Dorset Birds: Friday 21st November 2025

BAIKAL TEAL - 1 still Abbotsbury Swannery, only view from Public Footpaths
Long-tailed Duck - 1 west of Tidmoor Point (The Fleet)
Goldeneye - 5 Brand's Bay
Goosander - 4 Littlesea (The Fleet)
Black-necked Grebe - 6 off Middle Beach in Studland Bay
Slavonian Grebe - 2 Littlesea (The Fleet), 1 Brand's Bay
Sanderling - 8 Brownsea Lagoon
Purple Sandpiper - 4 Hengistbury Head
Whimbrel -1 Littlesea (The Fleet)
Woodcock - 1 Durlston CP
Golden Plover - 7 St Aldhelm's Head
Knot - 1 Littlesea (The Fleet)
Great White Egret - 2 Stanpit Marsh
Spoonbill - 16 Arne RSPB at Shipstal Point, 1 Lytchett Bay from Rock Lea Viewpoint
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 on Roebury Lane at Hengistbury
Firecrest - 1 at Fleet Lane in Chickerell, 1 Durlston CP
Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Brambling - 20 west over Durlston CP
Redpoll - 7 west over Durlston CP

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).