Dorset Birds: Sunday 22nd June 2025

Cuckoo - 1 from Middlebere Hide
Curlew - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Redshank - 1 East Lake, Silverlake
Little Tern - 60 nests confirmed at Ferrybridge, 3 individuals at Stanpit Marsh
Balearic Shearwater - c100 past Portland Bill
Spoonbill - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Great White Egret - 1 Silverlake
Red Kite - 1 over Lower Bockhampton
Barn Owl - 1 Middlebere
Peregrine - 3 chicks at Corfe Castle, 2 adults Silverlake

Yesterday: -

Stone Curlew - 1 from Abbotsbury Swannery
Little Gull - 3 still Abbotsbury Swannery

Avocets, Poole Harbour © Harry McBride

Magpie, Lesley Heath © Allan Hansford

Common Sandpiper, Lodmoor RSPB © Phil Cheeseman

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).