Dorset Birds: Friday 19th December 2025

Mandarin Duck - 1 Poole Park
Goosander - 3 (2 drakes) Woodsford
Spotted Redshank - 1 over Hengistbury calling at dawn
Green Sandpiper - 3 Woodsford
Purple Sandpiper - 1 Sandbanks on Groyne opposite beach CP
Black-necked Grebe - 3 Studland Bay, 1 Longham Lakes (South Lake)
Black-throated Diver - 1 Portland Harbour from Castle Cove, 1 past Hengistbury Head
Spoonbill - 20 Arne RSPB at Shipstal Point, 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Glossy Ibis - 10 Swineham (Curlews Field)
Cattle Egret - 66 left Wareham Common at dusk, 7 Christchurch Harbour
Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail Wyke Down along Ackling Dyke
Marsh Harrier - 3 Christchurch Harbour
Red Kite - 1 Woodsford, 1 over Rock Lea Viewpoint (Lytchett Bay)
Fieldfare - 8 Middlebere
Black Redstart - 1 Church Ope Cove (Portland)
Firecrest - 2 Hengistbury Wood, 1 Brownsea Woods
Brambling - 1 Arne RSPB
Crossbill - 10 over Arne RSPB 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).