Dorset Birds: Saturday 6th September 2025

Swift - 1 St Aldhelm's Head, 1 Swanage

Knot - 8 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Curlew Sandpiper - 7 juv Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Grey Phalarope - 2 still off Chesil Cove

Yellow - legged Gull - 3 Wareham Channel

Glossy Ibis - 15 - 20 along East Cliff Portland then flew north, 2 Sopley Common

Spoonbill - 53 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Cattle Egret - 1 Smedmore Hill

Osprey - 5 Wareham Channel, 2-3 Christchurch Harbour, 2 Smedmore Hill

White tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel, 1 off Stanpit Marsh

Wryneck - 2 St Aldhelm's Head

Hobby - 1 Hartland Moor

Swallow - 1200 over St Aldhelm's Head, 1000 over Stanpit Marsh

Blackcap - 200 Durlston CP

Wheatear - 25 Smedmore Hill

Tree Pipit - 12 Peveril Point

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).