Dorset Birds: Friday 28th February 2025

Pintail - 7 Longham Lakes

Lesser Scaup - male still south lake of Longham Lakes

Long-tailed Duck - 1 Jerry's Point

Goosander - 3 Hatch Pond

Water Rail - 1 by river in Bridport

Slavonian Grebe - 2 off Redhorn Quay, Brand's Bay, 1 from Jerry's Point 4 on the Fleet off Tidmoor Point

Black-necked Grebe - 1 still Brand's Bay, 10 off Middle Beach Studland Bay, 1 Jerry's Point,

3 off Shipstal Point

Black-throated Diver - 1 Parlstone Bay Poole Harbour

Sandwich Tern - 3 Brownsea Island Lagoon

Spoonbill -13 Arne RSPB

Cattle Egret - 18 Swineham roost

Red Kite - 2 over Radipole Lake, 1 over West Bay

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Christchurch Harbour

Willow Warbler - 2 Longham Lakes

Wheatear - 1 male Middlebere

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 X/Twitter, Facebook and 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.