Party of 8 swifts over Nine Barrow Down towards Harbour @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

10 Glossy Ibis Wareham Flood showing from North wall. 20 Cattle Egret Wareham Common @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Wild at Hamworthy this morning still 2 hrs to High Tide and 16 Turnstones feed on grass @harbourbirds.bsky.social

Jerry’s Point RN Grebe, 12 BN Grebe, Slav Grebe, 6 GN Divers, 5 Goldeneye @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social

Sleepy Purple Sands and Sanderling at Sandbanks today

2 purple sand with 20+ sanderling curved groyne just E of Sandbanks Hotel 11:15 @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Finished day at Rockley VP - spot red, marsh harrier and distant WTE @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Tundra Bean Geese still in field opp Binnegar Turning @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

10:20 Red kite over Swyre Head @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

09:15 34 WF Geese dropped into normal field opposite Sunnyside. 09:25 spooked by horse riders and flew towards Wareham. No Beans @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social

12:15 29 spoonbill at Shipstal @harbourbirds.bsky.social

Lot more birds on rising tide on fields inc 1 Ruff, Green Sand and 5 Greenshank @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Lytchett Fields 1 Golden Plover with lapwing Sherford VP @harbourbirds.bsky.social

Out kayaking today behind Round Island when one of the group shouted “Eagle”, but no it was two buzzards. Two minutes late another shout of “That’s an Eagle”, but no a Marsh Harrier. Two minutes later treated by a low flyover of a WTE mobbed by a Herring Gull @harbourbirds.bsky.social

Middlebere on falling tide: 1 Curlew Sand, 2 Knot, 70 avocet, 180 Blkwits, dunlin, 2 marsh harriers @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Wet and grey Hamworthy Park 38 Turnstones- my bigg st flock here of the autumn (probably lack of people helped) and 2 rock pipit briefly on beach @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Congratulations

Wytch Heath c20 crossbills @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

1 wheatear Hartland Moor, otherwise pretty quiet @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Curlew Sand Lodmoor W scrape @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Male common scoter off Jerry’s Point @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Lytchett Fields wader numbers were building up nicely till flushed inc 2 Grey Plover, 10 Greenshank, at east 1 Spot Red, 1 Green Sand, 100+ redshank, Blkwit and Lapwing @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Curlew Sand showing well in front of hide, Brownsea today @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Brownsea Lagoon 1 Curlew Sand in front of hide, 55 Spoonbill, 2 knot, 20 greenshank, avocet, ringo etc @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Glad going well, much rougher paddle home

Middlebere Osprey in dead trees flew down Channel, returning with large fish. Also 1 Spoonbill, 2 greenshank and c80 Blkwit, 1 Dabchick on rising tide @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Ruff, Green and Common Sand Lodmoor Postbox Pool @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Highlights from today’s walk: 3 wheatear Ballard Down, 1 redstart Godlingston Heath and 2 WT Eagles - 1 juv- Newton Heath @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social

Female Goshawk across Approach Field, Lytchett Fields

Osprey just headed over Approch field towards bay @harbourbirds.bsky.social