Monday 11th August 2025

Garganey - 1 across Christchurch Harbour
Goosander - 1 still at Christchurch Harbour
Whimbrel - 15 Stanpit, 4 Brand's Bay
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 briefly at Stanpit Creek this morning
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Stanpit
Knot - 2 Stanpit, 1 Brand's Bay
Ruff - 1 Brand's Bay
Little Stint - 1 flew through Stanpit
Green Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit
Common Sandpiper - 2 Stanpit
Spotted Redshank - 2 still at Lytchett Fields RSPB
Greenshank - 2 Stanpit
Spoonbill -  1 from Rock Lea Viewpoint
Cattle Egret - 7 Christchurch Harbour
Garden Warbler - 1 Houns-tout, 1 Stanpit
Grasshopper Warbler - 4 trapped & ringed at Wild Woodbury DWT
Firecrest - 1 trapped & ringed at Wild Woodbury DWT
Spotted Flycatcher - 4 Stanpit
Redstart - 1 Houns-tout, 1 trapped & ringed at Wild Woodbury DWT
Whinchat - 1 Stanpit
Wheatear - 11 Houns-tout, 1 Stanpit
Tree Pipit - 7 trapped & ringed and 1 retrapped at Wild Woodbury DWT, 1 Stanpit

Other news : The Roy Dennis Foundation and Forestry England have confirmed that a pair of White-tailed Eagles from the reintroduction programme have sucessfully bred in Dorset this year. They raised a single chick, the first in the county for over 240 years.

Ruff, Brand's Bay © Garry Hayman