Dorset Birds: Friday 9th May 2025

Mandarin Duck - 2 River Piddle Wareham Common

Cuckoo - 1 West Compton

Ringed Plover - 7 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 3 Stanpit Marsh

Little Ringed Plover - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Whimbrel - 2 Stanpit Marsh

Curlew Sandpiper - 3 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Little Gull - 3 West Bexington

Arctic Skua - 2 Pale Morph past Hengisbury Head

Osprey - 1 Bridport flew north

Red Kite - 4 Bradbury Rings, 2 Bridport

Short eared Owl - 1 Arne Moor viewed from Slepe Heath

Red footed Falcon - 1 female Cowards Marsh west of clockhouse Stream

Hobby - 2 Far end of wareham Common, 2 Hydes Heath Arne RSPB

Woodchat Shrike - 1 Cowards Marsh

Garden Warbler - 1 Bradbury Rings

Whitethroat - 30 Bradbury Rings

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).