Friday 20th March 2026

Common Scoter - 24 Past Portland Bill

Long-tailed Duck - 1 Past Portland Bill

Black-necked Grebe - 1 off Middle Beach Studland Bay

Avocet - 30 Brownsea Lagoon DWT, 2 Lodmoor RSPB

Little Ringed Plover - 4  Stilt Pools Swineham

Jack Snipe - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Little - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

FORSTER'S TERN - Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Manx Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill

Glossy Ibis - 3 Wareham Common

Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Red Kite - 4 Sturminster Marshall, 4 West Bexington, 3 Hons Tout, 1 Winterbourne Zelston, 1 Weymouth Park & Ride, 1 Henbury

White tailed Eagle - 3 over Upton, 3 Christchurc Harbour, 2-3 Bincombe, 1 over Chesil Cove 1 Cogden Beach

Sand Martin - 20 Stilt Pool Swineham, 12 Westcliff Portland Bill

Willow Warbler - 1 Durlston CP, 1 South Haven boardwalk

Wheatear - 35 West Bexington, 21 Portland Bill, 8 Hengisbury Head, 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Peveril Point, 1 St Aldhelms

Water Pipit  - 1 Mouth of the Frome from  BOPH boat safari

Crossbill - 2 Durlston CP

Tawny Owl - Langton Matravers © Garry Hayman

Red Kite - Sturminster Marshall © Allan Frake 

Thursday 19th March 2026

 Common Scoter - 15 off Chesil Beach

Little Ringed Plover - 4 Lodmoor RSPB, 3 Lower Piddle Valley, 2 Swineham Pools, 1 Lytchett Fields

Purple Sandpiper - 6 Portland Bill

Green Sandpiper - 1 Radipole Village

Little Gull - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

FORSTER'S TERN - 1 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Puffin - 3 off Dancing Ledge

Great Northern Diver - 4 Poole Harbour

White Stork - 1 circled over Corfe Castle, 1 over Long Island Poole Harbour

Glossy Ibis - 3 Wareham Common

Great White Egret - 1 heading East off Hengisbury Head

Red Kite - 6 St Leonards, 2 over Swanage, 2 Bridport, 1 over Brownsea Lagoon DWT, 1 Wareham Common, 1 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Portland Bill, 1 Radipole RSPB

White-tailed Eagle - 5 around Poole Harbour,  1 over County Gate roundabout Bournemouth

Merlin - 1 Challow Hill Corfe Castle

Sand Martin - 2 Southbourne

Ring Ouzel - 1 Corfe Common

Black Redstart - 1 female type Reap Lane Portland

Yellowhammer - 4 Challow Hill Corfe Castle

Wigeon - Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Red Kite - Radipole RSPB © Derek Fowler

Wednesday 18th March 2026

Velevet Scoter - 2 past Hengisbury Head

Common Scoter - 3 past Hengisbury Head, 2 Studland Bay

Greenshank - 6 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Little Gull - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

FORSTER'S TERN - 1 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Glossy Ibis - 3 Wareham Common

Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Cattle Egret - 22 Little Farm nr Purbeck School roundabout

Osprey - 1 over Wareham Common

Red Kite - 1 West Bay, 1 Bramble Bush Bay Studland, 1 Wareham Common, 1 Christchurch Harbour

Hoopoe - briefly Abbotsbury Beach Car Park

Merlin - 1 Middlebere, 1 Stanpit Marsh

Willow Warbler - 1 Fancy's Close Portland, 1 PC World Drain

Tuesday 17th March 2026

FORSTER'S TERN -1 again in Brownsea Lagoon
Little Gull - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Glossy Ibis - 2 still on Wareham Common alongside bypass
Red Kite - 1 Wild Woodbury DWT
Swallow - 1 over Warheam Common
Sand Martin - 2 Hengistbury Head, 1 Cogden
Willow Warbler -1 singing at PC World Drain, Holes Bay
Chiffchaff - 60 Portland Bill
Wheatear - 5 Portland Bill, 2 Hengistbury (Barn Field), 2 Cogden
Firecrest - 3 Hengistbury, 1 Wild Woodbury DWT (George's Copse), 1 Portland Bill
White-spotted Bluethroat - A male in SE corner of Swineham GPs this evening
Redpoll - 1 Hengistbury
Siskin - 5 Hengistbury
Crossbill - 2 in sallows on edge of Wareham Forest near Wild Woodbury DWT

Great Black-backed Gull, Highcliffe Beach © Clinton Whale

Buzzard, Cheselbourne, Vaughan Ashby

 

 

Monday 16th March 2026

Red-necked Grebe - 1 Studland Bay off Middle Beach
Avocet - 1 Silverlake
Golden Plover - 48 West Compton
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay from Rock Lea Viewpoint
FORSTER'S TERN -1 in Holes Bay early morning then later on Brownsea Lagoon
Little Gull - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Lagoon
Glossy Ibis - 3 still on Wareham Common alongside bypass
Red Kite - 1 West Compton this afternoon
Hen Harrier - 1 West Compton this afternoon
Merlin - 1 West Compton this afternoon
Firecrest - 1 Durlston CP
Crossbill - 20+ near Culpeppers Dish

Kestrel, Durlston CP © Trevor Warrick

 

Sunday 15th March 2026

Long-tailed Duck - 1 Littlesea (The Fleet)
Common Scoter - 1 Littlesea (The Fleet)
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Littlesea (The Fleet)
Whimbrel - 1 wintering bird still at Cuttcleaves Cove (The Fleet)
Spotted Redshank - 1 Holes Bay SW, 1 Lytchett Bay from Rock Lea Viewpoint
Knot - 8 Holes Bay
Sandwich Tern - 2 off Brownsea Island, 1 Littlesea (The Fleet)
FORSTER'S TERN -1 again in Poole Harbour on buoy off Brownsea Island
Little Gull - 1 Lytchett Bay from Rock Lea Viewpoint
Glossy Ibis - 3 again on Wareham Common
White-tailed Eagle - 1 over Cerne Abbas
Red Kite - 3 Bradford Peverell
Firecrest - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Thorncombe Wood
Redpoll - 2 in a Wimborne garden

Late news from yesterday : A Merlin, 3 Black Redstarts and 8 Wheatears on Portland.

Saturday 14th March 2026

Garganey - 1 West Bexington mere.
Grey Plover - 2 Stanpit.
Little Ringed Plover - 1 heard Hengistbury Hd.
Spotted Redshank - 6 Brownsea Island.
Great White Egret - 1 Stanpit.
Little Gull - 1 Lytchett Bay (Rock Lea viewpoint).
White-tailed Eagle - 1 S over Iford.
Red Kite - 12 Wyke Down, 1 Cashmoor.
Water Pipit - 1 Hengistbury Hd (Salt Hurns).
Firecrest - 1 Hengistbury Hd.

Brambling, Sadborow, yesterday
© Neil Croton (licenced ringer)

Friday 13th March 2026

Reeves' Pheasant - 1 Wareham (Thrasher's Lane).
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Studland Bay (Middle Beach).
Black-necked Grebe - 2 Studland Bay (Middle Beach).
Grey Plover - 2 Stanpit.
Little Ringed Plover - 1 heard over Brownsea Island.
Green Sandpiper - 4 lower Piddle valley.
Purple Sandpiper - 18 Hengistbury sandspit.
Greenshank - 6 Brownsea Island.
Black-tailed Godwit - 3013 Brownsea Island, c1500 S over Christchurch Hbr with more going west.
Great White Egret - 1 lower Piddle valley.
Cattle Egret - 42 Wareham Common, 7 Holmebridge.
Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Island.
Little Gull - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Glossy Ibis - 3 Wareham Common.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Holmebridge.
Red Kite - 2 Wareham Common.
Wheatear - seen at Ballard Down, Lytchett Bay, Stanpit, Studland (Greenlands Farm), 

        Wareham Common. 

Firecrest - 1 Higher Charminster.
Brambling - 1 Sadborow.

Wheatear, Greenlands Farm © Rob Johnson

Thursday 12th March 2026

Slavonian Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour
Black-necked Grebe - 4 Portland Harbour
FORSTER'S TERN -1 again at Poole Park
Manx Shearwater - 1 off shore from Bridging Camp, Wyke Regis
Spoonbill - 2 over Stanpit
Glossy Ibis - 3 on Wareham Common viewed from North Walls
Wheatear - 1 Crouch Hill, Stanpit
Firecrest - 2 Hengistbury Head
Yellowhammer - 1 Hengistbury Head
Brambling - 1 Hengistbury Head

Late news from yesterday : 
1 Water Pipit at Swineham Point 
1 Wheatear at Durlston CP

Wednesday 11th March 2026

Slavonian Grebe - 4 The Fleet (Chickerell Hive Point).
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 Poole Harbour.
Glossy Ibis - 10 Wareham Common.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Poole Harbour.
Red Kite - 2 Arne (Slepe Heath), 2 Sadborow, 1 Piddlehinton, 1 Puddletown.
Merlin - 1 West Compton.
Wheatear - 1 Hengistbury Head (Barn Field).
Firecrest - 2+ Durlston CP, 1 Lodmoor, 1 Lytchett Bay (Rock Lea viewpoint).

Tuesday 10th March 2026

Grey Plover - 1+ Stanpit.
Black-tailed Godwit - c. 1000 Stanpit.
Bar-tailed Godwit - 1 Stanpit.
Red-throated Diver - 24 past Portland Bill.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Corfe Mullen, 1 Portland Bill.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Portland Bill. 
Red Kite - 1 Corfe Mullen.
Firecrest - 4 Portland Bill.

Migration: Overnight good numbers of Redwing were heard passing northward over Poole Harbour, with e.g. 270 calls recorded over Oakdale in 75 minutes.

Monday 9th March 2026

Long Tailed Duck -1 The Fleet Chickerall
Red Necked Grebe -1 Studland Bay
Slavonian Grebe -4 The Fleet Chickerall
Black Necked Grebe -1 Studland Bay
Purple Sandpiper -1 Groyne behind Haven Hotel Sandbanks
Forsters Tern -1 Poole Park often on posts next to model boating lake.
Little Gull -1 Adult Rock Lea Viewpoint Lytchett Bay
Caspian Gull -1 Lodmoor
Black-Throated Diver -1 on the sea Sandbanks opposite Jazz Cafe
Bittern -1 Left Swineham at dusk
Glossy Ibis - 10 Still Wareham Common next to bypass
Black Redstart -1 Bridging Camp Chickerall
Serin -1 male Portland bird observatory garden
Snow Bunting -1 Feeding station Rock Lea Viewpoint

Snow Bunting, Rock Lea View © Mick Brooks

Caspian Gull, Lodmoor © Phil Cheeseman

Sunday 8th March 2026

Long Tailed Duck -1 Bridging Camp Chickerall
Black Necked Grebe -5 Jerrys Point, 1 Longham Lakes South Lake 
Spotted Redshank -1 Holes Bay
Common Sandpiper -1 Silverlake
Purple Sandpiper -1 West Bay
Forsters Tern -1 Adult viewed from Poole Park posts next to model boating area and feeding along Baiter Park 
Little Gull - 1 Adult Rock Lea Viewpoint, Lytchett Bay
Glossy Ibis -10 Wareham floods alongside by past
Red Kite -1 Silverlake
Sand Martin -1 Longham Lakes
Swallow -2 Longham Lakes
Black Redstart -1 Bridging Camp Chickerall
Wheatear -1 Lodmoor, 1 Portland
Crossbill - 12 Culpeppers Dish

Wheater, Lodmoor © Phil Cheeseman

Saturday 7th March 2026

Long Tailed Duck -1 Female, Tidmoor The Fleet
Slavonian Grebe -7 Tidmoor, The Fleet
Forsters Tern -1 Adult Poole Park this AM
Little Gull -1 Rock Lea Viewpoint Lytchett Bay
Yellow Legged Gull -1 Adult off Otter Island, Lytchett Bay
Glossy Ibis -10 Wareham floods alongside by past
Sand Martin -8 Lodmoor

Late News
March 4th 
Unconfirmed report of a possible Great-tailed/Boat-tailed Grackle" last Wednesday (4th March) at side of A352 just W of Winfrith Newburgh.

Forsters Tern, Poole Park © Steve Carey

Friday 6th March 2026

Mandarin Duck - 1 Long staying drake Poole Park, 1 female Holmebridge.
Black Necked Grebe -5 Brands Bay
Fosters Tern -1 Adult Poole Park this am also seen Baiter Park
Little Gull -1 Rock Lea Viewpoint Lytchett Bay, 1 Dorchester water meadows
Great Northern Diver - 5 Jerrys Point
Glossy Ibis -10 Wareham floods alongside by past
Spoonbill -2 Brownsea Lagoon
Cattle Egret -23 Up river at Holmebridge
Red Kite -1 Cranborne Common
Water Pipit - 1  mouth of the River Frome

Crossbill. Cranborne Common © Janice Beck

Thursday 5th March 2026

Common Scoter - 5 off Middle Beach

Great Northern Diver - 2 off Jerry's Pt, 1 off Middle Beach

Slavonian Grebe - 3 off Jerry's Pt, 1 Kimmeridge Bay

Black-necked Grebe - 4 off Jerry's Pt, 3 off Middle Beach

Cattle Egret - 21 Holme Bridge, 17 Wareham Common

Glossy Ibis - 10 Wareham Common viewed from North Walls

White-tailed Eagle - 1 over Carey

Common Crane - 2 over Carey

Little Gull - 1 Dorchester Water Meadows

Forster's Tern - 1 seen a.m at the Harbour Mouth later on Brownsea, Baiter and Poole Park.

Sand Martin - 24 Swineham Pt.

Water Pipit - 1 Swineham Pt.

Brambling - 3 Winterborne Stickland

Crossbill - 16 Culpepper's Dish

Late News

2nd March Caspian Gull - 1 sub/ad Longham Lake 

Brambling - Winterborne Stickland © Will Bown

Greylag Goose - Poole Park © Clinton Whale

Wednesday 4th March 2026

Great Northern Diver - 1 Peveril Point

Cattle Egret - 25 Holmebridge

Great White Egret - 1 Holmebridge

Glossy Ibis - 10 again on Wareham Common

Red Kite - 1 over Hydes Heath Arne RSPB

White-tailed Eagle - 1imm past over Brownsea Lagoon, 1 Morden Bog

Common Crane - 2 flew down the Piddle Valley seen on Keysworth / Arne Moors & Wareham Common.

Greenshank - 12 Brownsea Is.

Sandwich Tern - 2-3 Brownsea Is.

Forster's Tern - 1ad between Parkstone Bay, Baiter & Brownsea Is.

Little Gull - 1 Dorchester Water Meadows

Sand Martin - 6 Holmebridge, 1 Hengistbbury Hd.

Chiffchaff - 10 Stanpit

Blackcap - 8 Stanpit Marsh

Crossbill - 7 Hydes Heath Arne RSPB, 2 Higher Hydes Heath

Siskin - Winterborne Stickland © Will Bown

Glossy Ibis - Wareham Common © Robert Fielding

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Tuesday 3rd March 2026

Long-tailed Duck - 1 drake Littlesea (On The Fleet)

Great Northern Diver - 2 off Middle Beach Studland, 1 Weymouth Hbr.

Black-necked Grebe - 4 off South Beach Studland

Bittern - 9 (Yes Nine) over Swineham Pt

Glossy Ibis - 10 again on Wareham Common

Spoonbill - 3 Shipstal Pt. (Arne RSPB)

White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel

Red Kite - 1 Corfe Mullen

Great Bustard - 1 imm/male Ballard Down (Salisbury Plain Project)

Purple Sandpiper - 29 Hengistbury Head

Jack Snipe - 2 Salt Herns Christchurch

Forster's Tern - 1 adult Parkstone Bay (Use Harbourside Car Park at BH15 1TQ)

Red-rumped Swallow - 1 Radipole RSPB (View from bridge over the Wey river (W3W voters.mourner.living).

Brambling - 1 Hengistbury Hd.

Crossbill - 9 Culpepper's Dish

male Great Bustard - Ballard Down © Mike Cheesman

Shag - Holes Bay © David Wareham

Monday 2nd March 2026

Great Northern Diver - 3 Brand's Bay / Jerry's Point

Cattle Egret - 53 Worgret/Wareham Common

Glossy Ibis - 10 Wareham Common

Black-necked Grebe - 10 in Brand' Bay / Jerry's Point, 1 Longham Lake

Red Kite - 1 Longham Lake

White-tailed Eagle - 1 imm Lytchett Bay

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay

Greenshank - 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Forster's Tern - 1 again in Parkstone Bay

Mediterranean Gull - 163 Parkstone Bay + further 250-300 spread across the northern shore Poole Hbr.

Red-rumped Swallow - 1 North end Radipole RSPB

Fieldfare - 5 Hardy's Monument

Wheatear - 1 female Longham Lakes car park, Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Kimmeridge

2 of 10 Glossy Ibis - Wareham Common © Dan law

Sunday March 1st 2026

Brent Goose - 78 Stanpit

Long-tailed Duck - 1 Chickerell

Slavonian Grebe - 1 Chickerell

Black-necked Grebe - 3 off Middle Beach Studland Bay, 1 Longham Lakes

Jack Snipe - 1 Powerstock Common

Common Sandpiper - 1 Silverlake

Spotted Redshank - 1 Swineham GPs

Little Gull - 1 still French's Pool Lytchett Fields RSPB

Glossy Ibis - 10 still Wareham Common

Spoonbill - 1 French's Pool Lytchett Fields RSPB

Cattle Egret - 20+ north of Stourpaine by Broadleaze Farm

Sand Martin - 1 Longham Lakes

Red-rumped Swallow - Radipole Lake RSPB

Redpoll - 9 Powerstock Common

Saturday 28th February 2026

Dark-bellied Brent Goose - c.300 Ower Bay

 Tundra Bean Goose - 6 briefly at Water Meadows Tolpuddle

Slavonian Grebe - 2 off Redhorn Quay Brand's Bay

Black-necked Grebe - 9 Jerry's Point

Bar-tailed Godwit - c.40 Brownsea Lagoon

Black-tailed Godwit - c150 Brownsea Lagoon

Spotted Redshank - 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Forster's Tern - 1 off Baiter Park Poole BH15 1TQ

Little Gull - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 still Dorchester Water Meadows

Great Northern Diver - 4 Ower Bay

Glossy Ibis - 10 still Wareham Common

Spoonbill - 1 Hengistbury Head

Cattle Egret - 50+ Worgret, 1 Dorchester Water Meadows

White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel

Sand Martin - 3 Dorchester Water Meadows, 8 Holmebridge, 1 Longham Lakes

Swallow -  1 Dorchester Water Meadows

Siberian Chiffchaff - 2 Sewage works Abbotsbury

Black Redstart - 2 Dancing Ledge

Friday 27th February 2026

Avocet - c.30 Wareham Channel

Grey Plover - c.20 Wareham Channel

Green Sandpiper - 2 Woodsford 

Purple Sandpiper - 19 Mudeford Quay

Little Gull - 1 still at Dorchester Water Meadows

Great Northern Diver - 1 off Hamworthy Beach

Glossy Ibis - 10 sill at Wareham Common

Little Egret - 19 Lower Bockhampton

Cattle Egret - 1 Lower Bockhampton

Red Kite - 1 Hurn Airport

White-tailed Eagle - pair at Goathorn Poole Harbour

Sand Martin - 1 Silverlakes

Thursday 26th February 2026

Brent Goose - 63 east from Hengistbury Head

White-fronted Goose - 5 past Hengistbury and Mudeford

Grey Partridge - 1 Tarrant Rushton

Red-necked Grebe - 1 offshore at Hengistbury Head

Black-necked Grebe - 1 still South lake Longham Lakes

Purple Sandpiper - 3 Mudeford Quay

Little Gull - adult still Dorchester Water Meadows, 1 Lytchett Bay

Glossy Ibis- 10 by River Piddle south of Wareham Common

 Little Egret - 17 Lower Bockhampton

Red Kite - 1 over West Stafford area, 1 Tarrant Rushton, 1 Silverlake

Sand Martin - 3 briefly at Coward's Marsh, 4 Holmbridge

Marsh Tit - 1 Thorncombe Wood

Wednesday 25th February 2026

Grey Partridge - 7+ Tarrant Rushton

Pale bellied Brent Goose - 1 The Fleet Chickerell

Common Scoter - 1 off Middle Beach Studland, 1 The Fleet Chickerell

Long tailed Duck - 1 The Fleet Chickerell

Slavonian Grebe - 6 The Fleet Chickerell, 2 off Chesil Chickerell

Black necked Grebe - 4 off Middle Beach Studland

Whimbrel - 1 The Fleet Chickerell

Little Gull - 1 Charminster Water Meadows

Great Northern Diver - 2 off Middle Beach Studland, 1 The Fleet Chickerell

Glossy Ibis - 10 Wareham Common and later at Swineham

Cattle Egret - 20 Hengisbury Head

Hen Harrier - 1 Ringtail Rempstone Forest, 1 Ringtail Morden Bog

Red Kite - 5 Tarrant Rushton, 3 North of Riversmeet Christchurch, 1 Charlton Down

White tailed Eagle - 2 Brownsea Island

Little Owl - 1 Tarrant Rushton

Sand Martin - 3 Swineham GP

Black Redstart - 1 The Fleet Chickerell

Tuesday 24th February 2026

Dark bellied Brent Goose - 1 Long Island Poole Harbour

White fronted Goose - 37 Over west Ashtree Meadow Christchurch Harbour

Slavonian Grebe - 8 Tidmoor Pt The Fleet, 1 central Poole Harbour

Black-necked Grebe - 6 off Jerry's Point

Bar -tailed Godwit - 99 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Black-tailed Godwit - 4389 Holes Bay

Little Gull - 1 Holes Bay PC World Drain, 1 Charminster Water Mwadows

Glossy Ibis - 10 Wareham Common 

Cattle Egret - 46 Wareham Common, 10 Hengisbury Head

Red Kite - 1 Canford Bottom

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Over Sandford, 1 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Swallow - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Fieldfare - 110+  Sweetbrier Drove west of Kingston Lacy

Redpoll - 4 Thorncombe Woods, 3 Stoborough Heath

Crossbill - 5 Shipstal Point, 3 Slepe Heath

Monday 23rd February 2026

Slavonian Grebe - 3 Jerry's Point, 1 Middle Beach Studland

Black-necked Grebe - 8 Jerry's Point, 6 Middle Beach Studland, 1 Longham Lakes

Purple Sandpiper - 9 Sandspit Groyne S9 Hengisbury Head

Little Gull - 1 Rock Lea VP Lytchett Fields RSPB

Marsh Tit - 2 Thorncombe Woods

Swallow - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Redpoll - 5 Thorncombe Wood, few in a mixed flock at at Holloway's Dock Hegisbury Head

Sunday 22nd February 2026

Mandarin - 9 Shillingstone

Pochard - 36 Longham Lakes

Common Scoter - 9 off Hengisbury Head, 1 off Middle Beach Studland

Slavonian Grebe - 1 off Green Island Poole Harbour, 1 Off Sandsfoot Castle Portland Harbour

Black- necked Grebe - 8 off Jerry's Point, 4 off Sandsfoot Castle Portland Harbour, 1 Lognham Lakes, 1 off Middle Beach Studland

Jack Snipe - 1 Brewers Creek Hengisbury Head

Purple Sandpiper - 21 Sand Spit Hengisbury Head

Little Gull - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Glossy Ibis - 10 Swineham horse paddocks

Spoonbill - 16 Shipstal Point Arne RSPB, 5 Frome Flood Fields

Bittern - 2 Swinehan GP

Great White Egret - 2 Longham Lake, 1 Wareham Channel

Red Kite - 2 Lytchett Matravers, 1 Swyre Head, 1 Wareham, 1 Hamm Common

Firecrest - 2 Louds Mill, 1 Higher Charminster

Red Kite - Langton Matravers © Phil Bentley

Saturday 21st February 2026

Pintail - 1 drake at Silverlake
Goosander - 2 Silverlake
Green Sandpiper - 1 Silverlake
Purple Sandpiper - 19 Hengistbury Head
Goshawk - 1 over Wareham Causeway
Marsh Tit - 1 Leeson Wood near Langton Matravers
Yellowhammer - 1 over Lytchett Fields RSPB

Yesterday : c95 Cattle Egret at Portesham

Friday 20th February 2026

Long-tailed Duck - 1 on the Fleet at Littlesea
Black-necked Grebe - 4 Portland Harbour from Sandsfoot Castle, 1 Arne Lake, 1 Longham Lakes (South Lake)
Green Sandpiper - 1 Arne Moors RSPB
Whimbrel - 1 long stayer on the Fleet at Littlesea
Little Gull - 1st winter at Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Holes Bay NE
Sandwich Tern - 2 Poole Harbour off Baiter Park
Red-throated Diver - 3 Hengistbury
Great Northern Diver - 9 in Poole Harbour, 2 on the Fleet at Littlesea, 1 Portland Harbour off Portland Castle
Spoonbill - 16 at Shipstal Point, Arne RSPB
Cattle Egret - 58 Abbotsbury Swannery
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Poole Harbour, 1 over Blacknor (Portland), 1 Littlesea (The Fleet)
Red Kite - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Brambling - 1 Christchurch Harbour over 'No Dogs Field' 

Little Gull, Holes Bay © Clive Hargrave

 

Thursday 19th February 2026

Goosander - 1 Holes Bay NE
Slavonian Grebe - 3 on the Fleet at Chickerell, 1 Portland Harbour from Sandsfoot Castle
Black-necked Grebe - 4 Portland Harbour from Sandsfoot Castle, 1 Longham Lakes
Sanderling - 1 Sandbanks beach
Purple Sandpiper -1 Sandbanks beach
Little Gull - 1 Holes Bay
Great Northern Diver - 8 Portland Harbour (6 from Sandsfoot Castle and 2 off Hamm Beach),
     2 in Poole Harbour off Baiter Park
Glossy Ibis - 10 Bestwell Meadows behind rugby club
Cattle Egret - 62 Wareham Common

Wednesday 18th February 2026

Grim weather conditions today. Only reports were  :
 
Kittiwake - 3 Branksome Chine
Black-throated Diver - 1 Portland Harbour off Portland Castle

Late news from yesterday :  10 Black-necked Grebes and 4 Great Northern Divers off Jerry’s Point, 1 Black-necked Grebe and 1 Great Northern Diver in Studland Bay.

Yesterday a Bullfinch, Thorncombe Wood  © Alan Membury

 

 

Tuesday 17th February 2026

Goldeneye - 1 Wareham Channel.
Goosander - 3 Holmebridge.
Black-necked Grebe - 8 Brands Bay.
Slavonian Grebe - 3 Brands Bay.
Grey Plover - 1 Stanpit.
Sanderling - 38 Brands Bay.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Purple Sandpiper - 10 Hengistbury sandspit, 4 Lyme Regis (The Cobb).
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Greenshank - 6 Lytchett Fields.
Great Northern Diver - 3 Brands Bay.
Cattle Egret - 65 west of Abbotsbury behind the beach.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Brands Bay, 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 St Aldhelm's Head.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Arne, 1 Christchurch Hbr.
Red Kite - 1 Arne, 1 St Aldhelm's Head.
Goshawk - 1 Poole Harbour.
Merlin - 1 Arne.
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Abbotsbury.
Hawfinch - 2 Sixpenny Handley (Chase Woods).
Redpoll - 35 Sixpenny Handley (Chase Woods), 1 Stanpit.

Late news:  Black Redstart, The Nothe, yesterday 16th Feb.

Treecreeper, Thorncombe Wood © Alan Membury

Nuthatch, Thorncombe Wood © Alan Membury

Monday 16th February 2026

Black-necked Grebe - 4 Brands Bay (Jerry's Point), 3 Studland Bay.
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Studland Bay.
Grey Plover - 2 Stanpit.
Golden Plover - 1 Lodmoor.
Purple Sandpiper - 14 Highcliffe beach (groyne #10).
Greenshank - 2 Brands Bay (Jerry's Point).
Great Northern Diver - 2 Studland (Shell Bay), 1 Brands Bay (Jerry's Point).
Cattle Egret - 18 Stanpit.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Brands Bay, 1 Arne.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Lodmoor.
Red Kite - 2 Arne.
Goshawk - 1 Middlebere.
Merlin - 1 Middlebere.
Redpoll - 7 Thorncombe Wood.

Purple Sandpiper, Highcliffe © Clinton Whale.

Sunday 15th February 2026

Egyptian Goose - 3 Fitzworth.

Goosander - 1 still in NE Holes Bay.
Common Scoter - 1 Studland Bay (Middle Beach).
Black-necked Grebe - 4 Brands Bay (Jerry's Point), 3 Studland Bay (Middle Beach).
Slavonian Grebe - 3 Brands Bay (Jerry's Point).
Grey Plover - 16 Brands Bay.
Knot - c10 Wareham Channel, 5 Brands Bay.
Greenshank - 3 Ower Bay, 2 Wareham Channel, 1 Brands Bay (Jerry's Point).
Black-tailed Godwit - at least 5236 in Holes Bay following a careful count.
Little Gull - 1 still in NE Holes Bay.
Glossy Ibis - 10 Swineham.
Great Northern Diver - 3 Brands Bay (Jerry's Point), 1 Studland Bay (Middle Beach), 

     1 NNE from Fitzworth.
Spoonbill - 4 Ower Bay, 3 off Goathorn, 1 Middlebere, 1 Wareham Channel.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Brands Bay.
Marsh Harrier - 5 Wareham Channel, 1 Ower Bay.

Firecrest - 2 Fitzworth.

Late news from Saturday 14th:
Red-necked Grebe - 1 still Abbotsbury Swannery.
Slavonian Grebe - 7 The Fleet (Littlesea), 1 Abbotsbury Swannery.
Long-tailed Duck - 1 The Fleet (Littlesea).
Pale-bellied Brent - 3 The Fleet (Littlesea).

Firecrest, yesterday © Derek Fowler.

Saturday 14th February 2026

Cattle Egret - c20 from Christchurch Hbr roost.
Marsh Harrier - 3+ Christchurch Hbr.
Brambling - 3 Thorncombe.
Redpoll - 3 Thorncombe Wood.

Late news for Friday:
Black-necked Grebe - 1 still Longham Lakes.
Cattle Egret - 7 flew S at Broadwey, 1 Hampreston Fields.
Golden Plover - 200+ Maiden Castle.

Redpoll, Thorncombe Wood © Alan Membury.

Brambling, Thorncombe © Neil Croton
(licensed ringer).

Friday 13th February 2026

Goosander - 1 Redhead still Holes Bay
Slavonian Grebe - 2 Jerrys Point Poole Harbour
Black-Necked Grebe - 8 Jerrys Point Poole Harbour
Little Gull - 1 Ad, NE Holes Bay around PCW drain outlet
Glossy Ibis - 10 Bestwall Meadows, Swineham.

Glossy Ibis Bestwall Meadows Swineham © Clive Hargrave

Thursday 12th February 2026

Mandarin Duck - 1 Drake small lake Poole Park
Pochard - 1 Drake Poole Park
Common Scoter - 3, 2 drake 1 female, Middle Beach Studland
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Castle Cove Portland Harbour
Black Necked Grebe - 3 Middle Beach Studland, 11 Castle Cove Portland Harbour
Purple Sandpiper - 6 The Cobb Lyme Regis, 12 Highcliffe Groyne H10
Little Gull - 1 NE Holes Bay
Great Northern Diver - 4 Portland Harbour

Wednesday 11th February 2025

Goosander - 1 NE Holes Bay
Ruff - 1 NW Holes Bay viewed from the Stone Bench
Little Gull - 1 Ad Holes Bay around PCW drain outlet, 1 Wareham Bypass Flooded fields
Glossy Ibis - 9 Bestwall Meadows Swineham
Cattle Egret - 8 Bestwall Meadows Swineham
Red Kite - 1 Soldiers Road Arne
Merlin - 1 West Compton

Tuesday 10th February 2026

Goosander - 1 Redhead NE Holes Bay
Purple Sandpiper - 8 The Cobb Lyme Regis
Little Gull - 1 Adult NE Holes Bay, 1 Wareham Bypass floods
Spoonbill - 2 Holes Bay

Ad Little Gull Holes Bay © Phil Bentley 

Monday 9th February 2026

Pale-bellied Brent Geese - 2 Baiter Park

Goosander - 1 redhead Holes Bay NE

Great Northern Diver - 1 west Hengistbury Hd.

Great White Egret - 2 Woodsford

Spoonbill - 12 Arne RSPB (Shipstal point)

Black-necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes

Red Kite - 2 Woodsford

White-tailed Eagle - 2 over Christchurch Hbr am.

Little Gull - 2 on floods west of Stoborough, 1 Holes Bay SE.

Redpoll - 15 Hengistbury Hd.

Peregrine - Woodsford © Paul Harris

Oystercatcher - Highcliffe © Clinton Whale

Sunday 8th February 2026

Common Scoter - 2 South Beach Studland

Goosander - 1 redhead Holes Bay

Red-throated Diver - 13 east Hengistbury Head

Great Northern Diver - 12 spread over Poole Harbour

Cattle Egret - 15 Hengistbury Head.

Glossy Ibis - 1 behind the Rugby ground at Bestwall

Spoonbill - 12 Shipstal Arne RSPB, 6 Wareham Channel

Red-necked Grebe - 1 from Jerry's Point

Slavonian Grebe - 3 from Jerry's Point

Black-necked Grebe - 5 from Jerry's Point, 3 off South Beach

Ruff - 1 with lapwing Piddle Valley

Sanderling - 40 Shell Bay

Purple Sandpiper - 14 Hengistbury Hd (from Beach huts)

Little Gull - 1 ad Holes Bay

Saturday 7th February 2026

Long-tailed Duck - 1 fem The Fleet at Chickerell

Common Scoter - 34 0n sea off Mudeford

Red-throated Diver - 12 past Mudeford

Great Northern Diver - 6 Portland Hbr, 3 The Fleet at Chickerell, 1 east Mudeford

Glossy Ibis - 10 Swineham Point (in paddocks)

Slavonian Grebe - 6 on The Fleet at Chickerell

White-tailed Eagle - 2 over Brownsea Is. 1 over Portland Bill, 1 Christchurch Hbr

Purple Sandpiper - 11 Portland Bill,  3 Sandbanks on groynes (end of FP 86)

Little Gull - 1 1st/w Lodmoor RSPB

Redpoll - 20 south of Holloway's Dock

Friday 6th February 2026

Goosander - 1 Holes Bay pm.

Glossy Ibis - 10 Swineham Point (in paddock)

Spoonbill - 22 Shipstal Point Arne RSPB

Red-necked Grebe - 1 Castle Cove Sandsfoot, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Golden Plover - 500+ Maiden Castle

Purple Sandpiper - 3 on grottoes Sandbanks

Little Gull - 1 1st/w Lodmoor RSPB

Thursday 5th February 2026

Dark-bellied Brent Goose - 4 Newton's Cove

Black-necked Grebe - 1 still off South beach Studland Bay, 2 off Sandsfoot Castle Portland Harbour

Golden Plover - c.600 still in field adjacent to Maiden Castle car park

Purple Sandpiper - 3 on groyne Sandbanks, 11 Portland Bill

Little Gull - 1 Lodmoor

Spoonbill - 20 still Shipstal Point

Firecrest - Thorncombe Wood 

Black Redstart - 1 Bridging Camp Wyke Regis

Wednesday 4th February 2026

Garganey - female Abbotsbury Swannery

Scaup - 1st winter drake Abbotsbury Swannery

Long-tailed Duck - 1st winter female Abbotsbury Swannery

Red.necked Grebe - 1 still in Castle Cove Portland Harbour

Slavonian Grebe - 3 Jerry's Point

Black-necked Grebe - 6 Jerry's Point, 1 off Middle Beach Studland Bay, 1 South Lake Longham Lakes

Avocet - 200 Middlebere

Golden Plover - c.600 again in field adjacent to car park at Maiden Castle

Common Sandpiper - 1 Silverlake

Green Sandpiper - 1 Corfe river floods

Spotted Redshank - 1 Middlebere

Purple Sandpiper - 6 west of obelisk Portland Bill

Little Gull - 1 juvenile Lodmoor

Red-throated Diver - 4 Christchurch
Black-throated Diver - 1 still off Portland Castle

Great Northern Diver - 1 in Castle Cove

Spoonbill - 20 Shipstal Point Arne RSPB

Marsh Harrier - 1 Silverlake

Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 in garden at West Mills Wareham

 Brambling - 2 Thrashers Lane near Corfe

Blackcap, Bridport © Richard Cole

Great Northern Diver, Portland Harbour  © Alan Membbury

Rock Pipit, Chesil Cove  © Alan Membury

 

Red-breasted Merganser, Portland Harbour ©  Alan Membury

Tuesday 3rd February 2026

 Garganey - 1 western embayment Abbotsbury Swannery

Greater Scaup - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery

Long-tailed Duck - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Red-necked Grebe - 2 from Jerry's Point, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery (closed for winter)

Black-necked Grebe - 11 from Jerry's Point

Hen Harrier - Ringtail Abbotsbury Swannery

Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Piddlehinton sewage works

Great White Egret, Woodsford yesterday  ©  Paul Harris

Monday 2nd February 2026

Garganey - female Abbotsbury Swannery

Scaup - 1st winter drake Abbotsbury Swannery

Red-necked Grebe - 1 still Abbotsbury Swannery (closed for winter)

Slavonian Grebe - 1 Shell Bay

Golden Plover - c.600 Maiden Castle, 35 circling above Higher Burnbake

Black-tailed Godwit - 4600+ Holes Bay

Common Sandpiper - 1 Silverlake

Green Sandpiper - 1 Woodsford

Little Gull - 2 off Avon Beach Mudeford, 1 Lytchett Fields, 1 sub adult Lodmoor

Red-throated Diver - 43 from sea at Christchurch

Black-throated Diver - 1 past Kimmeridge

Great Northern Diver - 1 from sea at Christchurch, 4 off Jerry's Point

Glossy Ibis - 10 again on River Piddle floods towards Ferncroft Farm Wareham

Great White Egret - 1 Woodsford

Cattle Egret - 8 Bardolf Farm Athelhampton , 4 Kingston Maurward

Red Kite - 2 over Lytchett Matravers, 2 Red Kite, 1 Wick

Short-eared Owl - up to 4 Arne

Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 still at PC World drain Poole

Firecrest - 2 Thorncombe Wood

Cirl Bunting - at least 9 in cover crop at Old Harry

Sub adult Little Gull, Lodmoor  © John Pritchard

Dartford Warbler, Silverlake   ©  Alan Membury

Common Sandpiper, Silverlake ©   Alan Membury

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Sunday 1st February 2026

Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery (NB Swannery closed)
Slavonian Grebe - 1 off Brownsea Island
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour from Bincleaves, 1 Jerry's Point, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Black-necked Grebe - 8 Portland Harbour from Sandsfoot Castle, 7 Jerry's Point, 1 Longham Lakes (South Lake)
Golden Plover - 446 Maiden Castle in field east of car park
Purple Sandpier -11 at Highcliffe on groyne H10
Black-tailed Godwit - 3,453 in Holes Bay NW and c200 in NE sector
Little Gull - 1 Hengistbury
Sandwich Tern - 2 Poole Harbour off Whitley Lake
Black-throated Diver - 1 Hengistbury
Red-throated Diver - 19 Hengistbury, 14 Poole Bay
Great Northern Diver - 12 in Poole Harbour
Glossy Ibis - 3 Swineham GPs
Cattle Egret - 7 Puddletown on flooded field near A35
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Poole Harbour
Merlin - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Black Redstart - 1 male at Ridge
Yellowhammer - c30 at Giant Hill ,Cerne Abbas
Corn Bunting - 1 Maiden Castle
Cirl Bunting - 10 in stubble field near Old Harry

Purple Sandpipers, Highcliffe © Clinton Whale

Cirl Buntings, Studland © Phil Bentley

 

Saturday 31st January 2026

Tundra Bean Goose - 1 still at Affpuddle WMs
Long-tailed Duck - 1 west past Hengistbury Head
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour
Black-necked Grebe - 3 Studland bay from Middle Beach
Golden Plover - 280+ Maiden Castle in field east of car park
Little Gull - 3 Hengistbury Head, 3 Preston Beach
Black-throated Diver - 1 flew south off Old Harry
Red-throated Diver - 42 Hengistbury, 31 Old Harry
Great Northern Diver - 4 Studland Bay
Cattle Egret - 41 Wareham Common
White-tailed Eagle - 6 over Kimmeridge, 3 at Encombe this morning
Red Kite - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 PC World Drain
Black Redstart - 1 Burton Bradstock at Freshwater Beach
Redpoll - 5 Hengistbury
Cirl Bunting - Flock of at least 9 at Old Harry

Some of 140 Lapwing, Sturminster Marshall © Allan Frake

 

Friday 30th January 2026

Tundra Bean Goose - 7 Woodsford Bridge, 1 still at water meadows, Affpuddle
Black-necked Grebe -1 still South Lake, Longham Lakes
Avocet - 276 Brownsea Lagoon
Bar-tailed Godwit - 78 brownsea lagoon
Spoonbill - 15 Shipstal Point
Cattle Egret - 1 Puddletown
Great White Egret - 1 Woodsford
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Goathorn Peninsula
Red Kite - 1 over Silverlake, 1 over Kingston Maurward
Black Redstart - 1 Portwey Close, Rodwell
Crossbill - 22 Greenlands Farm
Cirl Bunting - 6+ nr. Old Harry, in crop field, 2 Bridging Camp, The Fleet

Red-breasted Mergansers, Poole Harbour © Don Willliams

Lapwings, Lodmoor RSPB © Mick Church

Cirl Bunting, Bridging Camp, The Fleet © Phil Cheeseman