Dorset Birds: Thursday 6th August 2026

Common Scoter - 1 female Newton's Cove, 1 on Imery's pool Arne RSPB

Cuckoo - juvenile at Holt Heath

Little Ringed Plover - 1 Stanpit

Whimbrel - 4 Stanpit

Green Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit

Wood Sandpiper - 1 still on scrape at Sunnyside Farm, Ridge

Greenshank - 2 Stanpit

Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Lodmoor

Arctic Skua - 1 past Portland Bill

Great Skua - 1 past Portland Bill

Balearic Shearwater - 3 past Portland Bill

Cattle Egret - 2 Lodmoor

Wheatear - 1 at Peveril Point Swanage

Serin - 1st winter still around Portland Bird Observatory

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.