Friday 10th April 2026

Cuckoo - 1 heard calling at Pymore (north of Bridport)
Whimbrel - 5 Stanpit, 2 Wareham Channel
Knot - 6 Stanpit
Sanderling - 2 Hengistbury Head
Purple Sandpiper - 8 Christchurch Harbour
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 again on Brownsea Lagoon at midday
BONAPARTE'S GULL - 2 still at Lynch Cove on the Fleet
Black-throated Diver - 1 on sea off Hengistbury Head
Red-throated Diver - 1 past Peveril Point, 1 Hengistbury Head
Manx Shearwater - 1 past Peveril Point
Spoonbill - 3 Brownsea Lagoon
Osprey - 1 over Easton (Portland), 1 Morden Bog, 1 north over Dancing Ledge, 1 over Portland Harbour this evening
White-tailed Eagle - 5 seen during the day in Poole Harbour area, 3 Christchurch Harbour
Red Kite - 1 Weymouth Ridgeway, 1 Christchurch Harbour, 1 East Creech
Hoopoe - 1 over Puncknowle
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 ringed at Carey Secret Garden
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Crossways, 1 Lynch Cove (The Fleet)
Red-spotted Bluethroat - 1 again along path at eastern end of Swineham GPs but elusive
Yellow Wagtail - 1 over Stanpit

Little Ringed Plover © John Howell

 

Dunnock, Highcliffe © Clinton Whale