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
.

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.

Sunday 12th October 2025

Goldeneye - 1 Longham Lakes.
Grey Plover - 2 Christchurch Harbour.
Knot - 5 Middlebere, 1 Holes Bay.
Curlew Sandpiper - 7 Middlebere.
Sanderling - 8 Christchurch Harbour.
Greenshank - 13 Brownsea Island, 3 Christchurch Harbour.
Spotted Redshank - 2 Middlebere.
Glossy Ibis - 9 W over Swineham, 7 later in Wareham Channel.
Spoonbill - 76 Brownsea Island.
Great White Egret - 2 Middlebere, 2 Wareham Channel, 1 Longham Lakes.
Cattle Egret - 6 roosted at Hatch Pond.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 over Arne Moors.
Marsh Harrier - 4 Wareham Channel, 1 Arne Moors, 1 Stanpit.
Merlin - 1 Arne Moors, 1 Middlebere.
Hobby - 1 Arne Moors.
Swallow - c300 Langton Herring, 52 N from Studland.
Redwing - 5 Portland Bill, 3 West Bay.
Willow Warbler - 1 late migrant at Langton Herring.
Firecrest - 1 Ham Common viewpoint, 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Wareham (Piddle Valley).
Linnet - 1030 West Bay, c800 Langton Herring.
Goldfinch - 755 N from Studland.
Crossbill - 96 Durlston CP, 71 N from Studland, 60 Abbotsbury, 13 Worth Matravers, 

      c10 Slepe Heath, 6 Hatch Pond.
Cirl Bunting - 1 Durlston CP.

Chiffchaff, Highcliffe © Clinton Whale.

Saturday 11th October 2025

Eider - 10 past West Bay
Grey Plover - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Ruff - 1 Hengistbury Head
Knot - 7 Middlebere
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Middlebere
Green Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Middlebere
Spotted Redshank -  2 Middlebere, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Brownsea Lagoon, 1 Hengistbury Head
Greenshank - 10 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Little Gull - 2 Hengistbury Head
Red-throated Diver - 2 past West Bay
Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Spoonbill - 75 Brownsea Lagoon
Cattle Egret - 29 left roost on Hengistbury Head
Wryneck - 1 in PBO quarry and nearby field, 1 again in private garden at Portesham
Redwing - 1 Chase Woods (Dorset part) near Sixpenny Handley, 1 Hengistbury Head
Sedge Warbler - 1 trapped & ringed at PBO
Firecrest - 2 Chase Woods (Dorset part) near Sixpenny Handley, 1 trapped & ringed at PBO
Marsh Tit - 17 Chase Woods (Dorset part) near Sixpenny Handley, 1 Culpeppers Dish
Bullfinch - 18 Chase Woods (Dorset part) near Sixpenny Handley
Redpoll - 235 over  Christchurch Harbour, 108+ Chase Woods (Dorset part) near Sixpenny Handley, 13 trapped & ringed at Carey Estate
Siskin - 515 over Christchurch Harbour,  63+ Chase Woods (Dorset part) near Sixpenny Handley
Crossbill - 72 over Christchurch Harbour, 30 Culpeppers Dish

Yesterday : 2 Common Cranes were still around Portland Harbour

Redpoll, Chase Woods © Tom Coldwell

Nuthatch, Chase Woods © Tom Coldwell

Friday 10th October 2025

Dark-Bellied Brent - 28 Ferrybridge, 6 Wareham Channel
Eider - 11 Studland Bay
Common Scoter - 8 off Hengistbury Head
Red-necked Grebe - 1 West Bexington, 1 off Portland Bill
Black-necked Grebe - 2 Central Poole Harbour
Avocet - 200+ Middlebere
Grey Plover - 3 Brands Bay
Bar-tailed Godwit - 4 Ferrybridge
Black-tailed Godwit - 255 Brands Bay, 250 Middlebere
Knot - 8 Middlebere
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 still West Scrape, Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Long Groyne, Hengistbury
Green Sandpiper - 2 Middlebere
Spotted Redshank - 5 still Lytchett Fields, 1 Middlebere
Black-throated Diver - 1 Weymouth Bay, off Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Poole Bay
Great Northern Diver - 2 Poole bay
Balearic Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill
Glossy Ibis - 1 sth over Portland Harbour
Cattle Egret - 20 still Holmebridge Fields
Great White Egret - 2 Middlebere, 1 Swineham
Red Kite - 1 Chesil Beach, nth from Moonfleet
White-tailed Eagle - 2 over Arne RSPB
Ring Ouzel - 1 from Portland Bill Obs & into Quarry
Redwing - 3 over Carey's Secret Garden
Black Redstart - 1 Portland Marina Breakwater
Redpoll - c100 over Carey's Secret Garden, 63 over Hengistbury Head
Crossbill - 60 over Carey's Secret Garden, 50+ around Sugar Hill, Wareham Forest

Egyptian Goose, Longham Lakes © Allan Hansford

Canada Geese, Holes Bay © Allan Hansford

Rock Pipit, The Nothe, Weymouth © Phil Cheeseman

 

Thursday 9th October 2025

Pink-footed Goose - 2 adults East Lake, Silverlake
Common Crane - 2 over Abbotsbury, over to Portland & back over Granby Ind. Est.
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 juv still West Scrape, Lodmoor RSPB
Green Sandpiper - 2 Warmwell CB
Spotted Redshank - 5 still French's Pool, Lytchett Fields
Cattle Egret - 20 over Stoborough Causeway
Great White Egret - 2 Middlebere, 1 Holes Bay
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Middlebere
Kingfisher - 1 Warmwell CB
Merlin - 1f Ballard Down
Hobby - 1 Middlebere
Skylark - 712 West Bay migration
Chiffchaff - c170 Hengistbury Head
Firecrest - 3 Hengistbury Head, 1 Bushey nr. Corfe Castle
Wheatear - 2 Bushey nr. Corfe Castle, 1 Hengistbury Head
Brambling - 2 West Bay migration
Redpoll - c100 - over Carey's Secret Garden, 15 Hengistbury Head
Crossbill - c60 over Carey's Secret Garden

Yesterday: - 

Balearic Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill
Black Redstart - 1 past Portland Bill
Meadow Pipit - 895 West Bay migration
Redpoll - 32 West Bay migration 

Snipe, Lodmoor RSPB © Sharon Towning

Turnstone, The Nothe, Weymouth © Phil Cheeseman

Cirl Bunting, Cogden Beach © Vince Smith

 

Wednesday 8th October 2025

Wigeon - 645 Holes Bay North
Pintail - 37 Holes Bay North
Avocet - 480 Middlebere, 200 Brownsea Lagoon
Knot - 20 Middlebere, 3 Brownsea Lagoon
Ruff - 2 Stilt Pools, Swineham
Curlew Sandpiper - 7 still Middlebere
Green Sandpiper - 2 Stilt Pools, Swineham, 1 Middlebere
Spotted Redshank - 5 French's Pool, Lytchett Fields, 2 from Rock Lea Viewpoint, 1 Middlebere
Greenshank - 13 French's Pool, Lytchett Fields, 12 Wareham Channel, 12 Brownsea Lagoon
Black-Throated Diver - 1 into Poole Harbour from South Haven
Spoonbill - c100 Brownsea Lagoon
Cattle Egret - 15 nr. East Holme Floodplain
Great White Egret - 3 Middlebere, 1 Holes Bay
Goshawk - 1 Middlebere
Red Kite - 1 North Dorset
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Wareham Channel
Kingfisher - 1 Holes Bay North, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Merlin - 1 Middlebere
Bearded Tit - 12 high over Radipole RSPB
Firecrest - 1 Littlesea, The Fleet
Goldcrest - c47 Hengistbury Head
Crossbill - 14 nth across Poole Harbour Mouth
Cirl Bunting - 1 Littlesea, The Fleet

Little Egret, Hamworthy © Tina Dawkins

Red Kite, North Dorset © Harry McBride

Water Rail, Lodmoor RSPB © Phil Cheeseman

 

Tuesday 7th October 2025

Pink-footed Goose - 2 Silverlake

Cattle Egret - 5 Lodmoor RSPB

Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

White-tailed Eagle - 2 Lytchett Bay, 1 over Lodmoor

Hobby - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Golden Plover - c40 Lodmoor RSPB

Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Spotted Redshank - 3 Lytchett Bay

Richard's Pipit - 1 west West Bay

Meadow Pipit - 20 Stanpit Marsh

Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Hengistbury Hd.

Whinchat - 2 Cogden Beach

Redwing - 9 Pentridge Down

Chiffchaff - 75 Hengistbury Hd, 40 Wick

Siskin - 16 Hengistbury Hd.

Redpoll - 2 Hengistbury Hd.

Red Kite (with white tail) - Abbotsbury © Sue & Tony Wingett.

White-tailed Eagle - Abbotsbury © Sue & Tony Wingett.

Monday 6th October 2025

Whooper Swan - 6 past West Lexington & West Bay

Pink-footed Goose - 2 Silverlake

Goldeneye - 1 Longham Lakes

Goosander - 4 Silverlake

Cattle Egret - 16 Lytchett Bay, 1 Longham Lakes

Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB

Spoonbill - 94 Brownsea Island

Visual Migration

Goshawk - 1 West Bay

Skylark - 2256 West Bay

Meadow Pipit - 1124 West Bay, 8 Lower Piddle Valley

Grey Wagtail - 2 south Lytchett Bay, 1 Lower Piddle Valley

"alba" Wagtail - 230 West Bay

Blackcap - 19 Lower Piddle Valley

Chiffchaff - 50 Hengistbury Hd.

Chaffinch - 756 West Bay

Greenfinch - 39 West Bay

Siskin - 719 West Bay, 11 east Lytchett Bay

Linnet - 1325 West Bay

Redpoll - 82 West Bay, 3 Lower Piddle Valley

Crossbill - 49 West Bay

Reed Bunting - 17 West Bay, 3 Lower Piddle Valley

Sunday 5th October 2025

Whooper Swan - 1 found with Mute Swans Christchurch Hbr.

Cattle Egret - 3 Carey

Great White Egret - 4 Lodmoor RSPB

Glossy Ibis - 1 Stoborough Heath NNR, 1 Arne Moor (seen from Sleep Heath), 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Spoonbill - 100+ Brownsea Lagoon

White-tailed Eagle - 3 off Holton Heath in the Wareham Channel.

Hobby - 1+ Lodmoor RSPB

Little Stint - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Curlew Sandpiper - 8 Middlebere, 2 Lodmoor RSPB

Ruff - 2 Swineham Pt.

Green Sandpiper - 1 Bardolf Farm

Spotted Redshank - 4 Middlebere

Caspian Gull - 1 1st/w Lodmoor RSPB

Crossbill - 30 Wareham Forest

Glossy Ibis - Lodmoor RSPB © Colin Chainey

Wheatear - Highcliffe Beach © Clinton Whale

Saturday 4th October 2025

Sooty Shearwater - 1 south Chesil Cove

Cattle Egret - 31 with cattle off Carey Road

Spoonbill - 100+ Brownsea Lagoon

Glossy Ibis - 1 in off sea Medford Quay, 1 west p.m. Stanpit Marsh

Merlin - 1 Portland Bill

Curlew Sandpiper - 7 Middlebere, 2 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Stanpit Marsh

Long-tailed Skua - 1 juv. west past Portland Bill

Yellow-legged Gull - 1 ad Holes Bay

House Martin - 1 over Stanpit Marsh

Wheatear - 4 Crouch Hill Stanpit

Rock Pipit - Highcliffe Beach © Clinton Whale

Friday 3rd October 2025

Red-breasted Merganser - 3 Ower Bay
Black-necked Grebe - 2 Poole Harbour
Curlew Sandpiper - 8 at Middlebere this evening, 1 still on West Scrape at Lodmoor RSPB
Greenshank - 5 Wareham Channel
Spotted Redshank - 2 in Wareham Channel
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 in Wareham Channel seen from BoPH Autumn Safari cruise this afternoon
Arctic Skua - 3 past Durlston CP
Balearic Shearwater - 1 past Durlston CP
Glossy Ibis - 1 in Wareham Channel seen from BoPH Autumn Safari cruise
Spoonbill -  116 Brownsea Lagoon

Crossbills, yesterday in Wareham Forest © John Bishop

 

Thursday 2nd October 2025

Pink-footed Goose - juvenile still on East Lake at Silverlake
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Middlebere, 2 on West Scrape at Lodmoor RSPB
Glossy Ibis - 1 on Postbox Pool at Lodmoor RSPB this morning
Pomarine Skua - 1 past Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill
Spoonbill -  30 Brownsea Island this morning
Cattle Egret - 126 left the roost at Abbotsbury Swannery early morning
Red Kite - 1 Ashmore
Hobby - 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Wryneck - 1 still in Long Field at Hengistbury Head
Redwing - 1 noc-migged over Oakwood (Poole) last night
Siberian Lesser Whitethroat - 1 still at Portland Bill

Stonechat, Highcliffe © Clinton Whale

 

Wednesday 1st October 2025

Pink - footed Goose - 1 juv on East Lake Silverlake

Common Scoter - 2 Studland Bay

Black-necked Grebe - 1 Wareham Channel

Ruff - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Curlew Sandpiper - 6 Middlebere, 1 Lodmoor RSPB west scrape

Little Stint - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Little Gull - 1 Lodmoor RSPB 

Glossy Ibis - 1 Lodmoor RSPB Postbox Pool

Spoonbill 115 still on Brownsea Lagoon DWT, 2 Middlebere

Cattle egret - 1 Wick Water Meadows Christchurch

Great White Egret, 4 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Middlebere, 1 over Ham Common

Wryneck - 1 West Cliff end of Barleycrates Portland, 1 Long Field Hengisbury Head, 1 in private garden Portesham

Merlin - 1 Harland Moor

Hobby - 2 Radipole Lake RSPB, 1 Arne Moor, 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Bearded Tit - 10 Radipole RSPB, 3 Lodmoor RSPB

Whinchat - 1 Durlston CP

Wheatear - 2 Greenlands Farm Studland, 1 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Highcliffe Beach, 1 Peveril Point

Tree Pipit - 2 Middlebere

Hawfinch - 1 long Meadow Durlston CP

Lesser Redpoll - 20 Hengisbury Head, 5 Greenlands Farm

Cirl Bunting - 1 Durlston CP

Wheatear - Hengisbury Head © Clinton Whale

Pink footed Goose - Silverlake © Paul Harris

Wryneck - Private Garden Portesham
©  Angela Passells

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