Dorset Birds: Saturday 29th August 2026

Whimbrel - 1 Brand's Bay
Sanderling - 3 Mudeford Quay
Knot - c25 Brand's Bay, 23 Brownsea Lagoon
Wood Sandpiper - 1 over Brand's Bay
Curlew Sandpiper - 5 juveniles on Brownsea Lagoon
Greenshank - 7 Brand's Bay
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields
Roseate Tern - 1 off Jerry's Point with gull and tern flock
Cory's Shearwater - 2 past Portland Bill this morning
Balearic Shearwater - 46 past Durlston CP, 1+ past Kimmeridge Bay
Cattle Egret - 7+ Portland Bill in Crown Estates Field

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.