Dorset Birds: Saturday 10th May 2025

Cuckoo - 1 Woodsford, 1 Cowards Marsh, 1 Hurn

Grey Plover - 2 Hengisbury Head

Whimbrel - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Holloway Dock Hengisbury Head

Purple Sandpiper - 9 The Cobb Lyme Regis

Common Sandpiper - 2 Hengisbury Head, 2 Longham Lakes

Cattle Egret - 1 Cowards Marsh

Great white Egret - 1 Cowards Marsh and flew north

Red Kite - 3 Bridport

Woodchat Shrike - 1 Cowards Marsh on Gorse near pylon

Hobby - 1 Avon Valley

Song Thrush - 1 Lodmoor RSPB © Mary Stevens

Whimbrel - 1 Lodmoor RSPB © Mary Stevens

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).