Dorset Birds: Wednesday 26th March 2025

Long-tailed Duck - 2 from Sandsfoot Castle Portland Harbour, 1 Poole Harbour

Grey Partridge - 1 Maiden Castle

Golden Plover - 30 high over Winterbourne Stickland

Little Ringed Plover - 1 still Dorchester water meadows, 7 Swineham lower Piddle floods

Purple Sandpiper - 3 Portland Bill, 21 Hengistbury Head

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Little Gull - 1 mouth River Frome Swineham Point

White-tailed Eagle - 1 over Tarrent Hinton, 1 Stanpit

Hoopoe - 1 in horse paddock Haylands Portland

Black Redstart - 1 in horse paddock Wallsend Portland, 1 Portland Bill, 1 Bridging Camp Wyke Regis,

1 Acton

Redstart - 1 male Barleycrates Lane Portland

Water Pipit - 1 Coward's Marsh

Blue-headed Wagtail - 1 still ploughed field Reap Lane Portland, 1 Christchurch Harbour

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.