Dorset Birds: Wednesday 3rd June 2026

Cuckoo - 1 heard at Child Okeford
Turtle Dove - 1 still in PBO garden
Bar-tailed Godwit - 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Great Skua - 1 Hengistbury Head
Arctic Skua - 2 Hengistbury Head, 1 Portland Bill
European Storm-petrel - 4 off Hengistbury Head, 1+ from Mudeford Quay
Great Northern Diver - 1 off Branksome Chine in full summer plumage
Little Tern- 5+ Hengistbury Head
Balearic Shearwater - 5+ Portland Bill, 1 past Mudeford Quay, 1 west past Durlston CP
Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Lagoon
Hobby - 1 Hambledon Hill

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.