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| Woodlark - Stoborough Heath ©Garry Hayman |
Thursday 23rd February 2023
Wednesday 22nd February 2023
| Bar-tailed Godwit - Stanpit Marsh ©Clinton Whale |
Tuesday 21st February 2023
| Pied Wagtail - Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale |
Monday 20th February 2023
Sunday 19th February 2023
Saturday 18th February 2023
Friday 17th February 2023
Thursday 16th February 2023
Green Sandpiper - 1 Kinson STW
Spoonbill - 6 Arne RSPB at Shipstal Point
White-tailed Eagle - 2 over Wareham Channel this morning, 1 over Iwerne Minster this afternoon
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Kinson STW
Richard's Pipit - 1 still in horse paddock near Pirates Cove (SY655772)
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| Lapwing, Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale |
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| Skylark, Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale |
Wednesday 15th February 2023
Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 1 Brand's Bay
Green-winged Teal - 1 Stanpit Marsh at Parky Mead Rail
Slavonian Grebe - 1 West Bay off West Cliff
Knot - 3 Brand's Bay
Spotted Redshank - 2 Holes Bay
Spoonbill - 14 Arne RSPB at Shipstal Point
Bittern - 1 Radipole Lake RSPB from North Screen
Cattle Egret - 2 roosted at Hengistbury Head
White-tailed Eagle - 2 over Hambledon Hill, 1 Poole Harbour
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 near Charminster at SY676919, in willows viewable from bridge
Black Redstart - 1 Church Ope Cove (Portland), 1 Pirates Cove
Richard's Pipit - 1 still in horse paddock near Pirates Cove (SY655772)
Yesterday: 3 Purple Sandpipers at West Bay
| Golden Plover, Lodmoor RSPB © Clive Hargrave |
| Bearded Tit, Lodmoor RSPB © Clive Hargrave |
Tuesday 14th February 2023
Monday 13th February 2023
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| Marsh Harrier, Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale |
| 1st winter Ross's Gull, Dorchester Water Meadows © Simon Craft |
| Golden Plover, Lodmoor © Will Bown |
Sunday 12th February 2023
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| Wigeon, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale |
Saturday 11th February 2023
Friday 10th February 2023
Eider - 4 still off Castle Cove
Spotted Redshank - 3 again Middlebere
Black-headed Gull - 1200 Marshwood Vale
Common Gull - 400 Marshwood Vale
Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail Middlebere
Firecrest - 2 Hengistbury Head Wood
Black Redstart - 1 still Lyme Regis
Water Pipit - 1 in Pools Field, Lytchett Fields
Linnet - 1100 Stoke Abbott
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| Water Rail, Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale |
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| Stonechat, Lyme Regis © Pam Parsons |
Thursday 9th February 2023
Green-winged Teal - 1 Parky Mead, Stanpit Marsh
Goosander - 1m & 1f East lake, Silverlake
Black-necked Grebe - 11 distant from Underbarns Path, Portland Harbour
Purple Sandpiper - 2 Portland Bill
Red-Throated Diver - 3 off Portland Bill
Black-Throated Diver - 1 distant off Sandsfoot Castle
Bittern - 1 from Viewing Shelter, Radipole RSPB
Spoonbill - 1 Swineham GPs
Cattle Egret - 2 East Marsh, Stanpit Marsh
Bearded Tit - 2 near Visitor Centre, Radipole RSPB
Woodlark - several heard at Silverlake
Firecrest - 1 Coombe Heath, Arne RSPB
Black Redstart - 1 still Portland Bill, 1 Lily Lane, Chickerell, 1 in private garden, Carey
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| Redwing, Upton CP © Tony Furnell |
Meadow Pipit, Weymouth © Maurice Whitney
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| Cormorant, Holes Bay © Tina Dawkins |
Wednesday 8th February 2023
Goldeneye - 6 Wareham Channel
Black-necked Grebe - 7 again off Middle Beach, 3 still off Castle Cove
Avocet - 200+ Holes Bay
Sanderling - 6 Brownsea Lagoon
Spoonbill - 5 Swineham GPs, 1 still Middlebere
Hen Harrier - 1 over Arne Moors
White-tailed Eagle - 3 Wareham Channel
Black Redstart - 5 Chesil Cove, 1 Church Ope Cove, 1 Nothe Fort, 1 still Portland Bill
Richard's Pipit - 1 still on horse paddock near Pirate's Cove
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| Peregrine, Christchurch Priory Tower © Clinton Whale |
Tuesday 7th February 2023
Black-necked Grebe - 8 around Portland Harbour
Avocet - 200+ Holes Bay
Black-throated Diver - 1 from Billy Winter's, Portland Harbour
Bittern - 1 near Viewing Shelter, Radipole RSPB
Cattle Egret - 1 over Wareham Common
Goshawk - 1f Middlebere
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Hartland Moor
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 by footpath nr. Kinson Sewage Works
Firecrest - 1 Rushcombe LNR
Black Redstart - 1 Limekiln Close, Southwell, 1 Ladymead, Easton, 1 Chesil Cove, 1 Portland Bill
Richard's Pipit - 1 still Horse paddock, Pirate's Cove, The Fleet
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| Kestrel, River Stour © Dave Taylor |
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| Reed Bunting, Radipole RSPB © Maurice Whitney |
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| Treecreeper, Lodmoor CP © Phil Cheeseman |
Monday 6th February 2023.
Common Scoter - 1 The Fleet (Littlesea).
Golden Plover - c.400 Lodmoor.
Jack Snipe - 1 Winterborne Herringston.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Great Northern Diver - 1 Studland Bay.
Black-throated Diver - 1 distantly off Hamm Beach, Portland.
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Studland Bay, 2 The Fleet (Littlesea).
White-tailed Eagle - 3 Wareham Channel/Lytchett Bay.
Marsh Harrier - 3 Lodmoor.
Hen Harrier - 2 Middlebere.
Water Pipit - 2 Lytchett Fields.
Black Redstart - 1 Chesil Cove.
Firecrest - 3 Norden sewage works.
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| Shoveler, Lodmoor © Alan Membury |
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| Mediterranean Gull, Lodmoor © Alan Membury |
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| Avocet, Lodmoor © Derek Fowler |
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| Kingfisher, Lodmoor © Derek Fowler |
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| Golden Plover, Lodmoor © Derek Fowler |
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| Oystercatcher, Stanpit © Clinton Whale |
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| Water Rail, Lodmoor © Derek Fowler |
Sunday 5th February 2023.
Goldeneye - 3 Poole Harbour.
Sanderling - 10+ Poole Harbour mouth.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Silverlake.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 Silverlake.
Great Northern Diver - 2 Poole Harbour (North Channel and Hamworthy beach)
Spoonbill - 9 Middlebere.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 soaring over Purbeck.
Red Kite - 1 Badbury Rings, 1 Studland.
Marsh Harrier - 5 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Wareham Channel.
Hen Harrier - 3 Milborne St Andrew.
Merlin - 2 Milborne St Andrew.
Stonechat - a leucistic bird at Silverlake.
Rosy Starling - 1 Milborne St Andrew.
Firecrest - 1 Winterborne Stickland.
Cirl Bunting - 2-3 on a private site in west Dorset.
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| Curlew, Stanpit © Clinton Whale |
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| Firecrest, Winterborne Stickland © Will Bown |
Saturday 4th February 2023.
Goosander - 1 Silverlake.
Lapwing - 300+ Lodmoor; a leucistic bird at Silverlake.
Grey Plover - 12 Stanpit.
Bar-tailed Godwit - 2 Stanpit.
Common Gull - 4 Christchurch Harbour.
Black-necked Grebe - 3+ Portland Harbour.
Slavonian Grebe - 2 Portland Harbour.
Cattle Egret - 35 Portesham, 2 Stanpit.
Marsh Harrier - 6+ Christchurch Harbour, 1 Lodmoor.
Merlin - 1 Silverlake.
Richard's Pipit - 1 Wyke Regis (Pirate's Cove).
Water Pipit - 1 Weymouth (Bowleaze Cove).
Black Redstart - 1 Portland (Church Ope Cove).
Firecrest - 1 Pallington Lakes, 3 Weymouth (Sandsfoot Beach).
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| Leucistic Lapwing, Silverlake © Paul Harris |
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| Leucistic Lapwing, Silverlake © Paul Harris |
Friday 3rd February 2023.
Golden Plover - c200 Lodmoor.
Great Northern Diver - 2 Poole Bay.
Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor.
Marsh Harrier - 6 Christchurch Harbour.
Richard's Pipit - 1 Wyke Regis (Pirate's Cove).
Black Redstart - 1 Wareham (Carey).
Firecrest - 1 Hamworthy (Rock Lea), 2 Hengistbury Head.
Late news: Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Dorchester (Blue Bridge) yesterday.
Thursday 2nd February 2023
Goosander - 2 over Holmebridge heading towards Poole Harbour, 1 Silverlake
Black-necked Grebe - 5 Studland Bay
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Jerry's Point
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Middlebere
Great Northern Diver -1 off Pilot's Point
Spoonbill - 11 Shipstal Point, 2 over Mudeford Quay, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Bittern - 2 sightings at Radipole Lake RSPB (1 from North Screen & 1 from Buddleia Loop)
White-tailed Eagle - 1 over Lytchett Fields RSPB
Firecrest - 1 Charmouth
Black Redstart - 1 Durlston CP
Richard's Pipit - 1 still in horse paddock near Pirates Cove (SY655772)
Wednesday 1st February 2023
Tuesday 31st January 2023
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| Red Kite - Hengisbury Head ©Clinton Whale |
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| Greenshank - Bramble Bush Bay ©Will Bown |
Monday 30th January 2023
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| Spoonbill - Middlebere ©Garry Hayman |
Sunday 29th January 2023
| Richard's Pipit - Wyke Regis © Garry Hayman |
Saturday 28th January 2023
| Fieldfare - Middlebere © Garry Hayman |






















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