Dorset Birds: Saturday 6th June 2026

Barnacle Goose - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Cuckoo - 1 still at Wick
Sanderling - c6 on Christchurch Harbour Sandspit, 2 Lodmoor beach
Whimbrel - 3 left Christchurch Harbour
Arctic Skua - 2 Hengistbury Head
Great Skua - 1 Hengistbury Head
European Storm-petrel - 2 west past Hengistbury Head
Great Northern Diver - 1 Durlston CP in full summer plumage
Little Tern- 5 Hengistbury Head
Balearic Shearwater - 20 Portland Bill this morning, 18 Durlston CP this morning, 1 flew out of Poole Harbour
Manx Shearwater - 1225 past Durlston CP, 54 Hengistbury Head, 7 Branksome Chine, 2 Mudeford Quay
Puffin - 1 past Durlston CP
Spoonbill - 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Cattle Egret - 2 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.