Dorset Birds: Wednesday 2nd July 2025

Quail - 1 singing west of car park at Cogden Beach
Cuckoo - 1 heard last night on Stoborough Heath
Little Ringed Plover - 2 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Green Sandpiper - 2 Brownsea Lagoon
Common Sandpiper - 2 Brownsea Lagoon
Greenshank - 3 Lytchett Bay
Spotted Redshank - 2 still from Rock Lea Viewpoint at Lytchett Fields RSPB
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 adult at Lytchett Fields RSPB on French's Pools
Spoonbill - 4 still at Brownsea Lagoon
Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Arne RSPB at Coombe Heath
Red Kite - 4 Bridport, 1 Toller Porcorum
Hobby - 1 Arne RSPB at Coombe Heath
Crossbill - 4 flew west over hillside behind Abbotsbury beach

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).