Dorset Birds: Wednesday 28th May 2025

Teal - 9 (3 pairs) Lytchett Fields RSPB

Glossy Ibis - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Red Kite - 1 over Wareham Forest, 1 Sturminster Marshall, 1 Corfe Mullen

White-tailed Eagle -1 over Warbarrow Bay

Hobby - 2 over Wareham Forest

Common Crane - 1 over Dorchester Water Meadows p.m.

Little Ringed Plover - 1 still on the Stilt Pools at Swineham

Sanderling - 16 Ferrybridge, 6 Hengistbury Hd, 4 Brownsea Lagoon

Whimbrel - 2 on Arne RSPB shoreline, 1 Ferrybrudge

Little Gull - 1 Brownsea Lagoon p.m.

Little Tern - 4 Brownsea Island Lagoon

Spotted Flycatcher - 6 Wareham Forest

Common Tern - Brownsea Lagoon © Phil Bentley

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).