Sunday 27th October 2024

Velvet Scoter - 1 juv Longham Lakes (On North Lake again today)

Red-necked Grebe - 1 Portland Hbr. (East of Marina breakwater (probable Ssp. P.g. holbollii)

Slavonian Grebe - 1 off Fitzworth Pt.

Black-necked Grebe - 4 wareham Channel, 1 South Deep, 1 Middle Beach, 1 pos Lytchett Bay.

Spoonbill - 42 Brownsea Lagoon, 35 Wareham Channel, 4 Middlebere

Red Kite - 9 near Shaftsbury

White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel, 1 Christchurch Hbr.

Merlin - 1 Portland Bill

Common Sandpiper - 1 Silverlake

Spotted Redshank - 2 Middlebere

Greenshank - 11 Brownsea Lagoon

Caspian Gull - 1 1st/w Silverlake

Woodlark - 5 over west Pentridge Down

Black Redstart - 2 Portland Bill ( by Lobster Pot cafe)

Ring Ouzel - 1 over west Pentridge Down

Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Portland Castle

Hawfinch - 1 over Pentridge Down

Snow Bunting - 1 Middlebere (seen to fly off)

RED-EYED VIREO - 1 Durlston CP. (Elusive in copse north of car park)

Red-eyed Vireo - Durlston CP © Nick Hull

Black Redstart - Portland Bill © Hellen Wood

Little Owl - Portland Bill © Hellen Wood

Meadow Pipit - Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Saturday 26th October 2024

Velvet Scoter - 1 juvenile Longham Lake (On North lake this a.m)

Goosander - 7 River Frome Woodford

Red-necked Grebe - 1 Portland Hbr. (East of Marina breakwater - pos. P.g. holbollii per BirdGuides)

Spoonbill - 51 Brownsea Is.

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Christchurch Hbr, 1 Wareham Channel Poole Hbr.

Merlin - 2 Middlebere

Turtle Dove - 1 Tolpuddle garden

Wryneck - 1 Wyke Regis (Old Army Compound)

Swallow - 1 over Hengistbury Hd.

Black Redstart - 2 Portland Bill, 1 St. Aldhelm's Hd, 1 Ferrybridge, 1 West Bay.

Ring Ouzel - 1 over Wick hengistbury.

Pallas's Warbler - 1 Portland Bill Obs.

Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Portland Bill Obs, 1 Camp Rd Wyke Regis. 1 Charmouth garden.

ISABELLINE SHRIKE sp. - 1 1st/w Gillingham

Brambling - 10 over Hengistbury Hd.

Redpoll - 5 over Hengistbury Hd.

Turtle Dove - Tolpuddle © Sally Cooke

Kestrel - Blandford Forest © John Bishop

Linnet - Blandford Forest © John Bishop

Friday 25th October 2024

Barnacle Goose - 1 Lytchett Field a.m, 1 Lodmoor RSPB p.m. both with Canada Geese

Velvet Scoter - 1 juvenile Longham Lakes on South Lake.

Goosander - 2 Silverlake, 2 Lewell Mill on River Frome.

Black-necked Grebe - 1 off Middle Beach Studland

Balearic Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill

Great White Egret - 2 Longham lakes, 1 Holme Bridge 

Purple Heron - 1 East side of Lynch Cove in under cliff to roost, flew in from west c17:25

Spoonbill - 54 Brownsea lagoon

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Christchurch Hbr. 

Merlin - 1 Lytchett Bay from RLVP.

Golden Plover - 207+ Lodmoor RSPB

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields

Greenshank - 10 Brownsea lagoon

Caspian Gull - 1 1st/w Silverlake

RED-THROATED PIPIT - 1 over Bill Hill Portland

Black Redstart - 2 Portland Bill, 1, Nothe/Newtons Cove, 1 West Bay

Pallas's Warbler - 1 Portland Obs.

Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Wick Hengistbury Hd, 1 Brownsea Is, 1 Durlston CP, 1 Portland Obs.

ISABELLINE SHRIKE sp - 1st winter still showing well in weedy field north of Pound Lane/Wavering Lane.

Hawfinch - 1 over Lytchett Bay from RLVP.

Golden Plover - Lodmoor © Alan Membury

Thursday 24th October 2024

Barnacle Goose - 1 Rodden Hive
Velvet Scoter - juvenile still at Longham Lakes (on South Lake)
Goosander - 1 Silverlake (West Lake)
Black-necked Grebe - 4 Wareham Channel
Jack Snipe - 1 Middlebere Heath
Spotted Redshank - 6 Middlebere
Red-throated Diver - 1 Wareham Channel
Spoonbill - 30 Poole Harbour
Great White Egret - 1 over Wareham Causeway, 1 Silverlake, 1 Middlebere
Osprey - 1 Middlebere
Merlin - 1 Middlebere
ISABELLINE SHRIKE sp - 1st winter still showing well in weedy field north of Pound Lane/Wavering Lane in Gillingham (ST794269)
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 PBO, 1 Wakeham, 1 Easton (behind Fire Station)
Pallas's Warbler - 1 still at PBO
Firecrest - 2 Winspit Valley, 1 Wick
Black Redstart - 1 Winspit Valley, 1 Chesil Cove, 1 West Bay
Hawfinch - 1 over Careys Secret Garden early morning
Serin - 1 at PBO

Yesterday : 110,000 Woodpigeon over Portland Bill, easily highest ever count here, the previous being 44,000 last year on 5th November.

Ringed-neck Duck, yesterday at Silverlake  © Mick Brooks

 

Wednesday 23rd October 2024

Barnacle Goose - 6 west past Hengistbury
Mandarin Duck - 2 Poole Park
Ring-necked Duck - female type again at Silverlake (East Lake)
Velvet Scoter - juvenile still at Longham Lakes (on South Lake)
Goosander - 2 on R Frome at Lewell Mill, 1 Silverlake (East Lake)
Black-necked Grebe - 4 Wareham Channel, 1 Studland Bay
Knot - 5 Brownsea Lagoon
Sanderling - 5 Brownsea Lagoon
Golden Plover - 4 over Hengistbury
Greenshank -  10 Brownsea Lagoon
Spoonbill - 56 Brownsea Lagoon
Great White Egret - 1 Silverlake
ISABELLINE SHRIKE sp - 1st winter still in weedy field north of Pound Lane/Wavering Lane in Gillingham (ST794269)
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 trapped & ringed at Careys Secret Garden (the 5th of the autumn)
Pallas's Warbler - 1 trapped & ringed at PBO
Radde's Warbler - 1 Reap Lane Barn  (Portland)
Garden Warbler - 1 trapped & ringed at Durlston CP (latest ever for site)
Firecrest - 2 Hengistbury, 2 Brownsea Island, 1 Durlston CP, 1 trapped & ringed at Wild Woodbury DWT, 1 Silverlake
Ring Ouzel - 1 Briantspuddle WMs, 2 Christchurch Harbour area
Black Redstart - 1 Chiswell (Portland)
Water Pipit - 1 trapped & ringed at Lytchett Fields RSPB
Brambling - 15 past Hengistbury
Hawfinch - 1 Avalanche Road Hump (Portland)
Little Bunting - 1 briefly at Hengistbury Head this morning

Isabelline Shrike, Gillingham © Alan Membury

Isabelline Shrike, Gillingham © Alan Membury

Tuesday 22nd October 2024

Velvet Scoter - juvenile still at Longham Lakes
Goosander - 5 on R Frome at Woodsford, 1 immature Sturminster Marshall GP
Ruff - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Green Sandpiper - 1 Woodsford
Golden Plover - 110 Lodmoor RSPB
Wood Sandpier - 1 Stanpit Marsh (present for 3rd day)
Greenshank -  1 Holes Bay, 1 Brand's Bay
Caspian Gull - 1st winter again at Silverlake
Spoonbill - 1 Middlebere
Great White Egret - 1 Moor Valley CP (Crane Lake)
Merlin - 1 Hengistbury Head
ISABELLINE SHRIKE sp - 1st winter still in weedy field north of Pound Lane/Wavering Lane in Gillingham (ST794269)
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 trapped & ringed at Careys Secret Garden, 1 trapped & ringed at Durlston CP
Firecrest - 1 Holes Bay (Grove Wood)
Black Redstart - 2 Portland, 1 Hengistbury Head VC
Crossbill - 6 Moor Valley CP

Golden Plover, Lodmoor RSPB © David Nunn

Marsh Harrier, Radipole Lake RSPB © David Nunn

 

Monday 21st October 2024

Ring-necked Duck - female still at Silverlake
Velvet Scoter - juvenile still at Longham Lakes (North Lake)
Goosander -  21 Silverlake this evening, 6 on R Frome at Woodsford
Knot - 1 Brand's Bay
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Green Sandpiper - 2 Woodsford
Greenshank -  1 Brand's Bay
Caspian Gull - 1st winter again at Silverlake
Spoonbill - 61 Brownsea Lagoon, 1 over Hengistbury
Osprey - 1 Brand's Bay
Red Kite - 3 Iwerne Minster, 2 Monkton Up Wimborne
Merlin - 1 Hartland Moor
ISABELLINE SHRIKE sp - 1st winter still in weedy field north of Pound Lane/Wavering Lane in Gillingham (ST794269)
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Lodmoor RSPB in sallows at NW end, 1 Portland (Langley Close, Southwell)
Firecrest - 2 Cogden Beach
Black Redstart - 1 Broadwey (Wey Valley School), 1 Portland
Hawfinch - 1 at Gold Oak Farm, Cripplestyle (between Cranborne & Alderholt)

Sunday 20th October 2024

Mandarin - 2 Poole Park

 Ring-necked Duck - female type still at Silverlake

Velvet Scoter - juvenile still at south lake, Longham Lakes

Black-tailed Godwit - 50 Stanpit Marsh

Wood Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Caspian Gull - 1st winter again at Silverlake

Black Tern - 1 Christchurch Harbour

Spoonbill - c.60 Brownsea Island lagoon

Cattle Egret - 10 Wareham Common

Isabelline Shrike - female type still in weedy field north of Pound Lane/Wavering Lane Gillingham

Wood Sandpiper, Stanpit Marsh ©Scott Usher 

Black-tailed Godwit, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Ring-necked Duck, Silverlake © Alan Membury (taken yesterday)

Isabelline Shrike, Gillingham  © Steven Carey

Saturday 19th October 2024

Brent Goose - c.35 Shell Bay

 Ring-necked Duck - female/juvenile fem at Silverlake

Velvet Scoter - juvenile still Longham Lakes

Avocet - 344 Brownsea Island lagoon

Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Greenshank 19 Brownsea Island

Cattle Egret - 4 East Holme, 23 Christchurch water meadows

Great White Egret - 1 Hampreston flood meadows

Osprey - 1 over middle beach Studland

Isabelline/Red-tailed Shrike - First winter in weedy field Pound Lane/Wavering Lane  Gillingham

Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 trapped and ringed Durlston CP, 1 Thumb Lane Portland, 

1 Southwell school Portland

Redwing - 1 Thorncombe Wood

Ring Ouzel - female Ballard Down

Black Redstart - 1 at Millfield Poole, 1 Brownsea Island

Yesterday - 2 Red Kite over Cerne Abbas

Isabelline Shrike, Gillingham  ©John Bishop

Isabelline Shrike,Gillingham  ©Scott Usher

Friday 18th October 2024

 Velvet Scoter - juvenile still Longham south Lake

Water Rail - 1 Woodsford

Avocet - 401 Brownsea Island lagoon

Golden Plover - 1 Shell Bay beach

Green Sandpiper - 1 Woodsford

Spotted Redshank - 1 Brownsea Island lagoon, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Greenshank - 17 Brownsea Island lagoon

Spoonbill - 65 Brownsea Island Lagoon

Osprey - 1 Middlebere

Goshawk - 1 Middlebere

White-tailed Eagle - G466 Brands Bay

Short-eared Owl - 1 Keysworth Point Swineham

Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 trapped and ringed Portland, 1 Avalanche Road Hump Portland,

 2 private garden Weston Portland

Pallas's Warbler - 1 The Hump Avalanche Road Portland

Redwing - 3 over Longham

Ring Ouzel - 3 at Penn's Weare Portland

Black Redstart - 1 Brownsea Island, 1 Brooklands Farm Dorset Wildlife Trust HQ , 1 Poole Quay

Wheatear - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Fisherman's Bank Stanpit

Hawfinch - 1 recorded over an Oakdale garden

Common Rosefinch - 1 flew over Portland

 Juvenile Velvet Scoter, Longham Lakes  © Steven Carey

Thursday 17th October 2024

Brent Goose - 530 Ferryridge

Velvet Scoter - female/immature still present at Longham Lakes

Avocet - 400 Brownsea Lagoon

Green Sandpiper - 1 on cress beds Wimborne St Giles

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Greenshank - 5 Brownsea Lagoon

Mediterranean Gull - 960+ Ferrbridge

 Caspian Gull - 1 again at Silverlake, 1st winter Portland

Spoonbill - c.50 Brownsea Island Lagoon, 2 Bestwall RSPB

Cattle Egret - 28 Wick Water Meadows

Osprey - 1 Middlebere

Hen Harrier - juvenile Portland

White-tailed Eagle - 2 over Swineham

Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 along Rodwell Trail, 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Thumb Lane Portland

Radde's Warbler - 1 trapped Crown Estate field Portland

Redwing - flocks between 20 and 200 passing over Poole Harbour

Ring Ouzel - juvenile at Anvil Point, Swanage, 1 Middlebere, 1 probable Swineham GPs, 1 Hengistbury Head, 2 Old Harry

Firecrest - 3 Parkstone Heights Woods

Black Redstart - 1 Wild Woodbury car park, 1 Thumb Lane Portland

Hawfinch - 1 flew north Holes Bay

White-tailed Eagle, Swineham  © Fiona Keeling

White-tailed Eagle, Swineham  © Fiona Keeling

Cattle Egret, Wick Water Meadows  © Clinton Whale

Wednesday 16th October 2024

Grey Plover - 7 Brownsea Island.
Ruff - 1 Stanpit.
Knot - 5 Brownsea Island.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Greenshank - 13 Brownsea Island.
Caspian Gull - 1 Silverlake.
Sandwich Tern - 2 at Silverlake is only the second record for the site.
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Brands Bay (Jerrys Point).
Great White Egret - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Middlebere.
Cattle Egret - 14 Christchurch Harbour, 10 Wareham Common.
Spoonbill - 61 Brownsea Island.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Brands Bay, 1 Wareham Channel.
Marsh Harrier - 3 Swineham, 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Yellow-browed Warbler - 3 Portland (PBO, the Borstal and the Mermaid), 1 Wick.
Firecrest - 1 Hengistbury.

Late news: 2 White-tailed Eagle at Badbury Rings on 7th Oct.

Curlew, Stanpit © Clinton Whale

White-tailed Eagles, Badbury Rings, 7th Oct © Penny Isaac 

Tuesday 15th October 2024

Barnacle Goose - 1 Lodmoor.
Velvet Scoter - 3 past Mudeford Quay, 1 Longham Lakes.
Goosander - 19 Silverlake.
Ruff - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Jack Snipe - 1 Hengistbury.
Great White Egret - 1 Longham Lakes, 2 Lytchett Bay.
Cattle Egret - 20 Hengistbury, 5 Wick.
Spoonbill - 45 Brownsea Island.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Brands Bay, 1 Wareham Channel.
Marsh Harrier - 3 Keysworth, 2 Lytchett Bay, 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Hen Harrier - 1 still Portland Bill.
Red Kite - c10 over Cerne Abbas, 3 Maiden Newton.
Wheatear - 1 Portland.
Whinchat - 1 Maiden Castle (Hog Hill).
Ring Ouzel - 1 Middlebere.
Yellow-browed Warbler - 2 Portland (Culverwell & Avalanche Rd Hump), 1 Hengistbury.
Firecrest - 13 Hengistbury and Wick, 2 Holes Bay (PC World drain), 1 Corfe River valley, 1 Wareham (Carey).
Goldfinch - 475 E over Hengistbury.
Linnet - 385 E over Hengistbury.

Ring Ouzel, Middlebere © Alan Membury

Velvet Scoter, Longham Lakes © Mike Kirby

Monday 14th October 2024

Barnacle Goose - 1 Lodmoor.
Velvet Scoter - 1 Longham Lakes.
Goosander - 3 Woodsford.
Golden Plover - 3 Eggardon Hill.
Whimbrel - 1 Brands Bay.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Greenshank - 2 Brands Bay.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Woodsford.
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes.
Great White Egret - 1 Turlin Moor.
Cattle Egret - 12 Wick, 5 Holmebridge, 1 Lodmoor, 1 Upton CP, 1 Woodsford.
Spoonbill - c45 Brownsea Island.
Osprey - 1 Goathorn.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Holmebridge.
Ring Ouzel - 1 Middlebere.
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Wareham (Carey).

Pied Wagtails, Stanpit © Clinton Whale

Sunday 13th October 2024

Velvet Scoter - 1 Longham Lakes is the third inland record for Dorset since 1900.
Golden Plover - 3 St Aldhelm's Head.
Spotted Redshank - 3 Lytchett Fields.
Greenshank - 6 Brownsea Island, 3 Swineham.
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes.
Cattle Egret - 3 Worgret.
Spoonbill - 44 Brownsea Island.
Osprey - 1 Wareham Channel.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Poole, 1 Bournemouth.
Red Kite - 1 Ringstead Bay.
Marsh Harrier - 3 Christchurch Harbour, 3 Swineham.
Wheatear - 3 St Aldhelm's Head, 2 Christchurch Harbour.
Ring Ouzel - 1 Middlebere.
Redwing - 4 Lytchett Fields.
Dartford Warbler - 1 Swineham is a rarity here.
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Broadstone (Hillbourne Copse), 1 Coward's Marsh, 

   1 Middlebere, 1 Studland (South Haven), 1 Wick, 1 Winspit.
Radde's Warbler - 1 still present Wakeham, Portland.
Firecrest - 3 around Holes Bay, 3 Wick, 2 Durlston CP, 2 Swineham, 1 Hengistbury Head.

Brambling - 1 Middlebere.

Saturday 12th October 2024

Pochard - 11 Longham Lakes

Black necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes

Spotted Redshank - 1 Middlebere Channel

Arctic Skua - 2 off Hengisbury Head, 1 off Portland Bill

Balearic Shearwater - 2 off Hengisbury Head, 1 off Portland Bill

Spoonbill - 16 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Cattle Egret - 7 Hegisbury Head, 1 over Rempstone Forest

Osprey - 1 Middlebere Channel 

Hen Harrier - 1 Portland Bill crown Estate Field, 1 Rempstone Forest

Red Kite - 1 over Arne RSPB

White tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel, 1 Stanpit Marsh

Short eared Owl - 1 Hengisbury Head flew west

Merlin - 1 Greenlands Farm Studland

Hobby - 1 Radipole RSPB

Yellow browed Warbler - 1 Reap Lane Portland, 1 Upway in a private garden, 1 Broadstone Hillbourne Copse

Radde's Warbler - 1 Wakeham Portland

Ring Ouzel -1 Middlebere Track, 1 Pentridge Down,

Brambling - 4 Pentridge Down

Hawfinch - 5 Pentridge Down

Ring Ouzel - Middlebere Track © Colin Chainey

Sparrowhawk - Middlebere © Colin Chainey

Kingfisher - Middlebere © Colin Chainey

Radde's Warbler - Wakeham Portland 
© Nick Hopper via X 

Friday 11th October 2024

Barnacle goose - 1 Portland Bill

Pintail - 20 Holes Bay

Goosander - 1 River Frome at Woodsford

Greenshank - 10 Brownsea Lagoon DWT, 1 Holes Bay

Great Northern Diver - 2 flew west of Hengisbury Head

Comormant  (Sinensis) - 400 Poole Harbour

Spoonbill - 47 Brownsea Lagoon DWT 

Great White Egret - 2 Christchurch Harbour flew north, 1 Brands Bay

White tailed Eagle - 1 over Hydes Heath Arne RSPB

Bearded Tit- 10 Swineham

Yellow - browed Warbler - 3 Culverswell Portland, 1 Arne RSPB, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Firecrest - 5 Arne RSPB, 3 Stour Valley NNR, 2 Durlston CP

Ring Ouzel - 1 Easton Portland, 1 Wyke Regis

Brambling - 1 Stour Valley NNR

Peregrine Falcon - Durlston CP ©  Alan Membury

Perregrine Falcon - Purbeck  ©  Will Bown

Thursday 10th October 2024

Goosander - 14 into Roost at Silverlake

Black-necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes

Spotted Redshank -1 Lower Piddle Valley Swineham

Greenshank - 5 Lower Piddle Valley Swineham

Spoonbill - 35 Wareham Valley, 5 Lytchett Bay

Cattle Egret - 26 Hegisbury Head, 23 East Holme

Great White Egret - 1 to roost at Swineham Gravel pit 

Hobby - 1 Lower Piddle Valley Swineham

Bearded Tit - 4 Lower Piddle Valley Swineham

House Martin - 30 Maiden Castle

Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Reap Lane Portland, 3 Portland Obs, 1 Wyke Regis, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Holloway's Dock Christchurch Harbour

Black Redstart - 1 Thumb Lane Portland

Wheatear - 1 Bridport Golf Course

13 Pied Wagtail - 350 to roost at Hatch Pond, 28 Alba Challow Hill Corfe Castle, 20 Stanpit Marsh

Wednesday 9th October 2024

Pochard - 30 Silverlake

Black-necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes

Ruff - 2  Lower Piddle Valley and Curlew Pool Swineham

Spotted Redshank - 7 Mouth of River Frome, 2 Stilt Pool, 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Spoonbill - 23 Brownsea Lagoon DWT, 6 Swineham, 1 Lytchett Bay

Bittern - 1 Swineham Gravel Pit

Cattle Egret - 3 Holmebridge

Great White Egret - 1 Brownsea Lagoon DWT, 1 Swineham Gravel Pit, 1 Brands Bay, 1 Silverlake

Osprey - 2 Middlebere Poole Harbour

Red Kite - 2 over Wareham

Merlin - 2 Middlebere Moor

Yellow Browed Warbler - 4 Thumb Lane Portland, 1 Lodmor RSPB, 1 Radipole RSPB

Firecrest - 1 Redhill Common

Ring Ouzel - 3 Godlingston Gully Ulwell, 1 Thumb Lane Portland

Brambling - 1 South Haven Studland

Yesterday: Water Pipit between Church Cove and the lighthouse Portland

Tuesday 8th October 2024

Brent Goose - 7 Brands Bay
Pintail - 4 Brands Bay
Great-crested Grebe - 46 Brands Bay
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Brands Bay
Spotted Redshank - 1 still Lytchett Fields
Spoonbill - 48 Brownsea Lagoon
Marsh Harrier - 4 Swineham
Peregrine - 1 Brownsea Lagoon

Yesterday: -

Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail Swineham
Short-eared Owl - 1 south of Corfe Castle

Little Owl, Portland © Phil Cheeseman

Firecrest, Portland © Phil Cheeseman

Black-tailed Godwit, Lytchett Bay © Peter John Corbin

 

Monday 7th October 2024

Wigeon - 782 Holes Bay
Goosander - 1 River Frome, Woodsford
Black-necked grebe - 1 still Longham Lakes
Avocet - 7 Brownsea Lagoon
Bar-tailed Godwit - 2 Bramble Bush Bay
Green Sandpiper - 1 River Frome, Woodsford
Spotted Redshank - 1 from Rock Lea Viewpoint
Sandwich Tern - 6 Bramble Bush Bay
Cormorant - 300 Brownsea Lagoon
Spoonbill - 73 Brownsea Lagoon, 3 Shipstal Point, 1 Lytchett Fields
Cattle Egret - 15 Wick
Great White Egret - 9 Longham Lakes, 1 Bramble Bush Bay
Kingfisher - 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Green Woodpecker - 1 near Stone Bench, Upton CP
Hobby - 1 over Old Hill, Portland
Yellow-browed Warbler - 2 Thumb Lane, 1 Southwell, 1 The Hump, 1 Portland Bird Obs
Firecrest - 1 Wick
Red-breasted Flycatcher - 1 still Portland Bird Obs

Yesterday: - \

Firecrest - 7 various locations Portland 

Great White Egret, Lodmoor RSPB © Mark Churchill

Grey Wagtail, Mudeford © Andy Enefer

Balck-tailed Godwit, Lodmoor RSPB © Annabel Sharpe

Sunday 6th October 2024

Eider - 5 Wareham Channel
Goosander - 19 Silverlake
Black-necked Grebe - 1 still Longham Lakes
Avocet  - c30 Brownsea Lagoon
Knot - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Ruff - 1 Lower Piddle Floods
Green Sandpiper - 3 Lytchett Fields
Spotted Redshank - 3 Middlebere. 1 Lytchett Fields
Greenshank - 15 Lytchett Fields, 3 Brownsea Lagoon
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 1st year, from Rock Lea Viewpoint
Black Tern - 1 juv down The Fleet from Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Sth from Ferrybridge
Balearic Shearwater - 3 past Portland Bill
Spoonbill - 65 still Brownsea Lagoon, 3 in channel, Lytchett Bay
Cattle Egret - 11 Wick
Great White Egret - 7 Longham Lakes, 1 Coombe Heath, Arne RSPB
Osprey - 2 Newton Bay, Poole Harbour
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Mudeford, 1 Furzey Island, 1 Newton Bay, Poole Harbour
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Avalanche Road Hump, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Culverwell
Firecrest - Portland Bird Observatory
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Portland Bird Observatory
Red-breasted Flycatcher - 1 adult Male at Portland Bird Observatory, 1 juv. still Culverwell

Yesterday: -

Ruddy Shelduck - 3 Longham Lakes
Golden Plover - 45 Lodmoor RSPB
Kestrel - 9 Pentridge Down
Woodlark - 3 Pentridge Down

Golden Plovers, Lodmoor RSPB © Derek Fowler

Red-breasted Flycatcher juvenile, Culverwell © Steven Carey

Snipe, Lodmoor RSPB © Phil Cheeseman

 

Saturday 5th October 2024

Red-legged Partridge - 6 NW Southill
Grey Partridge - 2 near Manor French Farm, Blandford
Brent Geese - 7 Stanpit Marsh
Garganey - 1 Juv. Coward's Marsh
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes
Avocet - 1 in Rock Lea Channel
Ruff - 2 Lower Piddle Floods
Spotted Redshank - 6 Middlebere, 1 from Rock Lea Viewpoint
Sooty Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 10 past Portland Bill
Cattle Egret - 24 over Turlin Shore, 8 Wick Water Meadows, 7 Radipole RSPB
Great White Egret - 2 Middlebere, 1 Longham Lakes
Osprey - 1 Brands Bay
Red Kite - 1 near Manor French Farm, Blandford
White-tailed Eagle - 2 over Shipstal, Arne RSPB, 1 Hengistbury, 1 near Manor French Farm
Merlin - 1 St. Aldhem's Head
Hobby - 1 Juv over Old Hill, Portland, 1 over Portland Bill, 1 Lower Piddle Floods
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 calling Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 calling Thumb Lane
Firecrest - 1 Portland Bird Observatory, 1 near Manor French Farm, Blandford
Ring Ouzel - 2 Top Fields, Portland Bill, 1 between Old Hill & Verne Hill Road, Portland
Redwing - 7 near Loverly Lane, Didlington
Red-breasted Flycatcher - 1 Culverwell
Black Redstart - 1 Blacknor, Portland
Whinchat - 1 St. Aldhem's Head, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Wheatear - 8 Crouch Hill, 2 St. Aldhem's Head, 1 Witchampton


 

Hobby, Silverlake © Simon Craft

Chiffchaff, Lodmoor RSPB © Maurice Whitney

Black-necked Grebe, Longham Lakes © Gary Holderness

Friday 4th October 2024

Goosander -  14 Silverlake this evening, 1 on R Frome at Woodsford
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes (South Lake)
Golden Plover - 300+ Pentridge Down
Whimbrel - 1 Brand's Bay
Knot - 5 Brand's Bay, 5 Brownsea Lagoon
Common Sandpiper - 1 East Fleet
Green Sandpiper - 1 Woodsford
Greenshank -  1 Brownsea Lagoon
Spoonbill - 75 Brownsea Lagoon
Great White Egret - 4 Hampreston fields
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Meyrick Park GC, 1 over Longham Lakes
Short-eared Owl - 1 West Bay
Merlin - 1 West Bay
Woodlark - 7 Pentridge Down
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Littlesea Woods near water tank
Redwing - 1 trapped & ringed at Wild Woodbury DWT
Whinchat - 1 St Aldhelm's Head
Yellow Wagtail - 1 West Bay
Crossbill - 2 Pentridge Down

Yesterday : 2 Yellow-browed Warblers on Portland (PBO and Sweethill)

Common Scoter, Shell Bay © Will Bown

 

Thursday 3rd October 2024

Goosander -  1 on R Frome at Woodsford
Common or Pallid Swift - 1 Wick Fields
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes (South Lake)
Common Sandpiper - 1 Woodsford
Greenshank -  1 Holes Bay
Cattle Egret - 27 left Pergins Island roost in Holes Bay this morning
Great White Egret - 1 Longham Lakes
Goshawk - 1  juvenile seen briefly in Poole Harbour north
Pallid Harrier - a probable ringtail over Hengistbury this morning
Red Kite - 6 Badbury Rings
Yellow-browed Warbler - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 trapped & ringed at Careys Secret Garden, 1 Moonfleet
Firecrest - 4 trapped & ringed at Durlston CP, 3+ at Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Cogden Beach
Ring Ouzel - 1 Ballard Down this morning, 1 Hengistbury
Yellow Wagtail - 2 Ballard Down
Hawfinch - 1 over PBO

Vis mig at West Bay included -  a ticking Bunting most resembling Rustic and a possible Turtle Dove. Also a Red Kite, Redwing, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Woodlark, 5 Chiffchaff, 5 Song Thrush, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jays, 1000 Linnets, 400 Swallows, 1900 House Martins and 140 Meadow Pipits.

Yesterday : a  Redwing over Litton Cheney and 6 over Poole Harbour

Kestrel, Woodville © John Bishop

 

Great White Egret, Lodmoor RSPB © Will Bown

Wednesday 2nd October 2024

Goosander -  13 Silverlake (East Lake) this evening, 4 on R Frome at Woodsford this morning
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes (South Lake)
Ruff - 1 Lower Piddle Valley floods
Green Sandpiper - 3 Lower Piddle Valley floods, 1 Woodsford
Common Sandpiper - 1 Holes Bay
Greenshank -  17 in Poole Harbour area
Spoonbill - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB on French's Pool
Cattle Egret - 25 roosted on Pergins Island in Holes Bay last night, 1 Longham Lakes
Great White Egret - 2 Longham Lakes, 1 Brand's Bay
Marsh Harrier - 20 left roost in Poole Harbour this morning
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 trapped & ringed at the Carey Secret Garden
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Thumb Lane on Portland, 1 trapped & ringed at the Carey Secret Garden
Firecrest - 2 Ballard Down
Yellow Wagtail - 2 Ballard Down

Yesterday : a Short-eared Owl at West Bay

Wheatear, Crouch Hill (Stanpit) © Clinton Whale

Tuesday 1st October 2024

Garganey - 1 on Decoy Pond at Abbotsbury Swannery
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes
Ruff - 3 Swineham
Sanderling - 21 Brownsea Lagoon
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB on French's Pool
Greenshank -  2 Brownsea Island, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 seen again in Holes Bay from Upton CP lookout
Glossy Ibis - 1 flew down Lorton Valley in direction of Lodmoor this evening
Spoonbill - 55 Brownsea Lagoon
Cattle Egret - 8 Holmebridge, 1 Swineham
Great White Egret - 1 Shipstal (Arne RSPB), 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Longham Lakes
Osprey - 2 Middlebere, 1 Wareham Channel
Honey-buzzard - 1 headed south over Hengistbury Head mid-morning
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 trapped & ringed at the Carey Secret Garden
Yellow-browed Warbler - 2 heard at Abbotsbury Swannery

Greenshank, Lodmoor RSPB © Will Bown