Dorset Birds: Wednesday 6th May 2026

Cuckoo - 1 Morden Bog

Turtle Dove - 1 Southwell Portland private garden still, 1 east of Tidmoor Stables The Fleet

Red necked Grebe - 1 North of Sandsfoot Castle

Bonapartes Gull - 1 Lynch Cove The Fleet

Great Northern Diver - 4 off Portland Bill

Osprey - 2 Lytchett Bay, 1 Chrishchurch Harbour off Blackberry Point

Hobby - 1 over Radipole Lake, 1 Came Down

Grasshopper Warbler - 1 The Warren nr Durlston CP

Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Fleetsbridge, 1 Tidmoor Point

Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Watton Hill Bridport

Yellow Wagtail - 1 Long Field Christchurch Harbour

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.