Thursday April 23rd 2026

 Cuckoo - 1 heard near Kingston Maurward
Grey Plover - 1 Lodmoor
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Stilt Pools Swineham
Whimbrel - 2 Lodmoor
Bar-tailed Godwit - 2 Lodmoor, 20 Christchurch Harbour
Black-tailed Godwit - c.20 Christchurch Harbour
Common Sandpiper - 2 Lodmoor
Greenshank - 1 Lodmoor, c.15 Christchurch Harbour area
Forster's Tern - adult again around Rockley Channel, Ham Common LNR
Little Gull - 16 east past Chesil Beach
Pomarine Skua - one past Chesil Beach, 1 past Portland Bill
Bittern - 1 booming at Lodmoor
Osprey - much activity in the harbour today!
Marsh Harrier - 3 Radipole
White-tailed Eagle - pair around Christchurch Harbour for 2 periods during the day
Wryneck - 1 south end of Lodmoor
Wood Warbler - 1 trapped and ringed at Portland BO
Red-spotted Bluethroat - 1st summer male still at Swineham GPs.. Do not park beyond Bestwell Road.
Pied Flycatcher - 1by nursery Hengistbury Head
Whinchat - 1 Barn Field Hengistbury, 2 Portland, 1 Durlston CP, 1 Holes Bay