Dorset Birds: Monday 29th September 2025

Mandarin Duck - 1 Sunnyside

Ruff - 1 Swineham Stilt pool

Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Swineham Stilt Pool, 1 South Haven by houseboats, 1 Lodmoor RSPB west scrape

Little Stint - 1 Swineham Stilt pool

Spotted Redshank - 1 Hengisbury Head

Black Tern - 1 Sherbourne Lake

Spoonbill - 93 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Cattle Egret - 8 Abbotsbury Swannery

Great White Egret - 3 Swineham roost, 1 Hatch Pond

White tailed Eagle - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 flew east over Sandbanks

Wryneck - 1 West cliff coastpath N of Barleycrates Portland Bill

Redpoll - 15 flew N over South Haven

YELLOW - BROWED BUNTING - 1 first cy male trapped and ringed at Abbotsbury Swannery

Yellow - browed Bunting - Abbotsbury Swannery
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Wryneck - Portland Bill © Alan Membury

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

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