Dorset Birds: Wednesday 22nd October 2025

Scaup - 3 Wareham channel seen from Ham Common VP, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

BAIKAL TEAL - 1 Female-type still at Abbotsbury Swannery (Swannery open 10am - 5pm, entry charges apply. Note there is no right of way SE of tank traps on beach.)

Black-necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes

Arctic Tern - 1 Weymouth Harbour

Spoonbill - 70 Bownsea Lagoon DWT

Great White Egret - 5 Longham Lakes, 2 Lodmoor RSPB

White tailed Eagle - 1 Circling over Corfe Mullen

Short eared Owl - 1 Over Thumb Lane and flew towards Weston

Hobby - 2 Brownsea Island

Yellow - browed Warbler - 1 Durlston CP in dell east of the castle

Chiff Chaff (Siberian) - 1 Jimmy's Yard off Reap Lane Portland

Ring Ouzel - 1 Fig tree Quarry Portland, 1 Durlston CP

Black Redstart - 1 Purewell Christchurch, 1 Reap Lane Portland, 1 1 Brandy Row Portland

Common Redstart - 1 North of Reap lane Portland

Wheatear - 2 Reap Lane Portland, 1 Portland Castle

Little Bunting - 1 Trapped and Ringed at East Fleet

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

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