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

 

Tuesday 23rd September 2025

Scaup - 1 Keysworth.
Swift - 1+ Christchurch, 1 heard Hengistbury.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Hengistbury, 1 St Aldhelm's Head.
Green Sandpiper - 2 Arne Moors, 2 Magiston cressbeds.
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Radipole Lake.
Little Stint - 1 Brownsea Island, 1 Lodmoor, 1 St Aldhelm's Head, probables at Arne Moors and                                 Swineham.
Greenshank - 8 Brownsea Island, 2 Hengistbury.
Glossy Ibis - 10 past Abbotsbury, well offshore; 3 Lodmoor, 2 Arne Moors.
Spoonbill - 73 Brownsea Island, 1 Swineham.
Great White Egret - 1 Keysworth.
Cattle Egret - 1 Wick.
Little Gull - 1 Lodmoor.
Black Tern - 1 E past Hengistbury.
Osprey - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Wareham Channel.
White-tailed Eagle - 6 Poole Harbour, 3 Chapman's Pool, 2 reported Weymouth.
Marsh Harrier - 4+ Keysworth and Swineham, 1 Lytchett Bay.
Red Kite - 5 Sydling St Nicholas, 1 Longham Lakes, 1 Wyke Down.
Merlin - 1 Hengistbury, 1 St Aldhelm's Head.
Hobby - 1 Arne.
Swallow - Migrating in large numbers including e.g. 8500 Hengistbury, 3500 Durlston CP.
House Martin - Migrating in large numbers including e.g. 12000 Durlston CP, 2500 Hengistbury.
Redstart - 1 Portland Bill, 1 Hengistbury/Wick.
Pied Flycatcher - 2 Hengistbury/Wick.
Spotted Flycatcher - 6-10 Badbury Rings, 4 Hengistbury/Wick.
Whinchat - 1 Badbury Rings, 1 Hengistbury/Wick.
Ring Ouzel - 1 Durlston CP.
Chiffchaff - Many migrating birds across the county, including e.g. 222 ringed in the Piddle                                         Valley.
Grasshopper Warbler - 2 Piddle Valley.
Firecrest - 3 Hengistbury/Wick, 2 Badbury Rings, 2 Durlston CP, 1 Piddle Valley.
Linnet - 750+ St Aldhelm's Head.
Siskin - 300 Durlston CP, 248 N across Poole Harbour mouth.
Crossbill - 2 Poole Harbour mouth.

Little Gull, Lodmoor © Dave Chown.

Little Gull, Lodmoor © Dave Chown.

Sparrowhawk, Tuckton © Dave Hill.

Monday 22nd September 2025

Swift - 1 Ballard Down.
Golden Plover - 2 Durlston CP.
Grey Plover - 1 Stanpit.
Common Sandpiper - 2 Hengistbury Head.
Little Stint - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields, 1 Lodmoor.
Glossy Ibis - 4 Lytchett Bay.
Spoonbill - 70+ Brownsea Island, 5 Piddle Valley.
White-tailed Eagle - 4 over Stoborough, 2 Swineham, 1 Bridport, 1 St Leonards.
Marsh Harrier - 1 S over Hengistbury Head, 1 Wareham Channel.
Red Kite - 1 White Nothe.
Wryneck - 1 Portland Obs.
Merlin - 1 Durlston CP.
Hobby - 1 Ringstead.
Swallow - Migrating in large numbers including e.g. 2700 Ringstead.
House Martin - Migrating in large numbers including e.g. 9100 Durlston CP.
Redstart - 2 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Durlston CP, 1 Ringstead.
Spotted Flycatcher - 3 recorded over Weymouth last night, 2 Christchurch Harbour, 

                    1 White Nothe.
Whinchat - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Poole Harbour mouth, 1 Ringstead, 1 Solent Meads.
Ring Ouzel - 2 Ballard Down, 1 Ulwell Gap, 1 recorded over Weymouth last night.
Chiffchaff - multiple reports of hundreds of migrating birds across the county.
Grasshopper Warbler - 2 Piddle Valley, 1 Ringstead.
Firecrest - 2 Durlston CP, 2 Piddle Valley, 1 Hengistbury Head
Siskin - 605 N across Poole Harbour mouth.
Crossbill - 5 Slepe Heath, 3+ Culpepper's Dish.

Greenfinch, Highcliffe © Clinton Whale.

Sunday 21st September 2025

Glossy Ibis - 6 Lytchett Fields RSPB (in Pools Fields)

Spoonbill - 70 Brownsea Lagoon

Honey Buzzard - 1 over Ham Common LNR

White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel

Little Ringed Plover - 1CY Stanpit Marsh

Little Stint - 6 Ferrybridge

Curlew Sandpiper - 6 Middlebere Channel, 5 Brownsea Lagoon, 1 Hengistbury Hd. 1 Stanpit Marsh

Ruff - 2 Middlebere Channel

Common Sandpiper - 2 Wareham Channel

Green Sandpiper - 2 Wareham Channel

Greenshank - 20 Brownsea Lagoon

Grey Phalarope - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery (flew towards West Bexington)

Yellow-legged Gull - 1 1st/W Silverlake 

Forster's Tern - 1 ad. off Rockley/Ham Common

ALPINE SWIFT - 1 over Portland Obs heading towards Culverwell

Wryneck - 1 Portland Bill, 1 Silverlake

Redstart - 1 Silverlake

Whinchat - 2 Ballard Down

Wheatear - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Crossbill - 25 Culpepper Dish

Chiffchaff - Highcliffe © Clinton Whale

Saturday 20th September 2025

Cattle Egret - 1 Longham Lakes

Glossy ibis - 6 - Swineham GP (left roost)

Spoonbill - 75 Brownsea Lagoon, 5 Christchurch Hbr, flying towards Wick, 2 Christchurch Hbr, 

                   1 Lodmoor RSPB

White-tailed Eagle - 2+ Wareham Channel

Marsh Harrier - 1imm West Compton

Hen Harrier - 1 West Compton

Osprey - 1 over Stanpit Marsh

Avocet - 120 Brownsea Lagoon

Curlew Sandpiper - 8 Brownsea Lagoon

Little Stint - 3 Ferrybridge

Spotted Redshank - 1 Brownsea Lagoon

Greenshank - 20 Brownsea Lagoon

Little Gull - 1 Lyme Regis (1 off Monmouth Beach)

Caspian Gull - 2 1st/W East Fleet

Grey Wagtail - Portesham garden © Sue Winged

Pied Wagtail - Christchurch high street © Clinton Whale

Friday 19th September 2025

Garganey - 1 Radipole RSPB, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Cattle Egret - 3 Lodmoor RSPB

Great White Egret - 4 Lodmoor RSPB

Glossy Ibis - 6 Swineham GP, 2 Bincombe, 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Radipole RSPB

Spoonbill - 60+ Brownsea Lagoon, 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Red Kite - 1 over Ridgeway

White-tailed Eagle - Wareham Channel and over Arne RSPB

Osprey - 3 Wareham Channel, 1 Over Arne RSPB, 1 Portland Bill

Merlin - 1 Hartland Moor

Hobby - 3 Wareham Channel

Dotterel - 1 over north Portland Bill

Golden Plover - 2 Lodmoor RSPB

Curlew Sandpiper - 9 Brownsea Lagoon, 1 Rodden Hive

Hoopoe - 1 Swanage (2nd day)

Wryneck - 1 Portland Bill

Yellow Wagtail - 2 Lodmoor RSPB

Pied Flycatcher - 1 Arne RSPB

Cattle Egret - Lodmoor RSPB © Helen Wood

Great White Egret - Lodmoor RSPB © Helen Wood

Reed Warbler - Lodmoor RSPB © Helen Wood

Thursday 18th September 2025

Common Scoter - 10 Hengistbury Hd.

Cattle Egret - 3 Wick Fields

Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Wareham Channel

Marsh Harrier - 1 imm West Compton

Osprey - 1 Christchurch Hbr.

Merlin - Wild Woodbury

Little Stint - 2 Ferrybridge, 1 Stanpit Marsh

Curlew Sandpiper - 5 Stanpit Marsh, 2 Hengisybury Hd (on Long Groyne), 

Ruff - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Grey Phalarope - 6 off The Cove House Inn Chesil.

Little Gull - 1 2nd/w Stanpit Marsh

Wryneck - 1 Arne RSPB

Sand Martin - 51 Hengistbury Hd.

Swallow - 135 Hengistbury Hd.

Tree Pipit - 2 Hengistbury Hd.

Meadow Pipit - 66 Hengistbury Hd.

Yellow Wagtail - 11 Hengistbury Hd.

Redstart - 2 Arne RSPB, 1 Wild Woodbury

Spotted Flycatcher - 3 Arne RSPB, 2 Hengistbury Hd, 1 Family group Wild Woodbury

Pied Flycatcher - 1 Arne RSPB

Wednesday 17th September 2025

Garganey - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Goosander - 11 Silverlake.
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Lodmoor
Ruff - 1 Lodmoor, 1 Stanpit.
Knot - 8 Ferrybridge, 3 Stanpit.
Common Sandpiper - 2 Lodmoor, 1 Hengistbury Head.
Curlew Sandpiper - 6 Stanpit.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Charminster watermeadows.
Sanderling - 4 past Hengistbury Head, 4 Stanpit.
Little Stint - 1 Ferrybridge.
Greenshank - 2 Hengistbury Head, 1 Stanpit.
Grey Phalarope - 2 Chesil Cove, 1 past Portland Bill.
Balearic Shearwater - 18 past Durlston CP.
Glossy Ibis - 3 Lodmoor.
Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor.
Great White Egret - 5+ Lodmoor, 1 Silverlake.
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Radipole Lake.
Little Gull - 3 Hengistbury Head, 1 Stanpit.
Sandwich Tern - 760 past Hengistbury Head.
Arctic Tern - 6 past Hengistbury Head, 2 past Durlston CP.
Black Tern - 1 Weymouth Bay.
Great Skua - 13 past Durlston CP.
Arctic Skua - 3 past Durlston CP, 2 past Hengistbury Head.
Osprey - 1-2 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Lytchett Bay.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Arne.
Marsh Harrier - 2 Lytchett Bay, 1 Arne.
Hobby - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Yellow Wagtail - 1 Stanpit.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Stanpit.
Firecrest - 1 Hengistbury Head.

Yellow-legged Gull, Radipole Lake © Dave Chown

Little Grebe, Radipole Lake © Helen Wood.

Tuesday 16th September 2025

Water Rail - 25 Stanpit.
Ruff - 1 Lodmoor.
Knot - 1 Stanpit.
Common Sandpiper - 2 Brownsea Island, 1 Stanpit.
Curlew Sandpiper - 4 Stanpit, 2 Brownsea Island.
Little Stint - 1-2 Brownsea Island.
Greenshank - 1 Holes Bay.
Glossy Ibis - 5 Arne Moors.
Spoonbill - 59 Brownsea Island, 1 Lodmoor.
Great White Egret - 1 Middlebere.
Cattle Egret - 17 Abbotsbury, 3 Christchurch Harbour.
Arctic Tern - 1+ Stanpit, 1 past Hengistbury Head.
Red-throated Diver - 1 Hengistbury Head.
Osprey - 3 Brands Bay, 1 Arne, 1 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Lytchett Bay.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Arne plus 1 Middlebere, 1 Lodmoor.
Marsh Harrier - 2-3 Swineham.
Red Kite - 1 Poole Harbour.
Hobby - 2 Poole Harbour
Yellow Wagtail - 60+ Christchurch Harbour, 1+ Lodmoor.
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Piddle Valley.
Pied Flycatcher - 3 Hengistbury Head, 1 Hatch Pond, 1 Holes Bay (PCW drain).
Grasshopper Warbler - 3 Piddle Valley, 1 Stanpit.

Late news: Garganey at Radipole Lake yesterday.

Cattle Egret, Abbotsbury © John Dadds

Monday 15th September 2025

Goosander - 3 Silverlake.
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Silverlake.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Silverlake.
Greenshank - 15 Lytchett Bay, 1 Holes Bay.
Grey Phalarope - 1 W past Hengistbury Head.
Balearic Shearwater - 3 Hengistbury Head.
Glossy Ibis - 1 Cuttcleaves Cove (The Fleet).
Little Gull - 1 W past Hengistbury Head
Arctic Tern - 1 W past Hengistbury Head.
Arctic Skua - 1 E past Hengistbury Head.
Osprey - 1 Abbotsbury, 1 W along the Fleet, 1 Holes Bay, 1 Lytchett Bay.
Yellow Wagtail - 14 Pentridge, 3 Hengistbury Head.
Grey-headed Wagtail - 1 The Fleet (Sunday 14th).
Dipper - 2 Maiden Newton.
Whinchat - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Stanpit.
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Durlston CP, 1 past Hengistbury Head, 1 Upton CP.

Sunday 14th September 2025

Ruff - 2 Lodmoor.
Knot - 2+ Ferrybridge, 1 Holes Bay.
Common Sandpiper - 4 Holes Bay, 1 Ringstead Bay.
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit.
Little Stint - 1 Ferrybridge.
Greenshank - 1 Holes Bay.
Balearic Shearwater - 51 W past Peveril Point.
Spoonbill - 31 Arne, 1 Lodmoor.
Great White Egret - 4 Lodmoor.
Cattle Egret - 21 Hengistbury Head.
Arctic Skua - 1 W past Peveril Point.
Osprey - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Poole Harbour.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Yellow Wagtail - 7 Hengistbury Head.
Common Redstart - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Wild Woodbury.
Whinchat - 1 Stanpit.
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Durlston CP.
Grasshopper Warbler - 3 Lytchett Bay, 3 Wild Woodbury, 1 Durlston CP.
Firecrest - 3 Wild Woodbury.

Oystercatchers, Highcliffe © Clinton Whale

Saturday 13th September 2025

Common Scoter - 2 off Hengistbury Head
Avocet - 4 Brownsea Lagoon
Black-tailed Godwit - 199 Lytchett Bay
Knot - 6 Ferrybridge
Ruff - 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Curlew Sandpiper - 5 Brownsea Lagoon, 1 still Ferrybridge
Sanderling - 4 Ferrybridge
Little Stint - 2 still Ferrybridge
Grey Phalarope - 1 still off Chesil Cove or further north
Spotted Redshank - 2 still from Rock Lea Viewpoint
Greenshank - 18 Lytchett Bay, 7 Stanpit Marsh
Caspian Gull - 1 1st yr at Culverwell
Yellow-legged Gull - 3 at Culverwell
Sandwich Tern - 100 off Hengistbury Head, 75 through Christchurch Harbour
Common Tern - 56 Through Christchurch Harbour, 45 off Hengistbury Head
Arctic Skua - 1 pale morph off Hengistbury Head
Balearic Shearwater - 10 past Portland Bill
Glossy Ibis - 6 sth of R.Frome, nr. Bog Lane, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Spoonbill - 1 still Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Arne RSPB
Great White Egret - 3 still Lodmoor RSPB
Osprey - 1 Rodden Hive, 1 over Brownsea Lagoon. 1 nth from Christchurch Hbr, 1 Stanpit Marsh
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Hartland Moor
Kingfisher - 1 Hengistbury Head
Wryneck - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
House Martin - 350 through Christchurch Harbour
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Firecrest - 2 Stanpit Marsh
Spotted Flycatcher - 2 Wick
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Wick
Redstart - 1 Hartland Moor~
Whinchat - 1 Barn Field, Hengistbury
Wheatear - 7 Hartland Moor, 2 Stanpit Marsh
Yellow Wagtail - 17 Stanpit Marsh
Tree Pipit - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Yesterday:-

Arctic Skua - 1 off Portland Bill
Hobby - 1 Sadborrow, Thorncombe

Wryneck, Lodmoor RSPB © Kayleigh Freidl

Spoonbill, Lodmoor RSPB © Phil Cheeseman

 

Kingfisher, Hamworthy © Tina Dawkins

Friday 12th September 2025

Bar-tailed Godwit - 1 Brands Bay
Turnstone - 20 Stanpit Bight
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 juv. Ferrybridge
Little Stint - 1 juv. Ferrybridge
Grey Phalarope - 1 Rodden Hive
Common Sandpiper - 2 Barn Bight
Spotted Redshank - 1 still Lytchett Fields
Greenshank - 3 Brands Bay, 2 Stanpit Marsh
Sabine's Gull - 1 juv. off Chesil Cove
Caspian Gull - 2 on beach, Abbotsbury Swannery
Glossy Ibis - 5 still west of A351, Wareham
Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Osprey - 1 Brands Bay, 1 off Goathorn
Honey Buzzard - 1 juv west over Wareham Common
Hoopoe - 2 probable Riversmeet, Stanpit Marsh
Kingfisher - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Wick
Firecrest - 1 Rodden Hive, 1 Hengistbury
Wheatear - 3 Stanpit Marsh
Yellow Wagtail - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Meadow Pipit - 20 mainly Crouch Hill

Yesterday: - 

Osprey - 1 juv. Abbotsbury Swannery

Sabine's Gull juvenile, Chesil Cove © Phil Cheeseman

White-tailed Eagle, Arne RSPB © David Turner

Grey Phalarope, Rodden Hive © Paul Harris

Thursday 11th September 2025

Ruff - 2 The Hump, Lodmoor RSPB
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Juv Brownsea Lagoon, 2 Juv Lytchett Fields, 1 Juv Ferrybridge
Little Stint - 2 Juv Ferrybridge
Spotted Redshank - 3 from Rock Lea Viewpoint
Caspian Gull - 1 1st-winter Ferrybridge, 1 Culverwell
Balearic Shearwater - 2 past Portland Bill
Glossy Ibis - 4 west of A351, Wareham
Great White Egret - 1 Middlebere
Osprey - 1 Middlebere
Kingfisher - 1 Middlebere
Wryneck - 1 Arne RSPB
Merlin - 1 SE from Hardy's Monument
Hobby - 4 Middlebere inc 2 Juv
Dartford Warbler - c5 Highcliffe Clifftop
Firecrest - 2 in woods, Hengistbury Head
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 at Stunted Oaks, Hengistbury Head
Pied Flycatcher - 1 at Stunted Oaks, Hengistbury Head, 1 Portland Bill
Wheatear - 2 Crouch Hill
Dipper - 1 still Kingston Maurward

Yesterday:-

Balearic Shearwater - 101 past Portland Bill

Stonechat, Highcliffe © Clinton Whale

Ruff, Lodmoor RSPB ©

Dartford Warbler, Arne RSPB © Mazz Blehs

 

Wednesday 10th September 2025

Nightjar - 1 trapped & ringed Carey Estate
Whimbrel - 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Wood Sandpiper - 1 on grassland this morning at West Bay but flushed by dog
Spotted Redshank - 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Greenshank -15 Brownsea Lagoon
Knot - 1 Brownsea Island
Curlew Sandpiper - 10 Brownsea Lagoon
Little Stint - 2 Ferrybridge, 2 Brownsea Lagoon
Sabine's Gull - 1 juvenile flew west past Portland Bill
Caspian Gull - 1st winter at Portland Bill
Glossy Ibis - 4 again this afternoon in Frome Valley near Wareham by-pass
Spoonbill -  66 Brownsea Island
Osprey - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 over Sturminster Marshall, 1 Stanpit Marsh, 1 over Poole Park
Woodlark - 9+ Pentridge Down
House Martin - 200 Pentridge Down
Grasshopper Warbler - 3 trapped & ringed Carey Estate (plus 2 retraps), 1 Pentridge Down, 1 trapped & ringed at Wild Woodbury DWT
Firecrest - 1 Pentridge Down, 1 trapped & ringed Carey Estate
Redstart - 1 Pentridge Down
Whinchat - 1 Pentridge Down
Corn Bunting - 10 Pentridge Down

Grasshopper Warbler, Pentridge Down © Tom Coldwell

Water Rail, Stanpit Marsh © Robert Fielding

Osprey, Stanpit Marsh © Robert Fielding

Tuesday 9th September 2025

Nightjar - 2 Piddle Valley.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Wild Woodbury (Dodding's Farm).
Common Sandpiper - 1 Hengistbury Head.
Greenshank - 1 Hengistbury Head.
Balearic Shearwater - 25+ off Cogden beach.
Glossy Ibis - 5 Lytchett Fields and Wareham bypass.
Cattle Egret - 26 Frome valley.
Sabine's Gull - 1 West Bay.
Osprey - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Houns-tout.
Hobby - 1 west of Dorchester.
Common Redstart - 1 Piddle Valley.
Whinchat - 6 Wild Woodbury, 3 Maiden Castle, 1 Stanpit.
Spotted Flycatcher - 6 Wild Woodbury, 1 Maiden Castle.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Wild Woodbury, 1 Maiden Castle.
Grasshopper Warbler - 7 Piddle Valley, 4 Durlston CP, 1 Wild Woodbury.
Garden Warbler - 2 Durlston CP.
Firecrest - 3 Durlston CP, 1 Wild Woodbury.
Crossbill - 2 Culpeper's Dish.

Monday 8th September 2025

Ruff - 2+ Lodmoor.
Knot - 1 Ferrybridge.
Green Sandpiper - 3 Stanpit, 1 Valley of the Stones NNR.
Curlew Sandpiper - 6 Brands Bay, 2 Brownsea Island, 2 Lytchett Fields.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor, 1 Stanpit.
Glossy Ibis - 5 E over Lodmoor, 5 Lytchett Fields, 2 Stanpit.
Spoonbill - 55 Brownsea Island.
Great White Egret - 1+ Lodmoor, 1 Swineham.
Cattle Egret - 26 Christchurch Harbour, 4 Holme Bridge, 4 Middlebere, 2 Wareham Causeway, 

            1 Lytchett Fields.
Sabine's Gull - 1 West Bay.
Osprey - 2 Wareham Channel, 1 Middlebere, 1 Verne Common.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Portland Bill.
Wryneck - 1 Brownsea Island, 1 Culverwell.
Hobby - 1 Litton Cheney, 1 Lorton meadows.
Yellow Wagtail - 9 Swineham.
Common Redstart - 1 Durlston CP.
Whinchat - 2Swineham, 1 Maiden Castle.
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Maiden Castle, 1 Stanpit.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Durlston CP.
BOOTED WARBLER - 1 ringed and released, Portland Bill.
Garden Warbler - 1 Stanpit.

Sunday 7th September 2025

Nightjar - 1 Bradpole.
Swift - 2 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Durlston CP.
Grey Plover - 2 Brownsea Island.
Ruff - 1 Lodmoor, 1 Lytchett Fields.
Knot - 4 Brownsea Island.
Green Sandpiper - 2+ Lytchett Fields, 1 Stanpit.
Curlew Sandpiper - 4 Brownsea Island, 1 Ferrybridge.
Common Sandpiper - 10+ Brownsea Island, 1 Lodmoor, 1 Lytchett Fields, 1 Stanpit.
Little Stint - 2 Brownsea Island, 1 Brands Bay.
Greenshank - 24 Lytchett Bay, 5 Middlebere.
Spotted Redshank - 4 Lytchett Fields.
Balearic Shearwater - 120+ Portland Bill, 5 E past Kimmeridge.
Spoonbill - 63 Brownsea Island, 1 Lytchett Fields, 1 Middlebere.
Great White Egret - 3 Lodmoor, 1 Middlebere.
Cattle Egret - 26 Christchurch Harbour, 1 over Longham Lakes.
Little Gull - 1 Hengistbury Head.
Arctic Tern - 1 Hengistbury Head.
Little Tern - 13 Wareham Channel, 2 Stanpit.
Arctic Skua - 1 Mudeford Quay.
Osprey - 1 Brands Bay, 1 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Poole Harbour.
Marsh Harrier - 2 Lytchett Fields.
Honey Buzzard - 1 over Lytchett Fields.
Hoopoe - 1 Weston (Portland).
Hobby - 1 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Godlingston Hill.
Yellow Wagtail - c20 Kimmeridge, 5 Durlston CP.
Common Redstart - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Godlingston Hill.
Whinchat - 4 Durlston CP, 2 Kimmeridge, 1 Greenlands Farm.
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Godlingston Hill, 1 Kimmeridge.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Durlston CP.
Grasshopper Warbler - 4 Durlston CP.
Garden Warbler - 1 Kimmeridge.
Firecrest - 2 Hengistbury Head.
Ortolan - 1+ heard Portland Bill.

Saturday 6th September 2025

Swift - 1 St Aldhelm's Head, 1 Swanage

Knot - 8 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Curlew Sandpiper - 7 juv Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Grey Phalarope - 2 still off Chesil Cove 

Yellow - legged Gull - 3 Wareham Channel

Glossy Ibis - 15 - 20 along East Cliff Portland then flew north, 2 Sopley Common

Spoonbill - 53 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Cattle Egret - 1 Smedmore Hill

Osprey - 5 Wareham Channel, 2-3 Christchurch Harbour, 2 Smedmore Hill

White tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel, 1 off Stanpit Marsh

Wryneck - 2 St Aldhelm's Head

Hobby - 1 Hartland Moor

Swallow - 1200 over St Aldhelm's Head, 1000 over Stanpit Marsh

Blackcap - 200 Durlston CP

Wheatear - 25 Smedmore Hill

Tree Pipit - 12 Peveril Point

Great black back gull - Highcliffe ©  Clinton Whale

Friday 5th September 2025

Ringed Plover - 101 Holes Bay

Knot - 7 Holes Bay, 6 Shipstal Arne RSPB

Grey Phalarope - 1 off Cove Inn Chesil Cove, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 off Lyme Regis Cobb

Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Greenshank - 22 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 20 Holes Bay, 4 Lower Piddle Valley

Caspian Gull - 1 Juv Abbotsbury Swannery

Yellow-legged Gull - 7 adults Arne Moors

Balearic Shearwater - 200 past Portland Bill

Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Spoonbill - 41 Holes Bay, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Cattle Egret - 4 Wick Meadows

Great white Egret - 1 Osmington Mills, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 East Marsh Stanpit

Osprey  - 2 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Littlesea The Fleet, 1 Combe Heath Arne RSPB

Honey Buzzard - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Wryneck - 1 Stoborough Heath

Hobby - 1 Combe Heath Arne RSPB

Sedge Warbler - 3 Hatch Pond, 1 Stanpit Marsh

Lesser Whitethroat - 10 Durlston CP

Spotted Flycatcher - 8 Swyre Head, 4 Ballard Down, 2 Arne Farm RSPB

Black Redstart - Pentridge Whitley Top Farm

Wheatear - 20 St Aldhelms Head

Yellow wagtail - 4 St Aldhems Head, 2 Swineham

Great white Egret - Osmington Mills
© Paul Harris

Thursday 4th September 2025

Pintail - 1 Holes Bay

Goosander - 4 Silverlake

Swift - 2 Broadwey, 1 Norden Farm

Knot - 4 Ferrybridge, 4 Brownsea Lagoon DWT, 3 Holes Bay

Grey Phalarope - 2 off Cogden Beach, 1 off Portland Bill, 1 Chesil Cove

Green Sandpiper - 5 Warmwell Cress Beds

Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Greenshank 29 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Yellow-legged Gull - 2 Ferrybridge

Balearic Shearwater - 77 West past Durlston CP

Glossy Ibis - 1 Arne Moor, 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Ferrybridge, 1 Dorchester Bluebridge footpath

Spoonbill - 27 Brownsea lagoon DWT

Cattle Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB

Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Silverlake

Osprey - 5 Wareham Channel, 2 Lytchett Bay, 1 Holes Bay, 1 Radipole Lake RSPB

Hobby - 1 Newton Heath / cottage

Pied Flycatcher - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Wareham Forest

Glossy ibis - Lodmoor RSPB
© Phil Cheeseman

Egyptian Goose - Longham Lakes
©  Robert Fielding

Wheatear - Newtons Cove © Paul Harris

Wednesday 3rd September 2025

Brent Goose - 12 Dark Bellied into Poole Harbour from Studland Bay

Cuckoo - 1 Juv on Hartland Moor

Little Ringed Plover - 1 juv Silverlake

Bar-tailed Godwit - 50 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Knot - 1 Ferrybridge

Ruff - 1 Stilt Pool Swineham

Curlew Sandpiper - 1 juv Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Grey Phalarope - 3  south off Portland Bill, 1 Durlston CP flew west, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery still

Wood Sandpiper - 2 Lodmoor RSPB 

Spotted redshank - 2 Middlebere Channel, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Arctic Tern - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 probable Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Pomarine Skua - 1 juv off Durlston CP

Arctic Skua - 2 off Portland Bill

Long-tailed Skua - 2 off Portland Bill

Storm Petrel - 9 off Portland Bill, 3 Chesil Cove, 2 off Durlston CP

Leach's Petrel - 1 Chesil Cove

Sooty Shearwater - 1 off Durlston CP, 1 off Portland Bill

Balearic Shearwater - 66 off Portland, 33 going west off Durlston CP

Spoonbill - 20 Wytch Lake, 8 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Osprey - 2 Lytchett Bay, 2 Wareham Channel

Black Redstart - 1 Chickerell Hive Point

Dipper - 1 Kingston Mauward Manor bridge

Yesterday:

Cory's Shearwater - 1 off Portland Bill

Little Stint - 2 Ferrybridge

Black headed Gull - Highcliffe Beach © Clinton Whale

Tuesday 2nd September 2025

FEA'S type PETREL- 1 West past Portland Bill

Cattle Egret - 12 Holmbridge

Spoonbill - 50+ Poole Hbr, 4 Arne RSPB (Shipstal)

White-tailed Eagle - 1 imm Wareham Channel

Osprey - 3 Arne RSPB, 2 Lytchett Bay, 1 Christchurch Hbr,

Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields

Greenshank - 17 Lytchett Bay, 

Grey Phalarope - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Arctic Skua - 1 past Branksome Chine

Swift - 1 over Corfe Castle

Swallow - 14 Lytchett Bay

Redstart - 3 Studland Village, 1 Ulwell Gap

Whinchat - 1 Ulwell Gap

Aquatic Warbler - 1 Lower Piddle Valley (trapped & Ringed)

Spotted Flycatcher - 6 Studland Village, 4 Ulwell Gap, 2 Lorton Meadows

Whinchat - Maiden Castle © Colin Chainey