Dorset Birds: Wednesday 26th February 2025

Egyptian Goose - 2 near Throop Mill
Slavonian Grebe - 4 off Tidmoor Point

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Great Northern Diver - 3 off Tidmoor Point, 2 Poole Harbour
Black-throated Diver - 2 Parkstone Bay

Glossy Ibis - 1 still at Abbotsbury Swannery

Bittern - 1 Swineham GPs this evening

Cattle Egret - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Yesterday : A Wheatear seen at Harland Moor

Glossy Ibis, Abbotsbury Swannery © Steve Groves

Pintail, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

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.