Dorset Birds: Friday 19th September 2025

Garganey - 1 Radipole RSPB, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Cattle Egret - 3 Lodmoor RSPB

Great White Egret - 4 Lodmoor RSPB

Glossy Ibis - 6 Swineham GP, 2 Bincombe, 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Radipole RSPB

Spoonbill - 60+ Brownsea Lagoon, 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Red Kite - 1 over Ridgeway

White-tailed Eagle - Wareham Channel and over Arne RSPB

Osprey - 3 Wareham Channel, 1 Over Arne RSPB, 1 Portland Bill

Merlin - 1 Hartland Moor

Hobby - 3 Wareham Channel

Dotterel - 1 over north Portland Bill

Golden Plover - 2 Lodmoor RSPB

Curlew Sandpiper - 9 Brownsea Lagoon, 1 Rodden Hive

Hoopoe - 1 Swanage (2nd day)

Wryneck - 1 Portland Bill

Yellow Wagtail - 2 Lodmoor RSPB

Pied Flycatcher - 1 Arne RSPB

Cattle Egret - Lodmoor RSPB © Helen Wood

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).