Dorset Birds: Saturday 17th May 2025

Whimbrel - 19 Kimmeridge Beach, 5 Christchurch Harbour

Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Christchurch Harbour

Little Gull - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery

Glossy Ibis -- 1 Post Box Pool Lodmoor

Night Heron - 1 reported on Bridehead Lake Littlebredy

Osprey - 1 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Honey Buzzard - 1 in off Chesil over Tidmoor

Hooded Crow - 1 Wallsend Portland

Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Kimmeridge

Stonechat , Swyre © Helen Wood

Spotted Flycatcher Reap Lane Portland © Mary Stevens

Rock Pipit, Portland Bill © 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).