Dorset Birds: Thursday 22nd May 2025

Sanderling - 2 Littlesea (The Fleet)
Whimbrel - 3 Littlesea (The Fleet), 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Little Gull - 1cy over R.Avon at Coward's Marsh
White Stork - 1 SW over Piddle Valley near Trigon this afternoon
Glossy Ibis - 1 still at Lodmoor RSPB on Postbox Pool this morning
Montagu's Harrier - 1 female NW over Morden village this afternoon
Black Kite - 1 west over Clifton Maybank around midday
Red Kite - 1 Bridport, 1 over Turbary Common
Osprey - 1st egg hatched at Careys Secret Garden nest site
Bee-eater - 1 Durlston CP at Castle and Gully area but mobile
Wryneck - 1 Morden Bog singing and seen between Decoy Pond and old cottage this morning

Hobby - 1 Morden Bog, 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Bee-eater, Durlston CP © David Camp

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

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