Dorset Birds: Tuesday 30th September 2025

Black-necked Grebe - 1 Wareham Channel

Ruff - 1 flew in through Christchurch Harbour entrance

Curlew Sandpiper - 6 Middlebere, 1 Lodmoor RSPB west scrape

Spoonbill - 115 Brownsea Lagoon DWT New County record

Great White Egret - 2 Middlebere

Wryneck - 1 Portland Bill coast path near Barleycrates still

Hobby - 3 over Slepe Heath, 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Woodlark - 3 Pentridge Down, 1 over Weston street Portland

Garden Warbler - 1 The Wick Christchurch Harbour

Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Pentridge Down

Wheatear - 5 Hengisbury Head, 3 Greenlands Farm Studland, 2 Swyre Head,

Yellowhammer - 30 Pentridge Down

Kingfisher - Middlebere © Garry Hayman

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).