Dorset Birds: Wednesday 23rd April 2025

Swift - 30 Longham Lakes, 1 Wareham Common, 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Cuckoo - 1 Lytchett Bay RSPB

Little Ringed Plover - 2 Lower Piddle Valley, 1 Hengisbury Head

Whimbrel - 17 Hengisbury Head, 4 Lodmoor RSPB, 3 Lytchett Bay RSPB, 2 Holes Bay

Purple Sandpiper - 10 Mudeford Quay

Common Sandpiper - 2 Peveril Point, 1 Hengisbury Head

Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Bay RSPB

Little Gull - 2 Lytchett Bay RSPB

FORSTER'S TERN - 1 Lytchett Bay RSPB

Osprey - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Hobby - Wareham Common

Sedge Warbler - 4 Longham Lakes, 1 Lytchett Bay RSPB

Garden Warbler - 2 Hengisbury Head

Spotted Flycatcher - 1 North Bestwalls Swineham

Redstart - 2 Newton Heath

Yellow Wagtail - 1 Hegisbury Head

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.

DORSET BIRD REPORT 2023

The Dorset Bird Report 2023, produced by Dorset Bird Club, is now available for purchase by non-members via the DBC website (click on the report cover image below). Featuring a review of the year, a comprehensive systematic list of all species recorded in 2023, rarity finder accounts including the first Moltoni's Warbler and Isabelline Wheatear for Dorset, articles on Baltic Gull, the Alpine Swift influx, Cory's and Great Shearwaters, and the return of the Cirl Bunting. Illustrated throughout with images taken by Dorset's leading photographers. £16 (+ £3 shipping).