Dorset Birds: Thursday 27th February 2025

Common Scoter - 1 male from Jerry's Point

Black-necked Grebe - 2 Jerry's Point

Sanderling - 18 Sandbanks

Red-throated Diver - 2 Hengistbury
Great Northern Diver - 2 Shell Bay
Spoonbill - 11 Shipstal Point Arne RSPB, 3 Middlebere
Marsh Harrier - 1 Middlebere, 1 Brand's Bay

White-tailed Eagle - 3+ Poole Harbour in the Wareham Channel, 1 Christchurch Harbour
Red Kite - 1 Canford Heath, 1 Sunnyside, 1 Avon Causeway
Wheatear - 1 male at Hartland Moor
Firecrest - 1 PC World Drain, 1 Upton CP (just down from the play park area)

Teal, Lodmoor RSPB © Marcus Jones

Bullfinch, Lodmoor RSPB © Marcus Jones

Magpie, Lodmoor RSPB © Marcus Jones

Grey Heron, Lodmoor RSPB © Marcus Jones

RARE BREEDING BIRDS

Dorset Bird Club and the Rare Breeding Birds Panel advocate special caution when reporting rare breeding birds as they are vulnerable to persecution and disturbance.

Please consider the birds welfare and do not share details of any rare breeding species on X/Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp groups, personal websites, blogs, or local birdwatching message boards.

We urge all finders of rare birds to consider whether they may be breeding before sharing the news.

Sightings should always be submitted, in confidence, to the county recorder to contribute to long-term national monitoring.

DORSET BIRD REPORT 2023

The Dorset Bird Report 2023, produced by Dorset Bird Club, is now available for purchase by non-members via the DBC website (click on the report cover image below). Featuring a review of the year, a comprehensive systematic list of all species recorded in 2023, rarity finder accounts including the first Moltoni's Warbler and Isabelline Wheatear for Dorset, articles on Baltic Gull, the Alpine Swift influx, Cory's and Great Shearwaters, and the return of the Cirl Bunting. Illustrated throughout with images taken by Dorset's leading photographers. £16 (+ £3 shipping).