Sunday 6th
July
Hooded
Merganser - 1st summer drake still at Radipole near the Gurkha Restaurant
Cory's Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill
Manx Shearwater - 35 past Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 11 past Portland Bill, 1 Chesil Cove
Storm Petrel - 11 past Hengistbury Head beach huts, 1 Chesil Cove,
1 past Portland Bill
Whimbrel - 1 Ferrybridge, 1 South Marsh Christchurch Harbour
Common Sandpiper - 2 Christchurch Harbour
Little Gull - the 1st summmer remains at Stanpit Marsh

Juvenile Peregrine
at Durlston © Phyl England
JRM
Saturday
5th July
Hooded
Merganser - 1st summer drake still Radipole near the Gurkha Restaurant
Manx Shearwater - 11 past Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 30 past Portland Bill
Storm Petrel - at least two off Hengistbury Head beach huts
Whimbrel - 2 past Branksome Chine, 7 past Portland Bill
Greenshank - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Common Sandpiper - 4 Christchurch Harbour
Little Gull - the 1st summmer remains at Stanpit Marsh
Arctic Skua - one lingering and chasing terns between 06:55 and
07:15 off Branksome Chine, 3 past Portland Bill
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Radipole Lake
JRM
Friday
4th July
Hooded Merganser - 1st
summer drake still Radipole near the Gurkha Restaurant
Manx Shearwater - 20 Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 65 Portland Bill
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Lodmoor
Whimbrel - 1 past Portland Bill
Spotted Redshank - 3 Brownsea Is.
Greenshank - 1 over Corfe Castle, 1 Portland Bill
Common Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor, 1 Lytchett Bay
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 remained at Portland Bill
Little Gull - the 1st/sum remains at Stanpit Marsh
Kingfisher - 1 Lytchett Bay
Melodious Warbler - 1 trapped at Portland Bird Observatory
this morning.
NJH
Thursday 3rd July
Hooded
Merganser - still near Westham Bridge, Weymouth
Manx Shearwater - 80 past Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 40 past Portland Bill
Osprey - 1 yesterday at Middlebere
Spotted Redshank - 1 at Middlebere
Whimbrel - 1 past Portland Bill
Arctic Skua - 1 past Portland Bill
Little Gull - 1 past Stanpit Marsh
Yellow-legged Gull - the usual summer influx has now started with
5 at Lytchett Bay, 4+ at Kerry Foods, Poole and singles at Lodmoor
and on Portland
Crossbill - flocks of 9 and 4 over Portland

Sparrowhawk
on Soldier's Road, Arne © Aidan Brown
KEL
Wednesday 2nd July
Storm
Petrel - Hengistbury Head
Hooded
Merganser
- 1st summer drake still Radipole
near the Gurkha Restaurant
Balearic Shearwater
- 2 Durlston, 18 Portland Bill
JDH
Tuesday 1st July
Hooded
Merganser
- 1st summer drake still Radipole
near the Gurkha Restaurant
Balearic Shearwater
- 16 Portland Bill
Osprey - 1 over Wareham Channel
Arctic
Skua - 1 Portland Bill
Little Gull - 1, 1st/sum Stanpit
Marsh
Crossbill - 1 Portland Top Fields
JDH