Dorset Birds: Saturday 30th August 2025

Wigeon - 1 Brand's Bay

Goosander - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Balearic Shearwater - 52 Portland Bill

Purple Heron - 1 jug Priory Marsh Christchurch (headed up the Avon Valley)

Spoonbill - c20 Brownsea Lagoon, 2 Wareham Channel, 1 Christchurch Hbr

White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel

Osprey - 2 Osprey Lytchett Bay, 1 Christchurch Hbr, 1 Wareham Channel

Hobby - 1 Wareham Channel

Knot - 6 juv Browndea Lagoon

Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Brownsea Lagoon

Whimbrel - 2 Wareham Channel, 1 Stanpit Marsh

Common Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Spotted Redshank - 1 Holloway's Dock

Greenshank - 9 Poole Hbr, 3 Brand's Bay, 1 Stanpit Marsh

Wryneck - 1 Lower Piddle Valley

Sand Martin - 130 over Stanpit Marsh, 5+ Brand's Bay

Swallow - 100 over Stanpit Marsh, 10+ Kingcombe NNR

Tree Pipit - 9 over Stanpit Marsh

Yellow Wagtail - 135 Stanpit Marsh

Grey Wagtail - 11 over Stanpit Marsh

Whinchat - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Wheatear - 4 Stanpit Marsh

Spotted Flycatcher - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery, 3 Corfe Mullen

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).