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