge

Common Sandpiper - 1 Woodford East, 1 Peveril Point, 1 Stanpit Marsh

Sand Martin - 50 Portland Bill

Grasshopper Warbler - 27 - Lower Piddle Valley (ringed), 3 California Farm, Stanpit Marsh

Whinchat - 1 Wareham Common

Yellow Wagtail - 2 Portland Bill

Crossbill - 8 over Careys Secret Garden

Corn Bunting Wyke Down © Nick Hull

Thursday 17th July 2025

Whimbrel - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Common Sandpiper - 3 Peveril Point, 1 Woodsford

Wood Sandpiper - 1 Oakdale Noc-mig sound recording overnight 

Greenshank - 10 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Spoonbill - 6 Middlebere Channel from Arne RSPB

Purple Heron - 1 Juv still at Little Sea Studland

Great White Egret - 1 Swineham

Osprey - 2 Lytchett Bay 

White tailed Eagle - 1 Wytch Channel

Hobby - 1 nr Bridport

Grasshopper Warbler - 17 Ringed in the Lower Piddle Valley, 3 Durlston CP

Bearded Tit - 3 Swineham

Wheatear - 1 Durlston CP

Yesterday: Balearic Shearwater - 21 past Portland Bill

Grasshopper Warbler - Lower Piddle Valley
© Ed Betteridge

Wednesday 16th July 2025

Whimbrel - 1 past Durlston CP

Common Sandpiper - 1 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Green Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Silverlake

Greenshank - 9 Brownsea Lagoon DWT, 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Holes Bay

Spoonbill - 5 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Purple Heron - 1 Still at Little Sea Studland from Rees Cox Hide

Great White Egret - 1 Little Sea Studland, 1 Silverlake

Osprey - 1 Arne RSPB

White - tailed Eagle - 1 Hartland Moor, 1 Wareham Channel form BoPH safari boat

Ring-necked Parakeet - on wires in Studland Village

Sedge Warbler - 1 Ringed at Carey Secret Gardens

Grasshopper Warbler - 6 ringed at Carey Secret Gardens

Firecrest - 1 Upton CP

Wheatear - 1 Durlston CP

Yellow Wagtail - 1 Durlston CP

Wren - Arne RSPB © Alan Membury

Jay - West Moors © Roy Nicklin

Swallow - Arne RSPB © Alan Membury

Tuesday 15th July 2025

Whimbrel - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Green Sandpiper - 1 Woodsford

Spotted Redshank - 1 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Lytchett Bay 

Cory's Shearwater - 1 Off Durlston CP

Balearic Shearwater - 5 of Durlston CP, 1 off Portland Bill

Spoonbill - 6 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Purple Heron - 1 juv still Little Sea Studland from Rees Cox hide

Osprey - 2 Lytchett Bay

Monday 14th July 2025

Whimbrel - 7 Stanpit Marsh, 2 Holes Bay, 2 Brands Bay

Common Sandpiper - 2 Little Sea Studland, 2 Holes Bay

Green Sandpiper - 1 River Frome Woodsford

Greenshank - 16 Brownsea Lagoon DWT, 4 Stanpit Marsh

Spoonbill - 5 Brownsea Lagoon DWT, 1 Lytchett Bay

Cattle Egret - 1 Lytchett Bay

Purple Heron - 1 Little Sea Studland

Great White Egret - 1 Little Sea Studland

Red Kite - 1 Sherborne

Redstart - 1 Stanpit Ash Tree Meadow

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

Comon Tern, Brownsea Island © Lesley Colquhuon-Graham

Bearded Reedling, Lodmoor RSPB © Alfred Otton

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

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

 

Grey Wagtail, Maiden Newton © Phil Cheeseman

Hobby, Iwerne Minster © Robbie McBride

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.

Great White Egret, Lodmoor RSPB © Allan Hansford

Little Egret, Poole Harbour © James Gurney

 

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

Nuthatch, Poole © Tony Furnell

Mute Swan, River Stour, Blandford © Tracy Hart

Tuesday 8th July 2025

Avocet - 5 Brownsea Island.
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

Swift - 360 Portland Bill.
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

Little Ringed Plover - 2 Swineham.
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.

Curlew, Stanpit © Clinton Whale

Saturday 5th July 2025

Cuckoo - 1 Swineham.
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.

Cattle Egret, Swineham © Garry Hayman

Cattle Egret, Swineham © Garry Hayman

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

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

Green Woodpeckers, yesterday at Hinton St Mary © John East