Dorset Birds: 2026

Tuesday 1st September 2026

Nightjar - 1 Lower Piddle Valley RS.
Knot - 3 Ferrybridge, 2 Brownsea Is, 1 Stanpit.
Ruff - 1 Middlebere.
Greenshank - 10 Brownsea Is, 7 Brands Bay, 1 Stanpit.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Brands Bay.
Curlew Sandpiper - 4 Brownsea Is, 1 Ferrybridge.
Little Stint - 1 Brownsea Is.
Whimbrel - 7 Lytchett Bay, 3 Stanpit, 1 Brands Bay.
Great White Egret - 1 Middlebere, 1 Wareham Channel.
Spoonbill - 18 Brownsea Is.
Osprey - 5+ Poole Barbour basin, 4-6 Christchurch Hbr.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Poole Harbour.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Arne, 1 Martinstown.
Red Kite - 4 Gussage Down.
Yellow Wagtail - 38 Christchurch Hbr, 2 Studland.
Redstart - 2 Durlston CP, 2+ Arne, 1 Studland (South Haven).
Whinchat - 3 Hengistbury Hd, 3 Lytchett Fields, 1 Portesham (Corton Hill),

1 Studland (Shell Bay).
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Arne.
Spotted Flycatcher - 3+ Arne, 1 Durlston CP, 1 Lytchett Fields, 1 Stanpit, 1 Studland.
Grasshopper Warbler - 33 Lower Piddle Valley RS, 6 Lytchett Bay, 1 Christchurch Hbr.
Willow Warbler - 1 yellow-headed bird at Portland Obs.
Cirl Bunting - 1 Durlston CP.

Late news: 19 Red Kite, 25 Spotted Flycatcher & 13 Marsh Tit in the Ashmore area yesterday.

Monday 31st August 2026

Grey Plover - 1 Brands Bay.
Knot - 5 Holes Bay, 2 Brands Bay, 2 Ferrybridge, 1 Christchurch Hbr.
Greenshank - 4 Brands Bay, 1 Holes Bay.
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields, 1 Christchurch Hbr.
Common Sandpiper - 2 Holes Bay, 1 Lodmoor.
Whimbrel - 2 Stanpit, 1 Brands Bay.
Grey Phalarope - 1 Stanpit, but elusive.
Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor, 1 Swineham.
Cattle Egret - c30 Stoborough causeway, 11 nr Lower Bockhampton, 10 Holmebridge,

5 Swineham.
Osprey - 4+ Christchurch Hbr, 4 Middlebere, 4 Swineham, 3 Lytchett Bay, 1 Brands Bay,

1 Holes Bay.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Holmebridge, 1 Poole Harbour.

Marsh Harrier - 2 Lytchett Fields.

Hen Harrier - 1 male reported Arne.
Red Kite - 1 Lytchett Bay.

Hobby - 1 Holmebridge.
Yellow Wagtail - 1 Lodmoor.
Redstart - 3+ Arne, 1 Stanpit.
Whinchat - 3 Maiden Castle, 2 Lytchett Fields, 1 Stanpit, 1 Wareham Forest (Black Heath).
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Arne, 1 Middlebere.
Spotted Flycatcher - 3+ Arne.
Wheatear - 5 Maiden Castle, 2 Christchurch Hbr, 2 Ferrybridge.
Firecrest - 1 Hengistbury.

Sunday 30th August 2026

Knot - 24 Ferrybridge, 10 Christchurch Hbr, 6 Brownsea Is.
Greenshank - 2+ Lodmoor, 1 Arne Moors, 1 Stanpit.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Christchurch Hbr, 1 Lodmoor.
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor.
Sanderling - 6 Ferrybridge, 4 Stanpit, 1 Brownsea Is.
Little Stint - 1 Studland (off Gravel Point).
Whimbrel - 2 Stanpit.
Grey Phalarope - 1 Lodmoor till noon.
Arctic Tern - 2 past Hengistbury.
Black Tern - 7 past Hengistbury.
Kittiwake - 1 Brand's Bay.
Little Gull - 1 Lodmoor.
Franklin's Gull - 1 Mudeford Quay sandspit.
Glossy Ibis - 2 Wareham Channel.
Great White Egret - 2+ Lodmoor, 1 Wareham Channel.
Cattle Egret - 23 Stanpit, 1 Middlebere.
Spoonbill - 36 Brownsea Is.
Osprey - c5 Poole Hbr & Lytchett Bay, 3+ Christchurch Hbr.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Goshawk - 1 Carey's (Wareham).
Hobby - 1 Stanpit.
Yellow Wagtail - 4-5 Stanpit, 2+ Lodmoor.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Middlebere.
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Hengistbury.
Wheatear - 1 Arne Moors.
Firecrest - 2 Hengistbury.

Saturday 29th August 2026

Whimbrel - 1 Brand's Bay
Sanderling - 3 Mudeford Quay
Knot - c25 Brand's Bay, 23 Brownsea Lagoon
Wood Sandpiper - 1 over Brand's Bay
Curlew Sandpiper - 5 juveniles on Brownsea Lagoon
Greenshank - 7 Brand's Bay
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields
Roseate Tern - 1 off Jerry's Point with gull and tern flock
Cory's Shearwater - 2 past Portland Bill this morning
Balearic Shearwater - 46 past Durlston CP, 1+ past Kimmeridge Bay
Cattle Egret - 7+ Portland Bill in Crown Estates Field

Friday 28th August 2026

Pintail - 3 Lytchett Fields, 2 Brand's Bay
Whimbrel - 4 Stanpit, 1 Brand's Bay
Grey Phalarope - 1 juvenile at Stanpit Bight (Christchurch Harbour) this evening
Sanderling - 3 Stanpit, 2 Brownsea Lagoon
Knot - 3 Brownsea Lagoon
Common Sandpiper - 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Green Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Fields, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Ruff - 1 Lytchett Fields, 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Greenshank - c20 Lytchett Fields, 18 Brownsea Lagoon, 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields, 2 Middlebere
Bar-tailed Godwit - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
FRANKLIN'S GULL - 1 still at Stanpit Bight (Christchurch Harbour) but elusive
Caspian Gull - 1cy Abbotsbury Swannery
Balearic Shearwater - 10 past Portland Bill (87+ yesterday)
Spoonbill - c20 Brownsea Lagoon
Great White Egret - 4 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Swineham Point
Red Kite - 1 over Thorncombe Wood
Wryneck - 1 Portland in Obs Quarry and 1 also trapped & ringed in Crown Estates Field
Wood Warbler - 1 Charmouth briefly this morning
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Lytchett Fields (Approach Fields)
Pied Flycatcher - 10+ Charmouth this morning, 1 Middlebere
Spotted Flycatcher - 2 Studland village, 1 Brand's Bay
Yellow Wagtail - 30+ Christchurch Harbour, 10 over Greenland Farm, 1 Brand's Bay
Whinchat - 1 Lytchett Fields (Approach Fields), 1 Canford School
Tree Pipit - 2 Lytchett Fields (Approach Fields), 1 over Hengistbury
Siskin - 4 or 5 by Rushy Pond at Thorncombe Wood

Franklin's Gull, Stanpit © Mike Gibbons

Thursday 27th August 2026

Whimbrel - 1+ Christchurch Harbour
Sanderling - 7 Christchurch Harbour
Knot - 4 Lytchett Bay, 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Christchurch Harbour
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Common Sandpiper - 3 Holes Bay, 2 Lodmoor RSPB, 2 Lytchett Fields
Ruff - 3 over Hengistbury
Greenshank - 11 Lytchett Fields, 3 Lodmoor RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 3 Lytchett Fields, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Bar-tailed Godwit - 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Little Tern - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
FRANKLIN'S GULL - 1 Stanpit Bight (Christchurch Harbour) this afternoon but not seen since 6pm
Little Gull - 1 Ferrybridge, 1 Christchurch Harbour
Balearic Shearwater - 34 past Portland Bill this morning
Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Osprey - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Wryneck - 1 Obs Quarry on Portland
Wheatear - 3 Hartland Moor, 2 Christchurch Harbour
Pied Flycatcher - 1 at Bardolf Farm, Puddletown
Spotted Flycatcher - 8+ Hartland Moor, 1 PC World Drain
Yellow Wagtail - 22 at Crouch Hill (Stanpit) this evening, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Firecrest - 1 Hengistbury Wood
Whinchat - 1 Barn Field (Christchurch Harbour)
Cirl Bunting - 1 Durlston CP

Wednesday 26th August 2026

Balearic Shearwater - 6 off Portland Bill

Cattle Egret - 12 nr Abbotsbury Village

Great White Egret - 1 north Christchurch Hbr.

Glossy Ibis - 2 Wareham Channel

Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 in off sea Christchurch Hbr.

Red Kite - 2 over Wareham Channel, 1 Hog Hill

White-tailed Eagle - 3 Wareham Channel

Goshawk - 1 Juv/Fem over Wareham Channel

Osprey - 10 - Wareham Channel, 1 Wareham Common, 1 over West Cliffs Portland, 1 Christchurch Hbr

Hobby - 1 over Wareham Common, 1 over Wareham Channel

Little Stint - 1 Lytchett Fields, 1 Stanpit Marsh

Ruff - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Whimbrel - 6 Stanpit Marsh

Common Sandpiper - 2 Stanpit Marsh

Green Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Field, 1 Stanpit Marsh

Yellow-legged Gull - 1 1c/y

Caspian Gull - 1 juv Ferrybridge

Tree Pipit - 3 over Hengistbury Hd.

Yellow Wagtail - 35 over Hengistbury Hd, 44 Stanpit Marsh

Nightingale - 1 Culverwell

Whinchat - 3 Stanpit Marsh, 2 Wareham Common

Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Double Dykes Hengistbury Hd.

Spotted Flycatcher - 10+ Wareham Common

Pied Flycatcher - 1 Wareham Common, 1 Charmouth

Common & Little Tern - Lodmoor RSPB © John Pritchard

Tuesday 25th August 2026

Balearic Shearwater - 3 Portland Bill

Great White Egret - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Charlton Marshall

Glossy Ibis - 1 Swineham Pt (seen from BirdBoat landed on Keysworth shore)

Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Wareham Channel

Red Kite - 4 Cranborne Chase, 1 Wareham Channel

White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel

Osprey - 5 Lytchett Bay a.m. 5 Middlebere p.m, 1 Portland Bill (flew out to sea)

Hobby - 1 Middlebere, 1 Maiden Castle, 1 Wild Woodbury DWT.

Ruff - 3 Wareham Channel

Common Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Holloways Dock

Green Sandpiper - 2 Dodding's Lane Cress Beds, 1 Wareham Channel

Spotted Redshank - 3 Middlebere, 2 Lytchett Fields

Greenshank - 21 Lytchett Bay

Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Yellow-legged Gull - 1 juv. St Aldhelm's Hd.

Tree Pipit - 8 Wild Woodbury, 3 over Hengistbury Hd.

Yellow Wagtail - 40 St Aldhelm's Hd. 8 over Hengistbury Hd, 6 Ferrybridge

Whinchat - 1 Arne RSPB, 1 Hengistbury Hd (Barn Field), 1 Hog Hill, 1 St Aldhelm's Hd.

Wheatear - 5 Maiden Castle, 1 St Aldhelm's Hd.

Monday 24th August 2026

Balearic Shearwater - 20 past Portland Bill

Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Glossy Ibis - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Spoonbill - c29 Brownsea Lagoon

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Wareham Channel, 1 Lytchett Bay

Marsh Harrier - 3 Poole Hbr (1 wing tagged bird from Suffolk)

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Wareham Channel

Osprey - 3 Middlebere, 3 Lytchett Bay

Common Crane - 3 Knowlton (from Somerset project)

Hobby - 1 Middlebere

Ruff - 2 Lodmoor RSPB

Snipe - 2 Holes Bay

Common Sandpiper - 2 Holloways Dock, 1 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Spotted Redshank - 3 Lytchett Bay/Fields

Greenshank - 24 Middlebere Channel, 17 Lytchett Bay, 6 Brownsea Lagoon, 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Stanpit Marsh.

Yellow-legged Gull - 7 various ages Portland Bill (Gull flock below Culverwell)

Yellow Wagtail - 20 over Hengustbury Hd, 4 Middlebere

Whinchat - 3 Hengistbury Hd, 1 Maiden Castle, 1 Middlebere

Wheatear - 6 Hogg Hill, 4 Maiden Castle, 4 Hengistbury Hd, 2 Middlebere

Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Sunday 23rd August 2026

Pintail - 1 Brand's Bay

Cattle Egret - 5 Cowerds Marsh, 3 Swineham Pt.

Great White Egret - 3 Poole Hbr.
White Stork - 1 Lodmoor RSPB (arrive from north flew off East)
Glossy Ibis - 1 over Radipole Lake RSPB.
Spoonbill - 23 Brownsea Is, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
White-tailed Eagle - 3-4 Wareham Channel

Osprey - 10 Poole Harbour, 2 Holton Lee/Lytchett Bay, 1 Arne (6J8 Saline Lagoon), 1 Christchurch Hbr (1H1)
Ruff - 1 Hengistbury Hd.

Whimbrel - 6 Hengistbury Hd.
Common Sandpiper - 2 Hatch Pond

Spotted Redshank - 2 Middlebere
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Woodsford
Tree Pipit - 5, Hengistbury Hd, 2 Lower Piddle Valley, 1 Durlston CP.

Yellow Wagtail - 60+ Swineham Pt, 40 Hengistbury Hd, 2 Eggardon Hill, 2 Durlston CP.

Nightingale - 1 Durlston CP.

Redstart - 5 Godlingston, 4 Durlston CP

Whinchat - 2 Hengistbury Hd (Barn Field), 1 Maiden Castle

Wheatear - 9 Wheatear Durlston CP, 5 Tarrant Rushton, 5 Coward's Marsh, 4 Eggardon Hill, 4 Hengistbury Hd, 2 Godlingston,
Grasshopper Warbler - 18 Lower Piddle Valley, 1 Hengistbury Hd.

Garden Warbler - 2 Godlingston

Lesser Whitethroat - 2 Durlston CP.

Whitethroat - 7 Maiden Castle, 2 Hatch Pond
Spotted Flycatcher - 12 Durlston CP, 6 Godlingston, 1 Hatch Pond, 1 Avon Causeway, 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Thorncombe Wood
Cirl Bunting - 6 Cirl Bunting Durlston CP, 1 briefly Godlingston

Saturday 22nd August 2026

Whimbrel - 1 Middlebere
Spotted Redshank - 3 Middlebere
Ruff - 1 Brands Bay
Little Gull - 1 Lodmoor
Kittiwake - 1 Juv Brands Bay
Glossy Ibis - 1 Flew towards Wareham Channel from Lytchett Fields
Spoonbill - 22 Brownsea Lagoon, 1 Lodmoor
Great White Egret - 3 Middlebere
Willow Warbler - 15 Holton Heath
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Maiden Castle, 8 Maiden Newton
Redstart - 1 Maiden Castle
Whinchat - 1 Hartland Moor
Wheatear - 3 Maiden Castle, 1 Coombe Bottom

Wheatear Maiden Castle © Colin Chainey

Friday 21st August 2026

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields, 1 Brands bay
Whimbrel - 1 Lytchett Fields, 1 Brands bay
Yellow-Legged Gull - 1 NE Holes bay near to Creekmoor Bridge
Ruff - 1 Brands Bay
Black Tern - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Spoonbill - 32 Brownsea lagoon, 1 Lodmoor
Great White Egret - 1 Hatch Pond
Hobby - 1 Blackheath, 1 Throop Mill
Willow Warbler - 4 Blackheath Wareham Forest
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Lytchett Fields Approach Field
Redstart - 1 Blackheath, 1 Middlebere
Whinchat - 1 Blackheath
Wheatear - 1 Throop Mill
Yellow wagtail - 4 Middlebere, 4 Lodmoor, 10 Swineham

Redstart Middlebere © Rich Stephenson

Yellow Wagtail Ferybridge © Graham Jaggard

Thursday 20th August 2026

Mandarin Duck - 3 female on Causeway Pond Bardolf Farm
Black Tern - 1 South Marsh Christchurch Harbour
Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor West Scrape
Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor
Red Kite - 1 Charlton Down
Spotted Flycatcher - 7 Bardolf farm

Wednesday 19th August 2026

Wood sandpiper - 1 Brownsea Lagoon, 1 Lodmoor on post box pools
Spotted Redshank - 1 Swineham Point
Spoonbill - 1 Brownsea Lagoon, 1 Lodmoor
Black Tern - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery briefly over embayment; use Swannery car park (DT3 4JG), open 10:00-17:00 (£15 entry))

Tuesday 18th August 2026

Little Ringed Plover - 1 Stanpit.
Common Sandpiper - 2 Stanpit.
Green Sandpiper - 2 Stanpit.
Sanderling - 5 Stanpit.
Little Stint - 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Whimbrel - 1 Stanpit.
Roseate Tern - 1 W through Christchurch Hbr.
Great White Egret - 2 Wareham Channel,
Spoonbill - 23 Brownsea Is., 1 Wareham Channel.
Osprey - 6-7 Poole Hbr, 1 Christchurch Hbr.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Wareham Channel.
Goshawk - 1 Wareham Channel.
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Piddle Valley RS.
Garden Warbler - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Piddle Valley RS.

Monday 17th August 2026

Common Sandpiper - 2 Stanpit.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Bardolf Fm.
Greenshank - 6 Brownsea Is, 3 Brands Bay.
Spotted Redshank - 4+ Lytchett Bay, 1 Brands Bay.
Little Stint - 1 Lodmoor.
Whimbrel - 4 Stanpit.
Spoonbill - 23 Brownsea Is.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Arne.
Osprey - 3+ Poole Hbr, 2 Christchurch Hbr.
Goshawk - 1 Arne.
Yellow Wagtail - 6+ Stanpit, 1+ Lodmoor.
Redstart - 1 Piddle Valley RS.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Arne, 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Spotted Flycatcher - 3 Bardolf Fm, 1 Stanpit.
Grasshopper Warbler - 15 Piddle Valley RS.
Firecrest - 1 Piddle Valley RS.

Late news: White Stork over Arne yesterday.

Sunday 16th August 2026

Nightjar - 1 Piddle Valley RS.
Swift - 1 Middlebere.
Great Crested Grebe - 50+ Longham Lakes.
Common Sandpiper - 2 Arne, 2 Lodmoor.
Green Sandpiper - 2 Lodmoor, 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Greenshank - 23 Middlebere, 1 Lodmoor.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Middlebere.
Great White Egret - 3 Poole Hbr.
Cattle Egret - 31 Stoborough causeway.
Spoonbill - 23 Poole Hbr.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Arne.
Osprey - 5+ Poole Hbr, 1 Christchurch Hbr.
Marsh Harrier - 2 Poole Hbr, 1 between West Compton and Eggardon Hill.
Wryneck - 1 Piddle Valley RS.
Yellow Wagtail - 20 Lodmoor, 7 Christchurch Hbr.
Redstart - 1 Durlston CP.
Pied Flycatcher - 3 Durlston CP, 1 Arne, 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Spotted Flycatcher - 5 Arne.
Wheatear - 2 Durlston CP, 2 Peveril Point, 1 Lodmoor.
Grasshopper Warbler - 21 Piddle Valley RS, 5 Durlston CP.
Garden Warbler - 8 Durlston CP, 4 Piddle Valley RS, 1 Arne.
Firecrest - 1 Hengistbury Hd.

Saturday 15th August 2026

Nightjar - 1 Piddle Valley RS.
Knot - 2 Brownsea Island.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Christchurch Hbr, 1 Lodmoor, 1 Poole Hbr, 1 Piddle Valley RS.
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor.
Greenshank - 15 Brownsea Is, 1 Christchurch Hbr.
Whimbrel - 2 Brownsea Is.
Little Gull - 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Balearic Shearwater - 78 past Portland Bill.
Cattle Egret - 31 lower Frome Valley.
Spoonbill - 23 Brownsea Is.
Osprey - c5 Poole Hbr, 2 Christchurch Hbr.
Honey Buzzard - 1 Carey briefly (at the Osprey nest site).
Goshawk - 1 Arne.
Hobby - 1 Charmouth.
Yellow Wagtail - c12 Christchurch Hbr, 2 Godlingston Heath, 1 Greenlands Fm.
Redstart - 2 Greenlands Fm, 1 Charmouth, 1 Godlingston Heath, 1 Piddle Valley RS.
Whinchat - 1 Godlingston Heath, 1 Greenlands Fm.
Pied Flycatcher - 4 Portland Bill Obs.
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Godlingston Heath.
Wheatear - 9 Christchurch Hbr, 2 Badbury Rings, 2 Godlingston Heath, 2 Greenlands Fm.
Grasshopper Warbler - 15 Piddle Valley RS, 1 Lytchett Bay RS.

Friday 14th August 2026

Whimbrel - 2 Blackberry Point (Christchurch Harbour)
Sanderling - 4 Blackberry Point (Christchurch Harbour)
Common Sandpiper - 3 Stanpit Marsh
Green Sandpiper - 3 Arne Moors RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 3 (juvenile + 2 adults) Lytchett Fields
Mediterranean Gull - 1,100 past Portland Bill early morning
Spoonbill - 23 Brownsea Lagoon
Cattle Egret - 5 Swineham
Great White Egret - 2 Swineham
Osprey - 10 to 12 estimated to be in the Poole Harbour area, 1 Christchurch Harbour
Marsh Harrier - 1 between West Compton and Eggardon Hill
Sedge Warbler - 128 trapped & ringed at Carey Estate, 56 trapped & ringed at Christchurch Harbour
Grasshopper Warbler - 10 trapped & ringed at Carey Estate, 1 trapped & ringed at Culverwell (Portland), 1 trapped & ringed at Christchurch Harbour
Willow Warbler - 50 trapped & ringed at PBO early morning, 24 trapped & ringed at Carey Estate
Garden Warbler - 1 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Godlingston
Blackcap - 13 trapped & ringed at Carey Estate
Pied Flycatcher - 4 trapped & ringed at PBO early morning, 1 Thumb Lane (Portland), 1 Godlingston
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Redstart - 3 Godlingston, a male at Rushcombe Bottom NR
Whinchat - 1 Maiden Castle

Thursday 13th August 2026

Barnacle Goose - 1 Wareham Channel
Ruff - 1 Holes Bay near lookout
Whimbrel - 3 Holes Bay, 3 Stanpit Marsh
Knot - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Sanderling - 4 Stanpit Marsh
Common Sandpiper - 6 Holes Bay, 2 Stanpit Marsh
Green Sandpiper - 2 Holes Bay
Greenshank - 8 Christchurch Harbour
Cattle Egret - 5 Christchurch Harbour
Great White Egret - 1 Wareham Channel
Osprey - 5 from BoPH Osprey Cruise, 1 Holes By this morning, 1 Lytchett Bay
Hobby - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Durlston CP, 1 trapped & ringed at Carey Estate
Yellow Wagtail - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 over Ham Common

Wednesday 12th August 2026

Ruff - 1 Brownsea Island Lagoon DWT

Sanderling - 6 Studland Beach

Common Sandpiper - 5 Holes Bay, 1 Peveril Pt

Green Sandpiper - 1 Sydling St Nicholas, 1 Middlebere

Spotted Redshank - 1 Brownsea Island Lagoon DWT, 1 Lytchett Fields

Greenshank - 12 Middlebere, 10 Brownsea Island Lagoon DWT

Spoonbill 27 Brownsea Island Lagoon DWT

Cattle Egret - 20+ Stoborough Causeway

Osprey - 7 from BoPH Osprey Bird Boat, 3 Middlebere, 2 Christchurch Harbour

Sedge Warbler - 88 trapped & ringed at Christchurch Harbour

Garden Warbler - 1 Wick Christchurch Harbour

Whinchat - 1 Wareham Common

Green Sandpiper - Middlebere NT Hide
© Garry Hayman

Tuesday 11th August 2026

Whimbrel - 6 Stanpit Bight, 4 Brands Bay

Knot 7 Stanpit Bight

Wood Sandpiper - 1 Sunnyside Farm Scrape

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Lytchett Fields

Greenshank - 19 Lytchett Fields

Great White Egret - 2 Heading North over Stanpit Marsh

Osprey - 3 Middlebere Channel, 3 Lytchett Bay, 1 over Lodmoor RSPB, 1 over Nothe Forte, 1 over the Kimmeridge toll booth, 1 high over Hengisbury Head

Marsh Tit - 1 Carey Secret Garden

Pied Flycatcher - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Whinchat - 2 Bradbury Rings

Wheatear - 2 Bradbury rings, 2 Abbotsbury Beach

Yellow Wagtail - 1 over Kimmeridge toll booth, 1 Stanpit Marsh

Treecreeper - Leeson Wood, Swanage
© Garry Hayman

Monday 10th August 2026

Common Scoter - 1 male Arne RSPB Saline Lagoon

Common Sandpiper 3 Lodmoor RSPB

Wood Sandpiper - 1 Sunnyside Farm Scrape

Balearic Shearwater - 2 past Portland Bill

Spoonbill - 20 Brownsea Island Lagoon DWT, 6 from Arne RSPB Coombe Heath VP

Cattle Egret - 37 Swineham

Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB

Osprey - 4 6 from Arne RSPB Coombe Heath VP, 1 Lytchett Bay

White tailed Eagle - 1 6 from Arne RSPB Coombe Heath VP

Hobby - 1 River Frome West of Dorchester

Pied Flycatcher - 1 Wimborne Town Centre, 1 River Frome West of Dorchester

Yellow Wagtail - 7 Swineham

Serin - 1 over the huts Portland Bill

Cirl Bunting 2 Studland Heath

Dartford Warbler - Morden Bog
© Garry Hayman

Sunday 9th August 2026

Quail - 1 Tarrant Rushton Airfield

Common Scoter - 1 male Arne RSPB Saline Lagoon

Whimbrel - 4 Brands Bay, 1 Ferrybridge, 1 Arne RSPB

Knot - 5 Stanpit Bight, 1 Ferrybridge

Wood Sandpiper - 1 Sunnyside Farm scrape

Little Gull - 1 Poole Harbour entrance

Spoonbill - 6 Middlebere Channel

Osprey - 10+ Poole Harbour

Red Kite - 1 Athelhampton

Garden warbler - 1 Hatch Pond Poole

Pied Flycatcher - 1 Kimmeridge

Dipper - 1 River Lim Lyme Regis

Whinchat - 1 trapped & ringed at Portland Bill Obs

Serin - 1 Portland Bill Obs garden

Cirl Bunting - 1 Durlston CP

Dipper - River Lim, Lyme Regis
© Helen wood

Common Scoter - Arne RSPB Saline Lagoon
© Garry Hayman

Saturday 8th August 2026

Grey Plover - 1 Stanpit Bight

Wood Sandpiper - 1 still on scrape at Sunnyside Farm Ridge

Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Balearic Shearwater - 2 past Portland Bill

Spoonbill - 1 from Avocet Hide Middlebere

Marsh Harrier - 1 Stanpit

Red Kite - 1 over Tolpuddle

Serin - 1 still frequenting garden at Portland Bird Observatory

Friday 7th August 2026

Common Scoter - drake Saline Lagoon Arne

Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 2 Holes Bay

Greenshank - 16 Holes bay

Green Sandpiper - 1 Sunnyside Farm Ridge, 4 Holes Bay

Wood Sandpiper - 1 still on scrape Sunnyside Farm Ridge. 1 French's Pool Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Holes Bay

Red Kite - 1 over Blandford Forum

Whitethroat - 21 Badbury Rings

Pied Flycatcher - 1 briefly River Piddle at the base of NW Walls Wareham Common

Whinchat - 1 Hartland Moor

Stonechat - 31 Badbury Rings

Wheatear - 2 Badbury Rings

Serin - 1st winter again over Portland Bird Observatory

Thursday 6th August 2026

Common Scoter - 1 female Newton's Cove, 1 on Imery's pool Arne RSPB

Cuckoo - juvenile at Holt Heath

Little Ringed Plover - 1 Stanpit

Whimbrel - 4 Stanpit

Green Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit

Wood Sandpiper - 1 still on scrape at Sunnyside Farm, Ridge

Greenshank - 2 Stanpit

Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Lodmoor

Arctic Skua - 1 past Portland Bill

Great Skua - 1 past Portland Bill

Balearic Shearwater - 3 past Portland Bill

Cattle Egret - 2 Lodmoor

Wheatear - 1 at Peveril Point Swanage

Serin - 1st winter still around Portland Bird Observatory

Juvenile Cuckoo, Holt Heath © John Darch

Wednesday 5th August 2026

Common Scoter - 1 Wareham Channel

Avocet - 6 Brownsea Lagoon

Curlew - 32 Holes Bay

Black-tailed Godwit - 10 Lodmoor, 111 Holes Bay, 560 Poole Harbour

Green Sandpiper - 2 Lodmoor, 1 Sunnyside Scrape

Wood Sandpiper - 1 Sunnyside Farm Ridge

Redshank - 216 Holes Bay, 120 Redshank Brownsea Lagoon

Greenshank - 6 Brownsea Lagoon

Dunlin - 18 Lodmoor, 100 Brownsea Lagoon

Arctic Skua - 2 past Portland Bill

Balearic Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill

Spoonbill - 18 Brownsea Lagoon

Cattle Egret - 3 Lodmoor

Honey Buzzard - 1 flew over Carey

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Wareham Channel

Hobby - 4 Frome Whitfield

Wheatear - 1 Hog Hill

Serin - 1st winter Portland Bird Observatory but mobile

Tuesday 4th August 2026

Whimbrel - 14 Stanpit Marsh, 5 Brand's Bay
Sanderling - 4 Stanpit Marsh
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields
Greenshank - 2 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Hengistbury
Common Sandpiper - 9 Stanpit Marsh, 4 Hengistbury, 4 Portland Bill, 3 Holes Bay
Arctic Skua - 2 past Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill
Great White Egret - 1 Christchurch Harbour Sandspit, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Cattle Egret - 1 over Swanage, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Nightjar - 1 trapped & ringed at Carey Estate
Hobby - 2 Christchurch Harbour
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 trapped & ringed at Carey Estate
Whinchat - 1 Portland
Yellow Wagtail - 5 Portland, 2 Christchurch Harbour
Serin - 1st winter still around PBO but mobile

Monday 3rd August 2026

Cuckoo - Juvenile still at Carey Estate
Whimbrel - 4 Stanpit Marsh
Greenshank - 2 Stanpit Marsh
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay
Common Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Spoonbill - 4 Brownsea Lagoon
Hobby - 2 Christchurch Harbour
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Arne RSPB on Coombe Heath
Whinchat - 1 trapped & ringed at PBO (first of Autumn)
Yellow Wagtail - 1 over Christchurch Harbour
Serin - 1 very mobile around Portland Bill

Sunday 2nd August 2026

Mandarin Duck - 1 female at Bardolf Farm
Whimbrel - 9 Christchurch Harbour (5 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Holloway's Dock, 3 west), 4 Brand's Bay
Knot - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Sanderling - 6 Stanpit Marsh
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 briefly at Stanpit Marsh
Green Sandpiper - 4 Bardolf Farm, 1 Christchurch Harbour (Wooden Bridge)
Greenshank - 1 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Brand's Bay
Common Sandpiper - 2 Brand's Bay
Spoonbill - 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Great White Egret - 1 Swineham, 1 Hengistbury
Cattle Egret - 9 Wick plus 4 more over Christchurch Harbour
Goshawk - 1 Holton Heath
Hobby - 1 over Christchurch Harbour
Garden Warbler - 1 Wareham Common
Willow Warbler - 72 trapped & ringed at Lytchett Bay
Grasshopper Warbler - 5 trapped & ringed at Lytchett Bay, 1 Christchurch Harbour
Firecrest - 1 Durlston CP woods
Redstart - 1 trapped & ringed at Lytchett Bay
Yellow Wagtail - 7 Stanpit Marsh, 1+ Swineham

Yesterday : A Wood Warbler was singing behind Arne RSPB car park

Saturday 1st August 2026

Cuckoo - a juvenile at Carey Estate
Whimbrel - 5 Stanpit
Knot - 3 Stanpit
Greenshank - 6 Brownsea Lagoon, 1 Stanpit
Redshank - 169 Brownsea Lagoon
Spotted Redshank - 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Common Sandpiper - 3 Stanpit, 1 Brownsea Lagoon
White Stork - 1 south over Bridport
Spoonbill - 15 Brownsea Lagoon in morning
Great White Egret - 1 north over Christchurch Harbour
Cattle Egret - 7 Stanpit (Wooden Bridge)
Nightjar - 1 retrapped at Carey Estate
Osprey - 1 Lower Bockhampton
Red Kite - 2 Bincombe
Hobby - 1 Poole Harbour
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Batcombe Down
Black Redstart - 1 Godlingston valley
Yellow Wagtail - 5 Christchurch Harbour
Tree Pipit - 1 Christchurch Harbour

Friday 31st July 2026

Cattle Egret - 5 Stanpit Marsh

Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB

Spoonbill - 17 Brownsea Lagoon

Osprey - 1 Christchurch Hbr

Little Ringed Plover - 1 past Hengistbury Hd.

Sanderling - 10 Hengistbury, 3 Brownsea Lagoon

Whimbrel - 9 Stanpit Marsh

Common Sandpiper - 7 Lytchett Fields, 4 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Long Island

Green Sandpiper 5 Lytchett Fields, 2 Middlebere

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields, 1 Middlebere

Greenshank - 11 Brownsea Lagoon, 10 Lytchett Fields

Cuckoo - 1 Shipstal Hill Arne

Whinchat - 1 Maiden Castle, 1 Hartland Moor

Wheatear - 4 Hengistbury Hd, 2 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Middlebere, 1, Stanpit Marsh, 1 Peveril Pt.

Pied Flycatcher - 1 fem/type Wick (Central path)

Common Sandpiper - Lytchett Fields © Janet Panter

Thursday 30th July 2026

Quail - 1 Tarrant Rushton airfield

Cattle Egret - 6 Christchurch Hbr.

Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB

Spoonbill - 8 Brownsea Lagoon

Osprey - 2 pos 4 Lytchett Bay/Fields

Little Ringed Plover - 3 Stanpit Marsh

Sanderling - 16 Stanpit Marsh

Little Stint - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Ferrybridge

Whimbrel - 7 Christchurch Hbr.

Common Sandpiper - 2 Stanpit Marsh

Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Bay/Fields

Wood Sandpiper - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Yellow Wagtail - Swineham (in field by tidal flap)

Wednesday 29th July 2026

Balearic Shearwater - 2 off shore Portland Bill

Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Spoonbill - 10 Brownsea Lagoon

Osprey - 1 over Morden Bog a.m, 3 Lytchett Bay
Common Sandpiper - 7 Lytchett Fields, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields
Greenshank - 15 Lytchett Fields
Wood Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Fields

Arctic Skua - 2 Portland Bill

Tree Pipit - 1 Portland Bill

Yellow Wagtail - 3 Stanpit Marsh

Whitethroat - 30 Stanpit Marsh

Pied Flycatcher - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Common Sandpiper - Wareham Channel © Nick Hull

Tuesday 28th July 2026

Cattle Egret - 28 Swineham Pt. 6 Stanpit Marsh

Spoonbill - 13 Brownsea Lagoon, 3 Middlebere

White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel

Osprey - 3 Wareham Channel, 1 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Lytchett Bay a.m.

Little Ringed Plover - 2 on Stilt Pools Swineham, 1 Stanpit Marsh.

Whimbrel - 11 Lytchett Bay, 3 Stanpit Marsh

Common Sandpiper - 3 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Greenshank - 8 Brownsea Lagoon

Yellow Wagtail - 10 Yellow Wagtail Stanpit Marsh, c5 Lodmoor, 2 Stilt Pool Swineham.

Monday 27th July 2026

Common Sandpiper - 6 Lytchett Bay
Green sandpiper - 4 Silverlake
Wood Sandpiper - Christchurch Harbour
Osprey - 2 Lytchett Bay

Sunday 26th July 2026

Whimbrel - 6 Brands bay
Yellow-Legged Gull - 3 Stilt Pools Swineham
Cattle Egret - 28 Swineham meadows with cattle
Hobby - 1 Throop
Yellow wagtail - 1 Swineham

Saturday 25th July 2026

Barnacle Goose - 1 Swineham
Whimbrel - 2 Swineham, 2 Middlebere
Spoonbill - 11 Brownsea Lagoon
Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor, 3 Middlebere
Cattle Egret - 5 Summer Plumaged Swineham
Hobby - 1 Middlebere
Yellow Wagtail - 2 California Farm Purbeck, 2 Swineham

Pergrine Bournemouth Town Centre © David Wareham

Friday 24th July 2026

Barnacle Goose - 1 Swineham
Quail - 1 Singing male Monkton Up Wimborne
Spotted Redshank - 3 Brownsea Lagoon
Spoonbill - 1 Middlebere, 14 Brownsea Lagoon
Great white Egret - 1 Middlebere
Pied Flycatcher - 1 St Aldhelms Head

Thursday 23rd July 2026

Quail - 1 singing this evening above Compton Valance
Whimbrel - 6 Holes Bay, 2 Middlebere
Greenshank - 5 Brownsea Lagoon, 1 Middlebere
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay from Rock Lea Viewpoint
Common Sandpiper - 10+ Brownsea Lagoon, 4 Moonfleet
Green Sandpiper - 2 Middlebere
Spoonbill - 7 Brownsea Lagoon, 2 Middlebere
Hobby - 1 Middlebere

Yesterday : 3 Sanderlings at Ferrybridge

Wednesday 22nd July 2026

Barnacle Goose - 2 near Woodsford Castle
Quail - 1 singing at Cheselbourne
Whimbrel - 5 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Lytchett Fields, 1 Holes Bay
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Greenshank - 15 Lytchett Fields, 4 Brownsea Lagoon
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields
Common Sandpiper - 3 Brownsea Lagoon, 5 Lytchett Fields
Green Sandpiper - 6 Lytchett Fields
Puffin - successful breeding confirmed with a fledgling seen at Dancing Ledge
Spoonbill - 11 Brownsea Lagoon
Great White Egret - 1 Christchurch Harbour (Holloway's Dock)
Cattle Egret - 4 Hengistbury
Nightjar - 4 at Hardy Monument last night
Hobby - 1 Carey Estate
Redstart - 1 Stanpit

Sparrowhawk, Cheselbourne © Vaughan Ashby

Tuesday 21st July 2026

Barnacle Goose - 1 Swineham.
Little Ringed Plover - 9 Swineham, 2 Brownsea Island.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Silverlake.
Green Sandpiper - 3 Silverlake, 2 Puddletown WMs.
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit.
Greenshank - 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Little Stint - 1 Brownsea Island.
Manx Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill.
Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor, 1 Swineham.
Cattle Egret - 3 Lodmoor, 1 Wick Fields.
Spoonbill - 11 Brownsea Island.
Osprey - 1 over Bere Regis.
Marsh Harrier - 2 Poole Harbour, 1 Christchurch Hbr.
Hobby - 1 Poole Harbour.
Tree Pipit - 11 Wild Woodbury.
Yellow Wagtail - 4 Swineham, 2 Bere Regis cress beds, 1+ Portland Bill, 1+ Stanpit.
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Wild Woodbury.
Grasshopper Warbler - 26 Piddle Valley RS, 16 Lytchett Bay RS, 1 Durlston CP, 1+ Portland Bill.
Garden Warbler - 1 Portland Bill RS.
Firecrest - 2 Wild Woodbury.

Monday 20th July 2026

Whimbrel - 1 Holes Bay.
Common Sandpiper - 5 Lytchett Bay, 1 Woodsford.
Green Sandpiper - 2 Woodsford.
Greenshank - 13 Lytchett Bay.
Great Northern Diver - 1 off West Bexington.
Cattle Egret - 2 Lodmoor.
Spoonbill - 11 Brownsea Island, 2 Lodmoor.
Osprey - at least 6, including 3 local fledglings, in Poole Harbour.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Arne.
Grasshopper Warbler - 38 Piddle Valley ringing station.
Garden Warbler - 3 Piddle Valley ringing station.
Crossbill - 2 over Lytchett Bay.

Sunday 19th July 2026

Teal - 77 Brands Bay, 29 Holes Bay.
Whimbrel - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Little Ringed Plover - 4 Swineham.
Common Sandpiper - 5 Lytchett Bay.
Green Sandpiper - 7 Lytchett Bay.
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay,
Greenshank - 10 Lytchett Bay, 1 Holes Bay.
Common Tern - 2 Longham Lakes.
Great White Egret - 1 Swineham.
Cattle Egret - 13 Swineham.
Spoonbill - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Red Kite - 2 over Wareham Common.
Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 Hatch Pond.
Yellow Wagtail - 6 Swineham.
Grasshopper Warbler - 45 Piddle Valley ringing station, 2 Durlston CP.

Saturday 18th July 2026

Knot - 1 Stanpit.
Whimbrel - 2 Stanpit.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Brownsea Island.
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Morden Bog, 1 Stanpit.
Greenshank - 12 Lytchett Bay, 6 Brownsea Island, 2+ Stanpit.
Little Stint - 1 Ferrybridge.
Cattle Egret - 11 Christchurch Hbr.
Spoonbill - 8 Brownsea Island.
Yellow Wagtail - 3 over Christchurch Hbr.
Grasshopper Warbler - 36 Piddle Valley ringing station, 1 Stanpit.
Garden Warbler - 3 Piddle Valley ringing station.

Late news: Caspian Tern N over Abbotsbury Swannery on 15th Jul.

Friday 17th July 2026

Barnacle Goose - 1 Swineham tidal flap

Knot - 1 Ferrybridge, 1 Standpit Marsh

Common Sandpiper - 4 Lytchett Fields, 6 Lodmoor

Green Sandpiper - 5 Lytchett Fields. 1 Lodmoor

Wood Sandpiper - 1 Peaky Meade Stanpit Marsh

Greenshank - 15 Lytchett Fields, 2 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Lodmoor

Spoonbill - 4 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Cattle Egret - 19 Swineham Frome Meadows, 11 Christchurch Harbour

Great White Egret - 2 Swineham Curlews Pool

White tailed Eagle - 1 Wareham Channel

Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Portland Bill Obs, 1 Crouch Hill Stanpit Marsh

Yellow Wagtail - 7 Swineham 4 at Stilt Pool and 3 at the point, 3 over Stanpit Marsh, 2 over Arne Moor, 1 Lodmoor

Yesterday: Lower piddle Valley Ringing Station (private) - 53 Sedge Warbler, 22 Grasshopper Warbler and 1 Garden Warbler.

Barnacle Goose - Swineham © Garry Hayman

Yellow Wagtail - Swineham © Garry Hayman

Thursday 16th July 2026

Quail - 1 Tarrant Rushton

Whimbrel - 9 Stanpit Marsh

Common Sandpiper - 2 Lodmoor RSPB, 2 Stanpit Marsh

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay from Rock Lea viewpoint

Yellow-legged Gull - 1 juv Lodmoor RSPB

Spoonbill - 8 Brownsea Island Lagoon DWT

Cattle Egret - 2 over Wareham town centre

Osprey - 1 Christchurch Harbour

Yellow wagtail - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Great Spotted Woodpecker
Private Garden Wareham © Clive Hargrave

Wednesday 15th July 2026

Cuckoo - 1 Scotland Farm Hartland Moor, 1 Christchurch Harbour

Little Ringed Plover - 10 Stanpit Marsh

Whimbrel - 8 Stanpit Marsh

Caspian Tern - 1 Flew north over Abbottsbury Swannery

Balearic Shearwater - 2 off Portland Bill

Cattle Egret - 5 Stanpit Marsh

Grasshopper Warbler - 13 ringed at Carey secret Garden, 2 Durlston CP

Whinchat - 1 Hengisbury Head

Yellow Wagtail - 5 Hegisbury Head, 1 Durlston CP

Black-tailed Godwit - Middlebere © Garry Hayman

Tuesday 14th July 2026

Quail - 2 West Compton, 1 Wareham Common

Brent Goose - 1 Christchurch Harbour

Little Ringed Plover - 3 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Ferrybridge

Whimbrel - 2 Stanpit Marsh

Green Sandpiper - 1 Sunnyside, 1 over Norden

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay

Spoonbill - 5 Brownsea Island Lagoon DWT

Cattle Egret - 1 Standpit Marsh, 1 Lodmoor RSPB

White tailed Eagle - 1 Kimmeridge Bay

Redstart - 1 juv Wick fields Christchurch

Yesterday: White-crowned Sparrow - an unconfirmed report of one at Hengisbury Head, as per bird sightings apps.

Mistle Thrush - Middlebere © Garry Hayman

Monday 13th July 2026

Mandarin - 1 fem Hatch Pond Poole

Balearic Shearwater - 8 off Portland Bill

Cattle Egret - 1 Christchurch Hbr

Spoonbill - 8 Brownsea Lagoon

Osprey, 2 Lytchett Bay, 1 Middlebere

Little Ringed Plover - 2 Lytchett Fields, 1 Stanpit Bight

Common Sandpiper - 4 Lytchett Fields, 1 Woodsford

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay

Green Sandpiper - 7 Lytchett Fields, 1 Woodsford

Sunday 12th July 2026

Dark-bellied Brent Goose - 1 Christchurch Hbr (summering bird)

Osprey - 2 Wareham Channel

Cattle Egret - 1 Christchurch Hbr (Ashtray Meadow)

Spoonbill - 7 Brownsea Lagoon

Whimbrel - 1 Christchurch Hbr (Mother Siller's Channel)

Common Sandpiper - 3 Christchurch Hbr (Grimmery Bank - Parky Meade)

Saturday 11th July 2026

Quail - 1 calling Down Farm

Balearic Shearwater - 15 past Portland Bill

Cattle Egret - 5 Stanpit Marsh (at the Wooden Bridge)

Little Ringed Plover - 3 Brownsea Lagoon

Common Sandpiper - 1 Brownsea Lagoon

Whimbrel - Christchurch Hbr (Holloways Dock), 1 Langton Herring

Roseate Tern - 1 adult Abbotsbury Swannery

Yellow Wagtail - 1 Stanpit March (Crouch Hill)

Serin - Portland Bill Obs.

Friday 10th July 2026

Mandarin - 1 female Hatch Pond Poole.

Cattle Egret - Christchurch Hbr.

Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Lagoon

Avocet - 4 Brownsea Lagoon

Little Ringed Plover - 3 Brownsea Lagoon

Whimbrel - 1 Christchurch Hbr, 1 Lytchett Bay

Common Sandpiper - 1 Brownsea Lagoon

Greenshank - 4 Brownsea Lagoon

Serin - 1 male Portland Bill Obs but mobile.

Late News from Yesterday

Common Quail - 1 over Lytchett Bay (01:58hrs on NocMig recording)

Thursday 9th July 2026

Little Ringed Plover - juvenile on the 'Scarlet Darter' pond Silverlake

Serin - male again in Portland Bird Observatory garden

Wednesday 8th July 2026

Quail - 1 east cliffs Portland

Avocet - 2 Brownsea Lagoon

Little Ringed Plover - 1 still at Ferrybridge

Whimbrel - 1 Ferrybridge

Spotted Redshank - 1 still from Rock Lea viewpoint Lytchett Fields RSPB

Greenshank - 2 Brownsea Lagoon, 3 Lytchett Fields

Bonaparte's Gull - 1 Ferrybridge in he evening

Balearic Shearwater - at lest 10 still off Portland Bill

Spoonbill - 5 Brownsea Lagoon

Red Kite - 1 over Wareham Common

Serin - 1 in Portland Bird Observatory garden

Tuesday 7th July 2026

Quail - 2 at Knowlton

Avocet - 2 Brownsea Lagoon

Little Ringed Plover - 1 still at Ferrybridge

Greenshank - 1 Brownsea Lagoon

Balearic Shearwater - 7 still off Portland Bill

Black Tern - 1 at Ashtree Meadows Stanpit Marsh

Spoonbill - 7 Middlebere from Avocet Hide, 7 Brownsea Lagoon

Cattle Egret - 2 Swineham GPs

White-tailed Eagle G463 - active in Wareham Channel all morning

Hobby - 1 over Swineham GP

Monday 6th July 2026

Avocet - 1 Brownsea Lagoon

Little Ringed Plover - 1 still Chesil Centre Ferrybridge

Whimbrel - 1 seen from Crouch Hill Christchurch

Black-tailed Godwit - c.20 Brownsea Lagoon

Common Sandpiper - 3 Longham Lakes

Spotted Redshank - 2 from Rock Lea viewpoint Lytchett Fields RSPB

Spoonbill - 7 Brownsea Lagoon

Red Kite - 1 over Lytchett Matravers, 1 Longham Lakes

Bee-eater - 1 heard near Weston Road Portland

Sunday 5th July 2026

Whimbrel - 1-2 Christchurch Harbour.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Holme Lane gravel pit.
Red Kite - 1 Tarrant Rushton airfield, 1 over Wimborne.
Spotted Flycatcher - 3+ Canford Heath, 1 Piddle Valley ringing station.

Saturday 4th July 2026

Wigeon - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Common Sandpiper - 10 Brownsea Island north shore.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Wick.
Common Tern - 2 Longham Lakes.
Purple Heron - 1 Arne (has been present for about a fortnight).
Cattle Egret - 4 Middlebere.
Spoonbill - 7 Brownsea Island lagoon, 2 Middlebere.
Bittern - 1 Lodmoor.
Osprey - 1 Middlebere.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 E over Christchurch, 1 Middlebere.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Lodmoor.
Honey Buzzard - 1 Organford.
Redstart - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Lytchett Bay.
Golden Oriole - 1 heard but not seen Lytchett Bay (footpath 12) this morning.

Friday 3rd July 2026

Whimbrel - 2 Brands Bay, 2 Wareham Channel.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB.
Common Sandpiper - 3 Stanpit, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Woodsford.
Green Sandpiper - 3 Woodsford, 2 Stanpit.
Storm Petrel - 3+ Portland Bill Obs overnight.
Great White Egret - 1 Swineham.
Cattle Egret - 5 Lodmoor.
Bittern - 1 Lodmoor.
Osprey - 1 fishing off Shipstal.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Wareham Channel.
Marsh Harrier - 2 Wareham Channel.
Honey Buzzard - 1 N over Abbotsbury Swannery.
Starling - 1 all-white (leucistic) bird Ferndown.

Thursday 2nd July 2026

Whimbrel - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Common Sandpiper - 2 Brownsea Lagoon
Green Sandpiper - 4 Lodmoor RSPB
Spoonbill - 6 Brownsea Lagoon, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Bittern - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Cattle Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Wick
Red Kite - 2 near Bridport at midday, 1 over Bakers Arms
Hobby - 2 Carey Estate, 1 Middlebere
Crossbill - 2 over Carey Estate

Wednesday 1st July 2026

Avocet - a pair with 2 newly hatched young on Brownsea Lagoon
Common Sandpiper - 2 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Peveril Point, 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Spotted Redshank - 1 still in Lytchett Bay from Rock Lea Viewpoint
Spoonbill - 6 Brownsea Island
Bittern - 1 Lodmoor RSPB (now confirmed as breeding here for the first time in Dorset since 1883)
Cattle Egret - 1+ Christchurch Harbour
Firecrest - 1 Durlston CP, 1 trapped & ringed at Carey Estate

Yesterday: 43 Balearic Shearwater off Portland Bill

Tuesday 30th June 2026

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay from Rock Lea Viewpoint
Arctic Skua - 2 over Chesil Beach near Rodden Hive
Spoonbill - 7 Arne RSPB at Shipstal Point
Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Cattle Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB, 2 Poole Harbour
Crossbill - 2 over Hengistbury Head

Yesterday evening:
Quail - 1 at Wimborne St Giles, 3 Tarrant Rushton Airfield
Nightjar - 14 Puddletown Forest along Roman Road, 1 Tarrant Rushton Airfield from fields near the Canadian Memorial Entrance

Monday 29th June 2026

Common Sandpiper - 2 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Green Sandpiper - 7 Lytchett Fields
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields in breeding plumage
Greenshank - 3 Lytchett Fields
Spoonbill - 7 Brownsea Lagoon
Great White Egret - 1 over Stanpit Marsh
Cattle Egret - 2 Stanpit Marsh
Whinchat - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Yesterday : 48 Balearic Shearwater past Portland Bill

Sunday 28th June 2026

Quail - 1 Singing East of Harfoot Lane Melcombe Bingham, 1 Singing Cheselborne Waterside Farm, 1 possibly 2 singing Tarrant Rushton
Spotted Redshank - 1 Adult summer plumage Lytchett Fields
Green Sandpiper - 1 Woodsford, 6 Lytchett Fields
Arctic Skua - 1 Off Chesil Beach viewed from Bridging Camp
Balearic Shearwater - 5 Off Portland Bill early morning
Spoonbill - 2 still Brownsea Lagoon
Red Kite - 3 Woodsford
Hobby - 1 Woodsford
Serin - 1 Flew over Observatory garden Portland

Saturday 27th June 2026

Quail - 1 Calling East of Harfoot lane Melcombe Bingham, 1 Calling South of track at Wyke Down
Green Sandpiper - 1 Middlebere, 10 Lytchett Fields
Spotted Redshank - 1 Summer plumaged adult Middlebere
Yellow-Legged Gull - 1 Adult Middlebere
Honey Buzzard - 1 flew over Swannery car park
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Middlebere
Serin - male flew over Bird Observatory into beach hut fields

Friday 26th June 2026

Dipper - 2 River Lim Lyme Regis
Spoonbill - 2 Lodmoor, 2 Brownsea Lagoon
Black Tern - 1 Lodmoor

Yellow-Legged Gull - 1 Adult Swineham
Balearic Shearwater - 8 Past Portland bill

Thursday 25th June 2026

Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Island Lagoon
Yellow-Legged Gull - 1 Adult Swineham
Dipper - 2 on R Lim in Lyme Regis

Wednesday 24th June 2026

Little Tern- 5 on Blackberry Point in Christchurch Harbour
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Wareham Channel
Great White Egret - 3 Wareham Channel
Osprey - 1 Wareham Channel, 1 Lytchett Bay
Dipper - 1 on R Lim in Lyme Regis
Serin - Male in PBO garden this morning

Yesterday : 28 Balearic Shearwaters and a Whimbrel at Portland Bill

Tuesday 23rd June 2026

Common Scoter -1 off Christchurch Harbour Sandspit
Quail - 1 singing at Waterside Farm, Cheselbourne
Roseate Tern - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery
Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Lagoon
Cattle Egret - 8 at Wick
Hobby - 1 Upton CP

Monday 22nd June 2026

Common Sandpiper - 1 Parky Meade Rail Christchurch Harbour

Manx Shearwater - 5000+ mostly east off Portland Bill, 2000 + off West Bexington, 200 off Ferrybidge

Balearic Shearwater - 70 mostly going east off Portland Bill

Spoonbill - 3 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Cattle Egret - 7 Wareham Common

Late News: Black Kite - 1 Blandford St Mary's on Friday 19th June

Sunday 21st June 2026

Quail - 1 possibly 2 at West Compton

Mandrain Duck - 13 over Shillingstone Recreation Ground

Little Ringed Plover - 1 Ferrybridge

Whimbrel - 1 Christchurch Harbour

Green Sandpiper - Wick Christchurch Harbour

Spoonbill - 5 Brownsea Lagoon DWT,

Red Kite - 1 Over Bennetts Water Gardens, 1 over Coburg Rd Dorchester

Red backed Shrike - 1 female Swineham Gravel Pit initially seen from BoPH bird boat

Saturday 20th June 2026

Quail - 2 Tarrant Rushton Airfield, 1 Cheselbourne

Common Sandpiper - 1 Ferrybridge

Spoonbill - 8 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Osprey - 2 over Lytchett Bay and then at the back of Sherford Pools, 1 Christchurch Harbour

Hoopoe - 1 In private garden Swanage

Yesterday: 100 Manx Shearwater, 5 Balearic Shearwater and 2 Arctic Skua off Portland Bill

Friday 19th June 2026

Quail - 1 Tarrant Rushton heard calling

Cuckoo - 1 Arne Moor

Whimbrel - 1 Fisherman's Bank Christchurch Harbour

Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Swineham Point

Storm Petrel - 2 trapped and ringed at Portland Bill overnight

Spoonbill - 5 Brownsea Lagoon DWT, 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Great White Egret - 1 Arne Moor, 1 Dorset side of River Avon by the causeway

Osprey - 2 Lytchett Bay, 1 Middlebere

Red Kite - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Corfe Mullen

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Over Combe Heath seen from Middlebere NT Hide

Yesterday: Roseate Tern - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery in the afternoon

Thursday 18th June 2026

Barnacle Goose - 3 Woodsford Castle

Quail - 1 heard Tarrant Rushton airfield

Black -tailed Godwit - 10 Christchurch Harbour

Curlew Sandpiper - 2 briefly Stanpit Marsh

Sanderling - 6 Christchurch Harbour

Wednesday 17th June 2026

Quail - 1 again at north west end of Tarrant Rushton airfield

Avocet - 8 Brownsea Island Lagoon

Bar-tailed Godwit - 6 Brownsea Island Lagoon

Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Island lagoon, 2 Shipstal Point RSPB Arne

Great White Egret - 1 Swineham

Osprey - 1 Wareham Channel

Marsh Harrier - 3 Swineham

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Wareham Channel and female G466 gave flight views to the Summer Safari Cruise

Tuesday 16th June 2026

Avocet - 11 Brownsea Island

Common Sandpiper - 1 Sturminster Marshall Lake

Spoonbill - 2 still at Lodmoor, 1 Brownsea Island

Little Egret - 37 pre-roost Holes Bay area

Cattle Egret - 4 between Holmebridge and Wareham

Osprey - 1 Christchurch Harbour

White-tailed Eagle - 1 2nd cal Holmebridge

Monday 15th June 2026

Quail - 3 Tarrant Rushton airfield, 1 West Compton

Cuckoo - 1 Canford Heath

Avocet - 11 Brownsea Island Lagoon

Balearic Shearwater - 3 off Portland Bill

Spoonbill - 3 Lodmmor, 1 Brownsea Island Lagoon

Bittern - seen again at Lodmoor

Osprey - 2 Middlebere, 1 Lytchett Fields

Red Kite - 1 Tarrant Rushton airfield

White-tailed Eagle - 1 adult and 1 2nd cal year over Corfe and Middlebere

Sunday 14th June 2026

Quail - 1 West Compton, 1 Tarrant Rushton airfield

Bittern - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Red Kite - 1 Corfe Mullen, 1 over Dorchester bypass

Osprey - 2 at Middlebere, 1 Lytchett Bay

White Stork - 1 flying over Wimborne

Saturday 13th June 2026

Balearic Shearwater - 28 Portland Bill

European Storm Petrel - past Portland Bill

Bittern - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Spoonbill - 3 Lodmoor RSPB, 2 Brownsea Lagoon,

Red Kite - 1 Arne RSPB over Coombe Heath

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Christchurch Hbr.

Osprey - 2 over Lytchett Fields, 1, Arne RSPB over Coombe Heath

Hobby - 1 Blacknor, Portland.

Great Skua - 1 Portland Bill

Blyth's Reed Warbler - 1Portland Bill (Probable trapped and ringed Crown Estate Field)

Serin - 1 Portland Bill

Friday 12th June 2026

Balearic Shearwater - 35 past Portland Bill

Storm Petrel - 1 past Portland Bill

Bittern - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Spoonbill - 3 Brownsea Lagoon, 2 Lodmoor RSPB

Osprey - 1 over Lytchett Fields

Hobby over Christchurch Hbr.

Arctic Skua - 1 from Medford Quay

Common Tern 3 Medford Quay

Sandwich Tern - 85 Mudeford Quay

Serin - Portland Bill flew over the Obs garden

Thursday 11th June 2026

Manx Shearwater - 69 off Durlston CP. 1 Hengistbury Hd.

Balearic Shearwater - 21 Portland Bill

Arctic Skua - 1 off Durlston CP.

Kittiwake - 11 Durlston CP, 1 off Hengistbury Hd.

Little Tern - 1 off Hengistbury Hd.

Sandwich Tern - 53 Holloways Dock Christchurch Hbr.

Serin - 1 Portland Bill - 1 female Ops Garden

Wednesday 10th June 2026

Spoonbill - 1 Flew over Lytchett Bay
Bittern - 1 Lodmoor
Great White Egret - 1 Middlebere
European Serin - 1 one flew over Portland Bird Observatory

Tuesday 9th June 2026

Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Lagoon
Bittern - 1 Lodmoor
PURPLE HERON - 1 Lodmoor.
Black Tern - 2 Through past Portland Bill early morning
Balearic Shearwater - 4 off Portland Bill from East
RED BACKED SHRIKE - 1 Male east of farm at c 50.6938, -2.0376; use RSPB car park
European Serin - 1 Calling in flight near Portland Bill

Monday 8th June 2026

Red Breasted Merganser - 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Avocet - 7 Brownsea Lagoon
Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Lagoon
Bittern - 1 Lodmoor
PURPLE HERON - 1 Lodmoor. Seen and photographed early morning in flight around West end of Southdown Avenue

Sunday 7th June 2026

Barnacle Goose - 1 Lodmoor
Cuckoo - 3 Morden Bog
Arctic Skua - 1 Portland Bill
Black Tern - 2 Through past Portland Bill early morning
Storm Petrol - 1 Portland Bill
Manx Shearwater - c400 past Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - c70 past Portland Bill from East
Spoonbill - 2 Lodmoor
Bittern - 1 Lodmoor
Spotted Flycatcher - 2 Morden Bog
Wheatear - 1 male Eggarden Hill