Wednesday 8th Apr 2026
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,
Tuesday 7th Apr 2026
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.
Monday 6th Apr 2026
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
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
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| 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
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| Wheatear. Lytchett Fields © Mick Brooks |
Wednesday 1st April 2026
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
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
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| Marsh Tit Kingcombe Meadows DWT © Martin Wood |
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Sunday 22nd March 2026
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| Blackbird Highcliffe © Clinton Whale |
Saturday 21st March 2026
Friday 20th March 2026
| Tawny Owl - Langton Matravers © Garry Hayman |
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| Red Kite - Sturminster Marshall © Allan Frake |
Thursday 19th March 2026
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| Wigeon - Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale |
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| Red Kite - Radipole RSPB © Derek Fowler |
Wednesday 18th March 2026
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
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| Great Black-backed Gull, Highcliffe Beach © Clinton Whale |
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| 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
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.
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| Brambling, Sadborow, yesterday © Neil Croton (licenced ringer) |
Friday 13th March 2026
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),
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
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
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
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| Snow Bunting, Rock Lea View © Mick Brooks |
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| 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
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| 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.
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| 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
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| Crossbill. Cranborne Common © Janice Beck |
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| 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'
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| 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
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.
Monday 16th February 2026
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.
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| Purple Sandpiper, Highcliffe © Clinton Whale. |
Sunday 15th February 2026
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),
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.
Saturday 14th February 2026
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.
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| Brambling, Thorncombe © Neil Croton (licensed ringer). |


























