Dorset Birds: Thursday 28th August 2025

Swift - 1 over A35 south of Dorchester
Ruff - 1 Stanpit
Common Sandpiper - 1 Holes Bay
Green Sandpiper - 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 2 Sunnyside Farm
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Greenshank - c30 at Lytchett Fields RSPB, 6 Stanpit, 2 Middlebere, 1 Brownsea Island, 1 Holes Bay
Sanderling - 5 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Spoonbill - 55 Brownsea Island, 1 Middlebere
Cattle Egret - 1 Wick WMs
Hobby - 1 trapped & ringed in Lower Piddle Valley
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Stanpit
Firecrest - 1 Stanpit
Yellow Wagtail - 7 over Christchurch Harbour, 4 Sunnyside Farm

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).