Dorset Birds: Sunday 12th April 2026

Garganey - 2 West Bexington

Swift - 1 Longham Lakes

Crane - 2 over Holton Heath

Whimbrel - 3 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Caspian Gull - 1 Ferrybridge

FORSTER'S TERN - 1 off Shipstal Point Arne RSPB

White Stork - 1 Throop Devon reintroduction

Glossy Ibis - 3 Swineham Gravel Pit

Red Kite - 1 Wytch Heath

White-tailed Eagle - 2 Christchurch Harbour

Hoopoe - 1 Hartland Stud

Sedge Warbler - 1 North end of Radipole RSPB

Grasshopper Warbler - 1 North end of Radipole RSPB

Bluethroat - 1 Red-spotted on the path East end of Swineham GP

Pied Flycatcher - 1 male Kingswood to Nine Barrow Down footpath

Whinchat - 2 Hartland Moor opposite Hartland Stud

Tree Pipit - 1 Wytch Heath, 1 Morden Bog, 1 Holton Heath

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 social media, 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.