Dorset Birds: Sunday 5th October 2025

Whooper Swan - 1 found with Mute Swans Christchurch Hbr.

Cattle Egret - 3 Carey

Great White Egret - 4 Lodmoor RSPB

Glossy Ibis - 1 Stoborough Heath NNR, 1 Arne Moor (seen from Sleep Heath), 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Spoonbill - 100+ Brownsea Lagoon

White-tailed Eagle - 3 off Holton Heath in the Wareham Channel.

Hobby - 1+ Lodmoor RSPB

Little Stint - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Curlew Sandpiper - 8 Middlebere, 2 Lodmoor RSPB

Ruff - 2 Swineham Pt.

Green Sandpiper - 1 Bardolf Farm

Spotted Redshank - 4 Middlebere

Caspian Gull - 1 1st/w Lodmoor RSPB

Crossbill - 30 Wareham Forest

Glossy Ibis - Lodmoor RSPB © Colin Chainey

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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