Dorset Birds: Thursday 16th October 2025

BAIKAL TEAL - Female-type still with large Teal flock at Abbotsbury Swannery. (Unlikely to be visable other than from within Swannery grounds which opens at 10am - charges apply. Note there is no right of way SE of tank traps on beach.)
Eider - 1 west past Hengistbury Head
Stone-curlew- 1 by the Hump at Lodmoor RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 4 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Greenshank - 4 Swineham GPs
Glossy Ibis - 8 Swineham GPs this evening, 1 again at Stanpit Marsh
Spoonbill - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Red Kite - 1 over Winterborne Abbas
Wryneck - 1 still in PBO quarry
Hobby - 1 over Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Durlston CP
Cattle Egret - 30+ Swineham GPs, 22 left roost on Hengistbury Head, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Ring Ouzel - 2 Durlston CP
Fieldfare - approx 12 over Kingston Lacy, 1 north over Hengistbury Head
Black Redstart - 1 West Bay
Firecrest - 3 Durlston CP, 2 trapped & ringed at Wild Woodbury DWT
Linnet - 720 over Durlston CP, 520 east over Hengistbury Head
Redpoll - 96 east over Hengistbury Head, 79 over Durlston CP
Siskin - 270 over Durlston CP, 230 east over Hengistbury Head
Hawfinch - 1 over Allington Hill (Bridport)
Crossbill - 42 over Durlston CP, 11 east over Hengistbury Head
Cirl Bunting - 2 Durlston CP

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.

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