Saturday 5th November 2022

 Common Scoter - 75 through Weymouth Bay
Long-tailed Duck - 1 past Portland Bill
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 juv Lytchett Fields RSPB
Sabine's Gull - juv through Weymouth Bay
Little Gull - 3 1st winter, 1 adult through Weymouth Bay
Pomarine Skua - 1 past Portland Bill, 1 past Durlston CP
Red-throated Diver - 1 through Weymouth Bay
Great Northern Diver - 1 Ferrybridge, 1 Longham Lakes, 3 Weymouth Bay
Sooty Shearwater - 10 past Portland Bill, 2 past Durlston CP
Cattle Egret- 12 Waddock Cross
Hen Harrier - 1 Ringtail Middlebere
Ring Ouzel - 1 Durlston CP
Black Redstart - 1 Peveril Point Swanage, 1 Portland Marina, 2 Durlston CP
Water Pipit - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Pochard, Longham South Lake  © Aspen Stobart


Great Northern Diver, Longham South Lake © Aspen Stobart


Yellow-legged Gull, Poole Harbour  © Mark Wright





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Friday 4th November 2022

 Common Scoter - 1 Longham Lakes
Wood Pigeon - 29,989 vis mig Poole Harbour, 30,000 vis mig Hengistbury
Black-necked Grebe - 2 Shell Bay
Red-throated Diver - 1 Ringstead Bay, 1 Shell Bay
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Spoonbill - 50 Brownsea Island NT lagoon
Cattle Egret - 5 Stoborough, 3 Priory Marsh
Great White Egret - 1 Longham Lakes
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Poole Harbour
Hen Harrier - Ringtail Durlston CP
Short-eared Owl - 1 Durlston CP
Wryneck - 1 Longham Lakes
Woodlark - 3 vis mig East Bexingtonn
Skylark - 345 vis mig East Bexington, 200 past Down Farm/Wyke Down
Dusky Warbler - 1 Durlston CP
Starling - 925 vis mig East Bexington
Redwing - 858 past Down Farm/Wyke Down, 129  Poole Harbour
Black Redstart - 4 Portland Castle, 1 Marine Theatre Lyme Regis, 1 Weston Portland, 1 Peveril Point Swanage, 2 Durlston CP, 3 Chesil Cove, 1 Winspit Valley
Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Chaffinch - 219 vis mig East Bexington
Brambling - 21 past Down Farm/Wyke Down, 1 Poole Harbour, 4 over Hengistbury
Hawfinch - 3 past Sea View Point Poole, 1 past Stoborough
Redpoll - 9 past Down Farm/Wyke Down, 4 vis mig East Bexington
Siskin - 52 Poole Harbour
Reed Bunting - 5 vis mig East Bexington, 7 past Down Farm/Wyke Down

Common Buzzard, Stanpit  © Dave Hill


Common Scoter, Longham Lakes © Ron Poulter


Pied Wagtail, Stanpit © Dave Hill













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Thursday 3rd November 2022

Black Brant - 1 Moonfleet
Long-tailed Duck - 1 off Mudeford Quay
Velvet Scoter - 2 Hengistbury Head
Black-necked Grebe - 2 Brand's Bay
Ruff - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Great Northern Diver - 1 Hengistbury Head
Great White Egret - 3 Hampreston Fields
Short-eared Owl - 1 over Wick
Pallas's Warbler - 1 in Long Meadow at Durlston CP
Firecrest - 2 Durlston CP
Black Redstart - 2 Durlston CP, 1 Chesil Cove, 1 Kimmeridge, 1 West Bay, 1 west of Shaftesbury by A30
Water Pipit - 1 Moonfleet

Lapwing, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Pintail, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

 

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Wednesday 2nd November 2022

Stock Dove - 225 west past Durlston CP
Woodpigeon - 64,500 west past Durlston CP
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes (on South Lake)
Ruff - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Little Gull - 4 Chesil Cove, 1 West Bay
Great Northern Diver - 1 Hengistbury Head
Leach's Petrel -  10+ West Bay this afternoon, 2 West Bexington, 1 Chesil Cove, 1 Weymouth Bay,                 1  again over The Fleet at Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Hengistbury Head
Spoonbill - 15 Shipstal Point
Cattle Egret - 4 from Hengistbury roost
Red Kite - 1 Blandford
Merlin - 2 Down Farm (near Wyke Down), 2 Durlston CP
Ring Ouzel - 1 Wyke Down, 1 Hengistbury Nursery
Firecrest - 2 Hengistbury Wood
Black Redstart - 1 Portland Bill, 1 still at Brooklands Farm DWT HQ (north of  Dorchester)
Water Pipit - 1 in Longham Lakes/Hampreston area
Hawfinch - 1 west past Durlston CP

Curlew, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale


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Tuesday 1st November 2022

Scaup - 2 juveniles at Longham Lakes
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 3 Middlebere, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Purple Sandpiper - 2 Chesil Cove
Jack Snipe - 1 flushed at Lytchett Fields RSPB
Grey Phalarope - 2 Hengistbury Head
Little Gull - 2 Chesil Cove
Arctic Skua - 2 Hengistbury Head
Leach's Petrel - 3 Chesil Cove, 2 Hengistbury Head, 1 over The Fleet at Abbotsbury Swannery,                   1 Durlston CP
Cattle Egret - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Great White Egret - 1 Longham Lakes
Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail Middlebere
Ring Ouzel - 1 Alderholt
Black Redstart - 1 Brooklands Farm DWT HQ (north of  Dorchester)

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Monday 31st October 2022

Velvet Scoter - 2 west past West Bay and West Bexington this morning
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 1 Brand's Bay, 1 Holes Bay (NE)
Spoonbill - 36 Arne RSPB
Black-necked Grebe - 2 Studland Bay from Middle Beach
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Poole Harbour
Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail Middlebere, 1 adult male Swineham
Red Kite - 1 Poole Harbour
Ring-necked Parakeet - 3 Studland village area
Ring Ouzel - 1 over Durlston CP
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 still calling near. Rock Lea view point at Lytchett Fields RSPB
Radde's Warbler - 1 Portland Bill though elusive
Firecrest - 12 Studland (In South Beach & Middle Beach area), 4 West Holme, 1 Durlston CP
Black Redstart - 5 Fortuneswall (Portland), 5 Church Knowle
Whinchat - 1 Hog Hill near Maiden Castle
Brambling - 2 Studland (Middle Beach)

Oystercatchers, Stanpit Marsh © Dave Hill

Wigeon, Stanpit Marsh © Dave Hill

 

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Sunday 30th October 2022

Long-tailed Duck - 1 south past Chesil Cove
Black-necked Grebe - 2 Brands Bay
Avocet - 16 NE Holes Bay
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 still Lytchett Fields RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 5 still from Middlebere Hide, 1 still Lytchett Fields RSPB
Sabine's Gull - 1 east off Portland Bill, 1 Highcliffe
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 1cy Hengistbury Head
Arctic Skua - 2 off Hengistbury Head
Long-tailed Skua - 1 juv off Hengistbury Head
Leach's Storm Petrel - 2 off Chesil Cove, 1 east off Hengistbury Head
Spoonbill - 47 still Brownsea Lagoon
Merlin - 1 Poole Harbour, 1 west off Hengistbury Head
Woodlark - 1 Portland
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 calling nr. Rock Lea Viewpoint, Lytchett Fields RSPB
Firecrest - 2 nr. Rock Lea Viewpoint, Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Wick
Ring Ouzel - 1 Portland
Black Redstart - 1f Winspit View, Worth Matravers, 1m SW end of St. Aldhem's Quarry
Brambling - 1 Stour Valley LNR
Lesser Redpoll - 1 heard Stour Valley LNR


Goshawk, Poole Harbour © Mark Wright


 

Brent Goose, juvenile Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

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Saturday 29th October 2022

Grey Partridge - 16 Wyke Down
Golden Plover - 190 Milton Abbas
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 still Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Spotted Redshank - 8 from Middlebere Hide, 1 still Lytchett Fields RSPB
Spoonbill - 56 again Brownsea Lagoon
Cattle Egret - 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Goshawk - 1f juv Milton Abbas
Red Kite - 1 over Stubhampton
Short-eared Owl - 1 Durlston CP
Wryneck - 1 still Portland Obs Quarry
Merlin - 2 Wyke Down, 1f Milton Abbas
Woodlark - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Wyke Down
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 still Southwell School, Portland, 1 still Abbotsbury Swannery
Pallas's Warbler - 1 St. Aldhem's Head, 1 Hengistbury Head
Ring Ouzel - 1 Durlston CP
Fieldfare - 350+ Wyke Down, 100+ over Stubhampton
Redwing - 1200 over Durlston CP
Black Redstart - 3 private garden, Southwell, Portland, 1 Middlebere, 1 Reap Lane,
                        1 Lighthouse, Portland Bill, 1 sth of Church Ope Cove, 1 barn roof, Weston Farm
Water Pipit - 1 still Abbotsbury Swannery
Goldfinch - 700 in bird food crop, Milton Abbas

Yesterday:-

Gannet - 500 off Portland Bill

Wigeon, Stanpit Marsh © Don Williams










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Friday 28th October 2022

Scaup - 1f Abbotsbury Swannery
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Jerry's Point
Woodcock - 1 Moreton
Spotted Redshank - 1 Pools Field, Lytchett Fields RSPB
Black-throated Diver - 1 off Branksome Chine
Leach's Storm Petrel - 1 south past Chesil Cove
Spoonbill - 5 Brownsea Lagoon
Goshawk - 1 Rempstone
Hen Harrier - 2 Swineham Point / Middlebere
Red Kite - 1 Keysworth
Wryneck - 1 still Portland Obs Quarry
Merlin - 4 at various Poole Harbour sites
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Sweet Hill Lane, Portland
Firecrest - 2 The Hump, Lodmoor RSPB
Black Redstart - 2f east end of Cerne Abbas, 1 private garden, Easton, Portland
Water Pipit - 1 Marsh Meadow Pool, Abbotsbury Swannery

Pied Wagtail, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale


Little Owl, Portland Bill © Phil Cheeseman


Dartford Warbler, Talbot Heath, Poole © Janet Panter

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Thursday 27th October 2022

Avocet - 8 NE Holes Bay
Curlew Sandpiper - 4 still Lytchett Fields RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 1 still Lytchett Fields RSPB
Bittern - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Mediterranean Gull - 200+ Hengistbury
Hen Harrier - 2 Middlebere
Merlin - 1 Arne Moors
Short-eared Owl - 1 East Cliff, Portland, 1 Portland Heights, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Woodlark - 1 Stoborough
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 East Cliff, Portland
Pallas's Warbler - 1 Thumb Lane, 1 Portland Obs
Firecrest - 3 South Beach, Studland
Ring Ouzel - 1 Old Harry Rocks, 1 Godlingston Heath
Black Redstart - 2f Lanehouse, Weymouth, 2 Southwell St, Portland, 1f Mudeford Quay
Water Pipit - 1 Hampreston, view from Path by Church
Brambling - 1 Stoborough
Yesterday: -

Velvet Scoter - 2 off Portland Bill
Sooty Shearwater - 2 off Portland Bill
Wryneck - 1 still Portland Obs Quarry




















Black Redstart, Tilly Whim, Durlston CP © Rob Johnson


Curlew, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale


Sparrowhawk, Middlebere © Chris Warren

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Wednesday 26th October 2022

Black Brant - 1 Lynch Cove, The Fleet
Swift or Pallid Swift - 1 over Christchurch Harbour
Golden Plover - 350 north of Martinstown
Curlew Sandpiper - 5 Lytchett Fields
Grey Phalarope - 1 south end of Sutton Bingham Reservoir
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields
Mediterranean Gull - 384 South Marsh, Chrischurch Harbour
Great Skua - 1 off Chesil Cove
Great Shearwater - 1 probable, south past Chesil Cove
Manx Shearwater - 1 at sea off Hengistury
Osprey - 1 juv over Rodwell Trail, Rodwell
Wryneck - 1 west of South lake, Longham Lakes
Merlin - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Lytchett Fields
Whinchat - 1 east of Martinstown, towards Maiden Castle

Whinchat, nr. Martinstown  © Nigel Tooth


Grey Phalarope, south end of Sutton Bingham Res. © Tim Farr

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Tuesday 25th October 2022

Scaup - 1f  Abbotsbury Swannery
Golden Plover - 140 in ploughed fields north of Upwey
Curlew Sandpiper - 4 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Little Stint - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Cattle Egret - 40 leaving roost, Abbotsbury Swannery, 3 Wick Water Meadows
Hen Harrier - 1 Hartland Moor
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, off West Path past West Scrapes, 1 Thumb Lane, Portland, 1ongham Lakes
Pallas's Warbler - 1 again at Portland Observatory
Radde's Warbler - 1 ringed Portland Observatory
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 probable Thumb Lane, Portland
Firecrest - 1 at least, Langdon Woods, nr. Morecombelake
Ring Ouzel - 3 above moat, Verne Common
Black Redstart - 1f Mudeford Sandspit
Redstart - 1 Wyke Down
RED-THROATED PIPIT - 1 over Hengistbury

Marsh Harrier, Poole Harbour© Mark Wright


Firecrest, Langdon Woods © Helen Wood



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Monday 24th October 2022

Barnacle Goose - 1 Poole Harbour south Shore 
Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Black-necked Grebe - 2 Brands Bay
Ruff - 1 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Curlew Sandpiper - 7 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Brownsea Island Lagoon DWT
Little Stint - 1 Brownsea Island Lagoon DW
Spotted Redshank - 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Red - throated Diver - Off Ham Wall Poole Harbour, 1 off Charmouth 
Spoonbill - 48 Brownsea Island Lagoon DW
Cattle Egret - 4 Wareham meadows / bypass
Hen Harrier - 1 juv male Ringtail at Middlebere
White tailed Eagle - 3-4 various locations around Poole Harbour
Merlin - 1 Charmouth, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Wryneck - 1 Longham Lakes
Yellow Browed Warbler - 1 Westbourne private garden
Pallas's warbler - 1 trapped & ringed at Portland Obs
Ring Ouzel - 3 Verne Common Portland, 2 Durdle Door car park
Black Redstart - 2 Church Knowle
Wheatear - 1 Ballard Down, 1 Hengisbury Head
Brambling - 1 Westbourne
Hawfinch - 3 Blandford Forum

Yesterday: 2 Swift over Holes Bay roundabout

Curlew Sandpiper - Lytchett Fields RSPB ©Ian Ballam




 
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Sunday 23rd October 2022

Barnacle Goose - 1 Swinham 
Black - necked Grebe - 3 Studland off Middle Beach
Curlew Sandpiper - 1  Brownsea Lagoon DWT
Red - throated Diver - 2 Poole Harbour 
Spoonbill - 61 Brownsea Lagoon DWT, 8 Wareham channel
Cattle Egret - 40 Abbotsbury Swannery, 6 Buckland Ripers
Hen Harrier - 1 juv Male Poole Harbour
White Tailed Eagle - 2 Poole Harbour, 2 Povington Hill
Short-eared Owl - 1 White Pits Hengisbury Head
Merlin - 2 Hartland Moor
Hobby - 1 juv Arne RSPB
Raven - 12 Hartland Moor
Woodlark - 1 Durlston CP
Yellow browed Warbler - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Barred Warbler - 1 West Bay coast path
Ring Ouzek - 1 Tidmoor The Fleet, 1 Durlston CP
Brambling - 1 Swineham point

White tailed Eagle - Hartland Moor ©Colin Chainey










Oystercatcher - Stanpit Marsh  ©Clinton Whale











Grey Plover - Stanpit Marsh ©Clinton Whale


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Saturday 22nd October 2022

Eider - 1 drake Middle Beach Studland
Red-throated Diver - 1 Middle Beach Studland
Cattle Egret - 4 west Wareham bypass, 3 Christchurch Hbr flew up river
Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Black-necked Grebe - 3 South Deep off Brownsea Is, 2 off Jerry's Pt.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Warhema Channel, 1 Middlebere, 1 over Swanage
Ruff - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Curlew Sandpiper - 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Common Sandpiper - 1 Silverlake
Merlin - 1 St. Aldlhelm's Hd.
Hobby - Swineham Pt.
Skylark - 171 St. Aldlhelm's Hd.
Swallow - 6 St. Aldlhelm's Hd. 2 Lodmoor RSPB
House Martin - 4 St. Aldlhelm's Hd.
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Barred Warbler - 1 West Cliff coastal path West Bay
Ring Ouzel - 1 West Bay, 1 Longham Lakes, 1 Wyke Down
Black Redstart - 2 by Quinetiq approach Rd, 1 Pulpit Rock, 1 Southwell, 1 Wallseand Portland, 1 Cerne Abbas
Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Large mixed flock of thrushes estimated beteween 500-1000 birds over Hampreston

Ring Ouzel - West Bay © Steven Carey

Red-throated Diver - Middle Beach Studland © Clive Hargrave



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Friday 21st October 2022

Eider - 1 drake still off Middle Beach Studland
Velvet Scoter - 7 past Portland Bill
Red-throated Diver - 1 Chesil Cove
Sooty Shearwater - 1 west past Hengistbury Hd.
Balearic Shearwater - 2 past West Bay
Great White Egret - 1 Lower Frome Valley
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Studland Bay
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Studland Bay
Red Kite - 1 Blandford
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Arctic Skua - 1 past Portland Bill
Sabine's Gull - 1 west past Hengistbury Hd.
Baltic Gull - 1 probable adult west Portland Bill
Swift - 1 over Wytch Channel
Barred Warbler - 1 1st/w still on coastal top of West Cliff West Bay
Reed Warbler - 1 Portland Bill (Obs Quarry)
Ring Ouzel - 1 Durlston CP
Fieldfare - 220+ Slepe Heath, 200+ Arne RSPB
Redwing - 520+ Slepe Heath, 500+ Arne RSPB, 150 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 20+ Middlebere
Black Redstart - 1 in Portland garden
Water Pipit - 1 Hampreston Water Meadows
Linnet - 2,950 west Durlston CP.

Late news from yesterday Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Durlston CP.

Brambling - Stalbridge garden © Ian Denton


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Thursday 20th October 2022

Pink-footed Goose - 16 east over Wareham
Eider - 1 Middle Beach Studland
Velvet Scoter - 2 east Portland Bill
Goldeneye - 1 Brand's Bay
Cormorant - c400 Wareham Channel
Cattle Egret - 47+ Abbotsbury Swannery, 2 field with cattle Wareham bypass
Spoonbill - 55 Brownsea Is, 6 Swineham Pt.
Black-necked Grebe - 5 off Middle Beach Studland, 1 Abbotsbury swannery
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Middlebere
Marsh Harrier - 19 Poole Her.
Ruff - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Curlew Sandpiper - 4 Upton CP, 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Lodmoor
Little Stint - 1Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Lomoor RSPB
Pectoral Sandpiper - 1 reported Middlebere Channel
Green Sandpiper - 5 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Wryneck - 1 Obs Quarry Portland Bill
Hobby - 1 over Wareham, 1 Lodmoor
Woodlark - 1 on waste ground opposite Fancy's Farm Portland
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Avalanche Rd. Portland, 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Barred Warbler - 1, 1st/w West Bay along the coastal path.
Ring Ouzel - 6 North Portland, 2 Helen's Field Portland Bill, 1 in a Bournemouth Garden, 1 West Bay Coastal Path, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Fieldfare - 92 Middlebere, 80+ Ballard Down
Song Thrush - 4 Ballard Down
Redwing - 642 South Haven, 150+ Ballard Down
Mistle Thrush - 4 Ballard Down
Black Redsart - 1 fem/type Wick Fields, 1 in Upton Garden 
Wheatear - 1 Ballard Down
RICHARD"S PIPIT - 1 Suckthumb/Coombe Field Portland
Water Pipit - 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Redshank - Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale



















Oystercatcher Redshank - Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale



















Kingfisher - Lodmoor  © Dan Law


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Wednesday 19th October 2022

Bean Goose - 22 over Lytchett Matravers were not identified but calls were consistent with this species 
Pink-footed Goose - c80 east Durlston CP.
Barnacle Goose - 13 past Durlston CP, 7 east Hengistbury Hd, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Dark-bellied Brent Geese - 41 Stanpit Marsh, 30 west Hengistbury Hd, 10 flew into Poole Hbr, 4 past Durlston CP.
Goldeneye - 1 east Hengistbury Hd
Red-breasted Merganser - 14 Brand's Bay
Red-throated Diver - 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Great Northern Diver - 1 Durlston CP.
Cattle Egret - 40+ Abbotsbury Swannery
Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Red Kite - 4 over Pimpern
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Arne (Shipstal), 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Swineham Pt.
Marsh Harrier - 4 Lytchett Bay
Goshawk - 1fem Middlebere
Golden Plover - 3 West Cliff Portland
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 5 Middlebere, 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Little Gull - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Firecrest - 5 Lytchett Fields, 1 West Moors, 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Skylark - 18 Hengistbury Hd.
Swallow - 16 Hengistbury Hd, 3 Lytchett Bay
BARRED WARBLER - 1 1st/w West Cliff West Bay
Ring Ouzel - 7 Hengistbury Hd, 7 Portland Bill, 3 Crown Estate Field Portland Bill
Fieldfare - 150cWest Cliff Portland, 9 Lower Piddle Valley
Song Thrush - 4 West Cliff Portland
'Alba' Wagtail - 215 Hengistbury Hd.
Meadow Pipit - 630 Hengistbury Hd.
Chaffinch - 30 West Cliff Portland
Linnet - 2,350 Hengistbury Hd.
Redpoll - 11 Hengistbury Hd.
Siskin - 43 Hengistbury Hd.

Ringed Plover - Lyme Regis © Roger Boswell


















Wigeon - Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale


















Dipper - Lyme Regis © Roger Boswell


















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Tuesday 18th October 2022.

Egyptian Goose - 12+ Silverlake.
Eider - 1 past Hengistbury Head.
Golden Plover - 1 Stanpit.
Grey Plover - 1+ Stanpit.
Ruff - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Holes Bay (PCWorld drain).
Curlew Sandpiper - 6 Lytchett Fields.
Great Northern Diver - 1 past Hengistbury Head.
Cattle Egret - 4 Hengistbury Head.
White-tailed Eagle (IoW reintroduction scheme) - 3 Poole Harbour.
Red Kite - 1 Long Crichel, 2 Stubhampton.
Water Pipit - a probable at Lytchett Fields.
Whinchat - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Martinstown.
Barred Warbler - 1 West Bay (on the Coast Path).
Brambling - 6 Hengistbury Head, 3 West Bay.
Linnet - 520 Hengistbury Head, 649 West Bay.
Goldfinch - 855 Hengistbury Head, 482 West Bay.

Barred Warbler, West Bay © Peter Alan Coe.

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Monday 17th October 2022.

Egyptian Goose - 6 Swineham.
Grey Plover - 1 Holes Bay, 2 Middlebere.
Ruff - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Holes Bay (PCWorld drain).
Green Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields, 2 Swineham.
Curlew Sandpiper - 7 Lytchett Fields.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay, 2 Middlebere.
Greenshank - 1 Hengistbury Head.
Yellow-legged Gull - 2 Swineham.
White-tailed Eagle (IoW reintroduction scheme) - 1-2 Poole Harbour.
Marsh Harrier - 3 Lytchett Bay, 1 Middlebere, 1 Swineham.
Merlin - 1 Poole Harbour, 2 Wild Woodbury.
Hobby - 1 Swineham.
Firecrest - 1 Middlebere, 1 Upton CP.

Greenshank, Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale.

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Sunday 16th October 2022.

Egyptian Goose - 12 Swineham.
Canada Goose - 900+ Silverlake.
Golden Plover - 1 Stanpit.
Grey Plover - 2 Brownsea Island, 3 Holes Bay, 8 Stanpit.
Knot - 7 Holes Bay.
Curlew Sandpiper - 4 Lytchett Fields.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Holes Bay, 1 Lytchett Bay.
Greenshank - 11 Brownsea Island, 1 Stanpit.
Sanderling - 1 Brownsea Island, 2 Stanpit.
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Swineham.
Great White Egret - 1 Hengistbury Head.
Cattle Egret - 4 Christchurch Harbour.
Spoonbill - 4 Lytchett Bay, 37 Poole Harbour.
White-tailed Eagle (IoW reintroduction scheme) - 5 Poole Harbour.
Red Kite - 2+ Badbury Rings area, 1 Oborne.
Black Kite - 1 Witchampton/Tarrant Rushton area.
Marsh Harrier - 4 Poole Harbour, 1 Stanpit.
Hobby - 1 Lodmoor.
Wryneck - 1 Portland Observatory quarry.
Firecrest - 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Easton (Portland).

Brent Goose, Stanpit © Clinton Whale.















Little Egret, Stanpit © Clinton Whale.

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Saturday 15th October 2022.

Common Scoter - 1 Arne (Shipstal Point).
Golden Plover - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Grey Plover - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Sanderling - 2 Christchurch Harbour.
Arctic Tern - 1 Hengistbury Head.
Sooty Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill.
Balearic Shearwater - 1 Hengistbury Head, 3-6 past Portland Bill.
Great White Egret - 1 western Poole Harbour.
Cattle Egret - 5 Christchurch Harbour.
Spoonbill - 37 western Poole Harbour.
White-tailed Eagle (IoW reintroduction scheme) - 2 western Poole Harbour.
Red Kite - 2 Tarrant Keynston.
Black Kite - a possible in the Lytchett Matravers/Charborough Park area.
Marsh Harrier - 13 roosted overnight in western Poole Harbour.
Merlin - 1 Durlston CP.
Swallow - 92 Durlston CP.
House Martin - 23 Durlston CP.
Firecrest - 2 Durlston CP.
Ring Ouzel - 1 Durlston CP.
Brambling - 4 Durlston CP, 3 over Hengistbury Head.
Hawfinch - 2 Durlston CP.
Linnet - 985 Durlston CP.
Goldfinch - 1145 Durlston CP.

Pied Wagtail, Stanpit © Clinton Whale















Pintail, Middlebere © Robert Lee


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Friday 14th October 2022

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay
Curlew Sandpiper - 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Common Sandpiper - 1 Silverlake
Merlin - 1 Littlesea (The Fleet), 1 Durlston CP
Wryneck - 1 in Obs Quarry, Portland Bill
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Silverlake
Firecrest - 2 Durlston CP, 1 trapped & ringed at Lytchett Bay
Lapland Bunting - 1 over Durlston CP

Kestrel, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale


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Thursday 13th October 2022

Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Golden Plover - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Spotted Redshank - 4 Middlebere, 1 Creekmoor Drain
Green Sandpiper - 1 Middlebere
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Cattle Egret - 53 at entrance to Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Hengistbury Roost
Red Kite - 1 over Bridport
Firecrest - 2 Hengistbury Wood
Hawfinch - 1 Stoborough

Grey Heron, Great White Egret & Cattle Egret, Lodmoor RSPB © Geoff Barlow

Curlew, Stanpit Marsh © Dave Hill

Wigeon, Stanpit Marsh © Dave Hill

 




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Wednesday 12th October 2022

Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Little Stint - 2 Brownsea Island Lagoon
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Cattle Egret - 5 opposite Radipole Lake RSPB Visitor Centre, 3+ Abbotsbury Swannery
Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Spoonbill - 70 Brownsea Island Lagoon
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Great White Egret, Lodmoor RSPB © Clinton Whale

 


 

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Tuesday 11th October 2022

Pink-footed Goose - 1 Burton Fields (Avon Valley)
Grey Partridge - 48 Milborne St Andrew
Golden Plover - 140 Milborne St Andrew, c110 West Compton
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Ruff - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB from Sherford Viewpoint
Cattle Egret - 41 Abbotsbury Swannery, 2 left roost at Hengistbury Head, 1 near Radipole Lake RSPB Visitor Centre
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Poole Harbour
Marsh Harrier - 1 near Litton Cheney
Red Kite - 2 Milborne St Andrew
Ring Ouzel - 1 Durlston CP
Redwing - 2 Wild Woodbury, 2 trapped & ringed at Longham Lakes
Marsh Tit - 1 Wild Woodbury
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 near former Southwell School (Portland), 1 Durlston CP
Firecrest - 2 Slough Lane (Lytchett), 1 Wild Woodbury, 1 Durlston CP
Richard's Pipit - a probable in Top Fields, Portland Bill
Brambling - 7 over Christchurch Harbour, 1 Wild Woodbury
Hawfinch - 1 over Durlston CP

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Monday 10th October 2022

Golden Plover - 11 over Christchurch Harbour
Little Stint - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Ferrybridge
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Holes Bay, 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Ruff - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Sanderling - 11 Hengistbury Sandspit
Spoonbill - 66+ Brownsea Island Lagoon
Cattle Egret - 20 East Holme
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Poole Harbour (G801 & G866)
Hen Harrier - 1 Middlebere
Red Kite - 1 over Thorncombe Wood, 1 over Broadwey
Merlin - 1 Wareham Channel
Ring Ouzel - 1 Hengistbury Head
Marsh Tit - 3 Thorncombe Wood
Firecrest - 6 Hengistbury Wood, 3 Thorncombe Wood
Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB (1K, originally ringed here in 2020, back for a 3rd year)

Cattle Egret, Lodmoor RSPB © David Wareham

Curlew, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

Teal, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

 

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