Dorset Birds: Saturday 15th November 2025

Black-necked Grebe - 3 Portland Hbr (off Sandsfoot)

Great Northern Diver - 1east Hengistbury Hd.

Glossy Ibis - 12 Swineham Point

White-tailed Eagle - 1 over Christchurch Hbr (heading inland)

Red Kite - 1 over Pokesdown

Merlin - 1 Portland Bill

Golden Plover - 15 Ferrybridge

Kittiwake - 300 off Portland Bill

Mediterranean Gull - 1500 off Portland Bill

Caspian Gull - 1, 1cy Barn Bight Hengistbury.

Swallow - 1 Salt Hurns

Black Redstart - 3, Kimmeridge, 2 West Bay, 2 Damers Rd Dorchester, 2 Portland Bill, 1 Winterborne Steepleton,

1 St Adhelm's Head, 1 Ferrybridge

Redwing - 13 Portland Bill

Pallas's Warbler - 1 Peveril Down Wood

Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Lodmoor RSPB (along central path)

HUME'S LEAF WARBLER - 1, Moonfleet (in copse near shoreline).

Brambling - 6 Portland Bill

Snow Bunting - 1 Littlesea Wyke Regis

Cirl Bunting - 1, East Fleet (Caught & CR ringed part of wider Dorset Project).

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).