Wednesday 8th Apr 2026

Garganey - 2 West Bexington.
Eider - 1 E past Hengistbury Hd.
Knot - 1 Herbury Gore.
Greenshank - 2 Brownsea Island.
Whimbrel - 2 Herbury Gore, 1 Christchurch Hbr, 1 E past Hengistbury Hd, 1 W Rodden Hive.
Red-throated Diver - 4 E past Hengistbury Hd.
Glossy Ibis - 3 over Wareham.
Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Island.
Bonaparte's Gull - 1 Briantspuddle.
Caspian Tern - 1 possible past Portland Bill.
Common Tern - 7 Brownsea Island, 2 E past Hengistbury Hd.
Osprey - 1 Middlebere (now departed).
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Christchurch Hbr, 2 Morden Bog, 2 over Purbeck, 2 Rodden Hive, 
       1 Gussage All Saints.
Red Kite - 13 E over St Aldhelm's Hd, 4 over Brownsea Island, 3 E over Herbury Gore.
Black Redstart - 1 Eype.
Bluethroat - 1 Swineham.


Red Kite and adult White-tailed Eagle, Morden Bog © Alan Membury

















Juvenile White-tailed Eagle, Morden Bog © Alan Membury

Tuesday 7th Apr 2026

Long-tailed Duck - 1 past West Bay.
Blue-winged Teal - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery.
Swift - 1 Portland Bill.
Little Ringed Plover - 2 Arne Moors RSPB.
Knot - 4 Stanpit.
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Bay.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Hengistbury Hd, 1 Wareham Channel.
Sanderling - 1 Lytchett Bay is a rarity there.
Whimbrel - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 past West Bay.
Great Northern Diver - 1 Poole Harbour entrance.
Black-throated Diver - 1 southern Poole Harbour.
Red-throated Diver - 4 E past Hengistbury Hd, 2 past West Bay.
Spoonbill - 5 Brownsea Island, 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Brownsea Island, 1 Castle Point.
Common Tern - 4 Brownsea Island.
Arctic Tern - 5 past West Bay.
Forster's Tern - 1 Lytchett Bay, then Brownsea Island.
Osprey - 1 N over Bridport, 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Middlebere.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Arne.
Goshawk - 2 Lytchett Bay.
White-tailed Eagle - 3 southern Poole Harbour.
Red Kite - 1 Holywell, 1 Parkstone, 1 Winfrith.
Honey Buzzard - 1 possible West Bay.
Hoopoe - 1 Portland (private garden).
Hobby - 1 Ridge (Sunnyside Farm).
Tree Pipit - 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Yellow Wagtail - 1 Portland Bill, 1 Studland (Greenlands Fm).
Common Redstart - 1 lower Piddle valley.
Sedge Warbler - 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Osmington Mills.
Brambling - 1 Hengistbury Hd.


Black-tailed Godwit, Hengistbury Hd © Clinton Whale

Monday 6th Apr 2026

Cuckoo - 1 in the lower Piddle Valley is apparently Britain's first singing Cuckoo this year.
Grey Plover - 11 Hengistbury Hd.
Knot - 2 Hengistbury Hd.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Purple Sandpiper - 1 West Bay.
Black-throated Diver - 2 Hengistbury Hd.
Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Island.
Common Tern - 1 Christchurch Hbr.
Osprey - 2 Christchurch Hbr, 1 Arne, 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Lytchett Matravers, 1 Morden Bog.
Goshawk - 1 lower Piddle valley, 1 Wareham.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Arne, 1 West Bexington.
Red Kite - 1 Longham Lakes.
Hobby - 1 Durlston CP.
Tree Pipit - 1 Wareham Forest.
Yellow Wagtail - 1 St Aldhelm's Head.
Common Redstart - 1 Merritown Common (Hurn), 1 Portland Bill, 1 South Haven Point (Studland).
Pied Flycatcher - 2 Hengistbury Hd.
Ring Ouzel - 2 Portland.
Willow Warbler - 35 Christchurch Hbr, 9 St Aldhelm's Head, 5 Shell Bay (Studland), 3 Hartland Moor.
Common Whitethroat - 1 Hartland Moor, 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Portland Bill.
Firecrest - 1 Durlston CP.
Serin - 1 over Portland Bill.

White-tailed Eagles, Arne © Helen Wood

Sunday 5th Apr 2026

Grey Plover - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Little Ringed Plover - 2 Swineham.
Knot - 21 Holes Bay.
Ruff - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Bay.
Great Northern Diver - 1 east Durlston CP
Manx Shearwater - 1 west Durlston CP
White Stork - 1 over Holes Bay.
Arctic Skua - 5 Portland Bill.
Osprey - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Lytchett Bay.
White-tailed Eagle - 2-3 Christchurch Hbr.
Red Kite - 2 Christchurch Hbr.
Firecrest - 2 Upton CP.

Late news: Woodchat Shrike, Portland (Penn's Weare), yesterday (not relocated today).


Wheatear, Cogden © Helen Wood


Saturday 4th April 2026

Mandarin Duck - a pair at Blandford Forum on R. Stour by Blue Bridge
Garganey - 2 Woodsford Bridge (view from gate by conveyor belt - please do not enter quarry)
Little Ringed Plover - 2 Arne Moors, 2 Middlebere
Purple Sandpiper - 20 on Hengistbury Sandspit, 1 on the Cobb at Lyme Regis
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Bay
Bar-tailed Godwit - 40 Brownsea Lagoon, 2 Lytchett Bay
Ruff - 1 Swineham Stilt Pools
Sanderling - 1 east at Stanpit Marsh with Turnstone flock
Little Tern - 1 through Christchurch Harbour
Sandwich Tern - 10 Hengistbury Head
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 again in south sector of Holes Bay
Arctic Tern - 6 east past Portland Bill
Little Gull - 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Great Northern Diver - 2 Poole Harbour
Red-throated Diver - 2 Hengistbury Head
Sooty Shearwater -1 again lingering off Portland Bill
White Stork - ringed bird still at Throop
Spoonbill - 4 Brownsea Lagoon
Cattle Egret - 42 Holmebridge
Osprey - 1 Newton Bay, 1 Middlebere
Swallow - 3 Maiden Newton
Firecrest - 3 Holton Heath

Purple Sandpiper, Lyme Regis Cobb © Helen Wood

 

Friday 3rd April 2026

Garganey - 2 Woodsford Bridge (view from gate by conveyor belt, do not enter quarry) 
Whimbrel - 2 Mudeford Quay
Common Sandpiper - 1 Mudeford Quay
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Bay from Rock Lea Viewpoint
Sanderling - 10 Hengistbury Head
Little Tern - 1 Mudeford Quay
Sandwich Tern - 62 Brownsea Lagoon, 10 Hengistbury Head
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 in SE Holes Bay from cycle track 
Common Tern - 1 Brownsea Lagoon (2 yesterday)
Red-throated Diver - 2 Hengistbury Head
White Stork - ringed bird still at Throop
Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Lagoon
Osprey - 1 unringed female at Middlebere
Red Kite - 1 over Woodsford Bridge

Thursday 2nd April 2026

Long Tailed Duck - 1 The Fleet Littlesea
Garganey - 2 
two (one drake) still on pools viewed from gate. *VIEW ONLY FROM ROAD - DO NOT ENTER PRIVATE QUARRY*
Spotted Redshank - 1 Middlebere
Little Gull - 1 Brownsea Lagoon from Avocet Hide.
White Stork - 1 yellow-ringed individual 'CV11' (released in Devon) in nearby fields around Throop.
Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Lagoon
Short-Eared Owl - 1 Flew N over Christchurch Harbour
Red Kite - 3 Over Bridport 
Osprey - 4 Lytchett Bay, 1 Middlebere platform AM
Wheatear - 1 Lytchett Fields, 1 Peverill Point

Wheatear. Lytchett Fields © Mick Brooks

 

Wednesday 1st April 2026

Long Tailed Duck - 1 The Fleet Littlesea
Garganey - 2 
two (one drake) still on pools viewed from gate by conveyor belt at Woodsford
Whimbrel - 1 The Fleet Littlesea
Spotted Redshank - 1 Rock Lea View, Lytchett Bay
White Stork - 1 yellow-ringed individual 'CV11' (released in Devon) in nearby fields around Throop this AM
Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Lagoon
Osprey - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Wytch Channel
Willow Warbler - 2 Lytchett Minster Village

Late Reports From Yesterday

Serin - 1 Briefly at Portland Bill
Sooty Shearwater - 1 Still lingering around Portland Bill
Purple Sandpiper - 27 Hengistbury Spit

Tuesday 31st March 2026

Barnacle Goose - 5 Woodsford Bridge
Garganey - 2 two (one drake) still on pools viewed from gate by conveyor belt
Goosander - 2 
Woodsford Bridge
Spotted Redshank - 2 Rock Lea View, Lytchett Bay
Puffin - 2 Dancing Ledge AM
White Stork - 1 yellow-ringed individual 'CV11' (released in Devon) in nearby fields around Throop this AM
Cattle Egret - 1 Middlebere
Osprey - 1 Middlebere this evening, 1 Flew N up the Lorton Valley
BLUE CHEEKED BEE EATER -1 Possible sighting over cliff top between Durlston CP and Dancing Ledge
Wheatear - 1 Winspit

Monday 30th March 2026

Garganey - 2 (one drake) still on pools viewed from gate by conveyor belt, Woodsford Bridge
Sooty Shearwater - 1 still lingering off Portland Bill
White Stork - 1 Flew West over Rushcombe LNR
Black-necked Grebe - 1 off Middle beach
Purple Sandpiper - 1 Portland Bill
Forsters Tern - 1 Holes Bay AM
Osprey - 1 Flew NW over Silverlake, 1 Unringed female Middlebere Channel


Sunday 29th March 2026

Garganey - 2 Woodsford Bridge
Great Northern Diver - 2 Jerry's Pt.
Sooty Shearwater - 1 off Portland Bill
White Stork - seen by Bournemouth Spur Road (A338) a.m
Black-necked Grebe - 1 off Middle beach
Red Kite - 2 Woodsford
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Brand's Bay, 1 Longham Lakes, 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 imm Christchurch Hbr.
Osprey - 2 seen from Fitzworth
Ruff - 1 Lytchett Bay
Purple Sandpiper - 14 Hengistbury Hd.
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Bay
Greenshank - 1 Bramble Bush Bay
Sand Martin - 30 Longham lakes, 1 west Brand's Bay, 
Swallow - sev Longham Lakes, 1 Stanpit Marsh
House Martin - 30 Longham lakes 
Wheatear - 1 Stanpit Marsh, 1 St Aldhelm's Hd.

Saturday 28th March 2026

Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Lagoon
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Christchurch Hbr, 1 over Upton
Hen Harrier - 1 Winterborne Monoton
Osprey - 2 Lytchett Bay, 1 over Branksome Ret.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay
Sandwich Tern - 22 Rodden Hive
Swallow - 1 Lodmoor, 1 Shillingston

Friday 27th March 2026

Common Scoter - 16 Hengistbury Head
Red-throated Diver - 1 Hengistbury Head
Glossy Ibis - 3 Wareham Common
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Osprey - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Little Ringed Plover - 2 Arne Moors
Knot - 18 Holes Bay
Greenshank - 3 Brownsea Lagoon
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Holes Bay
Swallow - 10+ over Carey, 2 Mosterton, 1 Mudeford Quay, 1 Brownsea Quay, 1 Cattistock, 1 Slepe Heath
House Martin - 1 Wareham Common

Thursday 26th March 2026

Black-throated Diver - 2  Under Barn walk.
Cattle Egret - 25 East Holme
Spoonbill - 2 Arne Moors
Red Kite - 5 Cranborne Chase, 2 Arne  Moors, 1 Slep Heath, 1 Bridport, 1 Tolpuddle, Hengistbury Hd.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Christchurch Hbr, 1 over Arne Moors
Goshawk - 1 over Arne Moors
Osprey - 2 Carey (022 & CJ7), 1 Wareham Channel, 1 near Wareham.
Common Crane - 2 over Arne Moors headed off high north
Little Ringed Plover - 5 Swineham, 1 over Lytchett Bay (nocmig)
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Brownsea Is.
Merlin - 1 Stoborough Heath
Wheatear - 6 Stanpit, 4 Hartland Moor, 2 Hartland Stud, 1 Houns Tout.
Sand Martin - 25 Stanpit Marsh sev Longham Lakes
Swallow - Single Brownsea, Middlebere, Combe Heath, Swineham, & Sunnyside Farm.
Fieldfare - 1  Carey, 1 Came Woods

Wednesday 25th March 2026

 Bar-tailed Godwit - 1 Stanpit
Black-tailed Godwit - 73 Stanpit
Knot - 2 Stanpit
Forster's Tern - adult roosted just south of Cobb's Quay Marina Holes Bay
Sandwich Tern - 1 Newton;s Cove Weymouth
Spoonbill - 3 still on Brownsea Island Lagoon
Osprey - female 'CJ7' back at Poole Harbour
White-tailed Eagle - juvenile Brands Bay
Merlin - 1 through Chesil Cove
Sand Martin - c.250 Swineham

Marsh Tit Kingcombe Meadows DWT  ©  Martin Wood


Tuesday 24th March 2026

 Ruddy Shelduck - 1 Radipole Lake
Little Ringed Plover - 5 Stilt Pools swineham
Ruff - 1 Lytchett Fields, 1 Stilt Pools Swineham
Forster's Tern - again on Brownsea Island Lagon
Glossy Ibis - 3 still by bypass at Wareham Common
Spoonbill - 4 Brownsea Island Lagoon
Great White Egret - 1 Swineham
Sand Martin - 8 Swineham GPs
Swallow - 1 over Studland beach

Monday 23rd March 2026

 Black-necked Grebe - 1 still at South Lake, Longham Lakes
Spotted Redshank 1 Middlebere still
Glossy Ibis - 3 still by bypass Wareham Common
Great White Egret - 1 Silverlake
Osprey - 1 north over Camp Road Wyke Regis
Short-eared Owl - 1 heading west from Stanpit
Sand Martin - 53 logged in an hour at Stanpit, several at Portland
Swallow - 1 over west cliffs Portland, 1 Stanpit
Black Redstart - 2 Reap Lane Portland, 3 Portland Bill
Wheatear - 5 King Barrow's Quarry Portland, 12 Reap Lane Portland

Sunday 22nd March 2026

 Whooper Swan - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Ruddy Shelduck - 1 in field Wimborne Minster
Mandarin - 5 Shilloingstone
Black-necked Grebe - 1 south lake Longham Lakes, 2 off  Gold Point Ham Common
Little Ringed Plover - 5 Stilt Pools Swineham
Spotted Redshank - 1 Middlebere
Greenshank - 5 Brownsea Island Lagoon
Forster's Tern - 1 Brownsea Island Lagoon
Glossy Ibis - 3 still by bypass at Wareham Common
Spoonbill - 3 Brownsea Island Lagoon
Great White Egret - 1 Lytchett Bay
Cattle Egret - 5 over Wareham Quay
White-tailed Eagle - 1 along the Fleet, 1 over Chideok
Sand Martin - 5 over Southill
Cetti's Warbler - 1 Shillingstone
Black Redstart - 1 Reap Lane Portland, 1 Barleycrates Lane Portland
Wheatear - 4 Peveril Point Swanage

Blackbird Highcliffe ©  Clinton Whale


Saturday 21st March 2026

Black necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes in summer plumage
Little ringed Plover - 8 Swineham 4 in Lower piddle valley & 4 Stilt Pool
Little Gull - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 Brownsea Lagoon DWT
Spoonbill - 3 Brownsea Lagoon DWT
Red Kite - 5 Bridport, 4 St Aldhelms Head, 1 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Creekmoor, 1 Bournemouth
White tailed Eagle - 2 Poole Harbour, 2 Christchurch Harbour, 2 Burton
Short eared Owl - 1 Chickerell
Willow Warbler - 1 Pentridge Down
Ring Ouzel - 1 Portland Bill
Black redstart - 1 Wyke Regis
Wheatear - 15 Barleycrate to Reap lane Portland, 11 Camp road Wyke Regis, 1 St Adhelms Head
Redpoll - 2 Wick Christcurch Harbour



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