Dorset Birds: Friday 18th July 2025

Common Scoter - 24 Portland Bill

Balearic Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill

Purple Heron - 1 juv Little Sea Studland

Spoonbill - 8 - Brownsea Lagoon, 2 Stanpit Marsh

Honey Buzzard - 1 SW over Lytchett Matravers

White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel

Little Ringed Plover - 1 Ferrybridge

Whimbrel - 5 Stanpit Marsh, 3 Holes Bay (SW), 3 Ferrybridge

Common Sandpiper - 1 Woodford East, 1 Peveril Point, 1 Stanpit Marsh

Sand Martin - 50 Portland Bill

Grasshopper Warbler - 27 - Lower Piddle Valley (ringed), 3 California Farm, Stanpit Marsh

Whinchat - 1 Wareham Common

Yellow Wagtail - 2 Portland Bill

Crossbill - 8 over Careys Secret Garden

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).