Dorset Birds: Wednesday 12th November 2025

Common Scoter - 2 Poole Hbr. (Central hbr)

Red-throated Diver - 1 Poole Hbr (flew through hbr. mouth)

Black-throated Diver - 1 near the Poole Harbour Mouth

Great Northern Diver - 2 Poole Hbr (In the south deep)

Black-necked Grebe - 5 north of Furzey Is.

Manx Shearwater - 1 Portland Bill

Glossy Ibis - 12 Swineham on the scape

Spoonbill - 20 Arne RSPB (Shipstal Pt)

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Wareham Channel

Hen Harrier - 1juv. Portland Bill (Top Fields)

Merlin - 1 over Wareham Common

Purple Sandpiper - 4 Portland Bill

Greenshank - 16 Brownsea Lagoon

Little Gull - 1 off Portland Bill

Wheatear - 1 Portland Bill

Pallas's Warbler - 1 Durlston CP (in wood west the Castle)

Glossy Ibis - Swineham Point © 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

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