Dorset Birds: Tuesday 5th August 2025

Goosander - 1 Stanpit
Knot - 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Sanderling - 2 Brownsea Lagoon
Common Sandpiper - 2 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Wood Sandpiper - 2 still at Lodmoor RSPB (seen on pool at end of Southdown Ave and on Post Box pool)
Spotted Redshank - 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Greenshank - 3 Christchurch Harbour
Whimbrel - 5 Christchurch Harbour
Spoonbill - 14 Brownsea Lagoon, 12 Middlebere
Great White Egret - 3 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Middlebere
Osprey - 7 Wareham Channel, 2 Middlebere
Hobby - 1 Stanpit
Melodious Warbler - 1 trapped & ringed at PBO
Grasshopper Warbler - 2 Stanpit Marsh
Pied Flycatcher - 1 near open barn at Greenlands Farm

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).