Dorset Birds: Monday 24th November 2025

BAIKAL TEAL - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery, view from New Barn Road. (The Swannery is closed;

view only from public rights of way. Note, there is no right of way SE of tank traps on beach.)
Golden Plover - 120+ Lodmoor.
Purple Sandpiper - 1 Lyme Regis Cobb.
Greenshank - 8 Lytchett Fields.
Spotted Redshank - 1 SW Holes Bay, 1 Lytchett Fields.
Red-throated Diver - 1 Bowleaze Cove. 2 Poole Harbour.
Spoonbill - 20 Swineham, 2 SW Holes Bay.
Great White Egret - 3 Lodmoor, 1 Lytchett Fields.
Cattle Egret - 2 Lower Bockhampton.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Abbotsbury.
Marsh Harrier - 22 Poole Harbour roost, 2+ Lodmoor.
Black Redstart - 1 The Fleet (Bridging Camp), 1 Swanage.
Desert Wheatear - 1 The Fleet (Bridging Camp).
Firecrest - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Holes Bay PCW drain.
Marsh Tit - 3+ Thorncombe Wood.
Magpie - 229 Hatch Pond roost.
Brambling - 2 Durlston CP, 1 Thorncombe Wood.

Grey Wagtail, Highcliffe Beach © Clinton Whale

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).