Dorset Birds: Friday 14th August 2026

Whimbrel - 2 Blackberry Point (Christchurch Harbour)
Sanderling - 4 Blackberry Point (Christchurch Harbour)
Common Sandpiper - 3 Stanpit Marsh
Green Sandpiper - 3 Arne Moors RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 3 (juvenile + 2 adults) Lytchett Fields
Mediterranean Gull - 1,100 past Portland Bill early morning
Spoonbill - 23 Brownsea Lagoon
Cattle Egret - 5 Swineham
Great White Egret - 2 Swineham
Osprey - 10 to 12 estimated to be in the Poole Harbour area, 1 Christchurch Harbour
Marsh Harrier - 1 between West Compton and Eggardon Hill
Sedge Warbler - 128 trapped & ringed at Carey Estate, 56 trapped & ringed at Christchurch Harbour
Grasshopper Warbler - 10 trapped & ringed at Carey Estate, 1 trapped & ringed at Culverwell (Portland), 1 trapped & ringed at Christchurch Harbour
Willow Warbler - 50 trapped & ringed at PBO early morning, 24 trapped & ringed at Carey Estate
Garden Warbler - 1 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Godlingston
Blackcap - 13 trapped & ringed at Carey Estate
Pied Flycatcher - 4 trapped & ringed at PBO early morning, 1 Thumb Lane (Portland), 1 Godlingston
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Redstart - 3 Godlingston, a male at Rushcombe Bottom NR
Whinchat - 1 Maiden Castle

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.