Dorset Birds: Monday 6th October 2025

Whooper Swan - 6 past West Lexington & West Bay

Pink-footed Goose - 2 Silverlake

Goldeneye - 1 Longham Lakes

Goosander - 4 Silverlake

Cattle Egret - 16 Lytchett Bay, 1 Longham Lakes

Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB

Spoonbill - 94 Brownsea Island

Visual Migration

Goshawk - 1 West Bay

Skylark - 2256 West Bay

Meadow Pipit - 1124 West Bay, 8 Lower Piddle Valley

Grey Wagtail - 2 south Lytchett Bay, 1 Lower Piddle Valley

"alba" Wagtail - 230 West Bay

Blackcap - 19 Lower Piddle Valley

Chiffchaff - 50 Hengistbury Hd.

Chaffinch - 756 West Bay

Greenfinch - 39 West Bay

Siskin - 719 West Bay, 11 east Lytchett Bay

Linnet - 1325 West Bay

Redpoll - 82 West Bay, 3 Lower Piddle Valley

Crossbill - 49 West Bay

Reed Bunting - 17 West Bay, 3 Lower Piddle Valley

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).