Dorset Birds: November 2025

Grey Partridge - 15 Blackbush Down, nr. Pentridge
Brent Goose - 2 Pale-bellied among 727 Dark-bellied, Ferrybridge
Pink-footed Goose -2 still Ferrybridge
BAIKAL TEAL - 1 still Abbotsbury Swannery, view only from Public Footpaths

Goosander - 1 Silverlake
Red-breasted Merganser - 1 past North Haven into Poole Harbour
Stock Dove -350 over Hengistbury head

Woodpigeon - 18,500 over Hengistbury Head
Grey Plover - 2 Ferrybridge,
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Common Sandpiper - 2 South Lake, Silverlake
Green Sandpiper - 1 Silverlake
Red-throated Diver - 1 off Poole Quay
Great Northern Diver - 1 on sea off Beach House Cafe

Glossy Ibis - 12 towards Wareham from Swineham, 1 from roost Hengistbury Head
Spoonbill - 30 off Shipstal Point, 7 Holes Bay
Cattle Egret - 9 over Stanpit Marsh
Great White Egret - 6 Longham Lakes, 1 Silverlake, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Red Kite - 11 over Downs SW of Pentridge, 2 over Lower Piddle Valley
Marsh Tit - 1 on feeders Thorncombe Wood, VC
Woodlark - 9 Bottle Brush Down, nr. Pentridge
Pallas's Warbler - 1 Peveril Point, Swanage, 1 still Avalanche Road Hump
Firecrest - 1 Avalanche Road Hump
Wheatear - 1 Ferrybridge
Water Pipit - 2 still Lytchett Fields
Snow Bunting - 1 still in long grass at north end of Knoll Beach
Yellowhammer - 30 Bottlebrush Down, nr. Pentridge

Pallas's Warbler, Avalanche Road Hump © Steven Carey

Marsh Harrier, Stanpit Marsh © Scott Usher

Kestel, Portland Bill © Mazz Blehs

Curlew, Holes Bay © Tina Dawkins

Pink-footed Goose - 2 again Silverlake
Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery, possibly viewable from Public Footpaths
Ruff -1 on Lower Piddle Floods
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 still West Scrapes, Lodmoor RSPB
Purple Sandpiper - 1 still Portland Bill
Grey Phalarope - 1 off Chesil Cove
Spotted Redshank - 4 Lytchett Fields, 2 Holes Bay NE
Greenshank - 6 Lytchett Fields
Caspian Gull - 1 1st yr with Gull flock, Culverwell, 1 past Portland Bill
Yellow- legged Gull -1 3rd winter & 1 adult Silverlake
Sandwich Tern - 1 off Portland Castle
Red-throated Diver - 1 sth past Chesil Cove
Spoonbill - 31 Brownsea Lagoon, 2 Holes Bay
Great White Egret - 1 Middlebere
Red Kite - 2 over Swineham
White-tailed Eagle - 3 Swineham / Arne Moors
Merlin - 2 Hartland Moor, 1 Lytchett Bay
Pallas's Warbler - 1 still Avalanche Road Hump
Firecrest - 1 Avalanche Road Hump
Water Pipit - 1 Silverlake

Red Kite - Tarrant Rushfield Airfield © William Morris

Snipe, Lodmoor RSPB © Phil Cheeseman

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).

Sunday 2nd November 2025

Saturday 1st November 2025