Dorset Birds: Saturday 15th March 2025

Lesser Scaup - 1 male Longham Lakes

Common Scoter - 10 Portland Bill

Red-throated Diver - 1 passed Portland Bill

Glossy Ibis - 1 Abbotsbury (Sub-tropical Gardens)

Spoonbill - 1 Swineham (on Stilt Pools), 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Red Kite - 1 over the Lower Frome meadows,

White-tailed Eagle - 4 over the Wareham Channel, 1 over Bovington.

Osprey - 1 north over Bourton

Little Ringed Plover - 3 Lower Piddle Meadows, 1 Todber, 1 Swineham (south of GP)

Purple Sandpiper - 13+ Chewton Bunny, 6 Portland Bill

Green Sandpiper - 1 Holmbridge

Water Pipit -2 Swineham GP.

White Wagtail - 1 Portland Bill

Fieldfare - c25 Long Crichel

Northern Wheatear - 11 Portland Bill, 3 Reap Lane Portland, 2 Ferrybridge

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.