Dorset Birds: Friday 25th April 2025

Garganey - 2 Tadnoll NR

Common Scoter - 45 past Portland Bill

Swift - 30 Swineham / Wareham, 2 Central Poole Harbour, 1 Swanage

Cuckoo - 1 Shapwick Blandford, 1 Corfe Mullen

Whimbrel - 63 Past Portland Bill, 9 Christchurch Harbour, 7 Arne RSPB, 2 Brands Bay

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lychett Bay

Little Gull - 1 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Sandwich Tern - 215 Brownsea Lagoon, 100 off Hengisbury Head

Arctic Tern - 2 off Portland Bill

FORSTER'S TERN - 1 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Black throated Diver - 1 Past Hengisbury Head

Manx Shearwater - 2 Past Portland Bill

Spoonbill - 4 Swineham flew to Wareham Channel

Great White Egret - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Osprey - 1 Christchurch Harbour

Red Kite - 1 Corfe Mullen, 1 Coombe Heath Arne RSPB

Yellow Wagtail - 1 with cows at Arne RSPB

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.

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