Dorset Birds: Saturday 8th November 2026

Whooper Swan - 1 in fields nr Kingston Maurward

Wood Pigeon - 30,560 West Bay, 26120, St Aldhems Point, 13055 Constitution Hill Poole, 9500 Hengisbury Head

Black-necked Grebe - 1 Wareham Channel

Golden Plover - 500 Lodmoor RSPB

Ruff - 1 Lower Piddle floods Swineham

Purple Sandpiper - 5 Hengisbury Head

Spotted Redshank - 5 Lower Piddle Floods Swineham

Black Throated Diver - 1 through Poole Harbour Mouth

Glossy Ibis - 8 River Frome Floods Swineham

Spoonbill - 15 Shipstal Point Arne RSPB

Cattle Egret - 50 River Frome Floods Swineham

Great White Egret - 4 Lower Piddle Floods Swineham, 3 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Wareham Channel

Hen Harrier - 1 River Piddle Valley Carey, 1 Swineham Point, 1 Helens Field Portland

Red Kite - 1 Over Broadwey

White tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel, 1 Encombe

Short-eared Owl - 1 Wyke Regis

Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Peveril Point Copse, 1 Rodwell Drive Weymouth, 1 Wakeham Railway Cuttings

Pallas's Warbler - 1 Peveril Point Copse

Siberian Chiff Chaff - 1 trapped & ringed in Crown Estate field Portland

Black Redstart - 2 Peveril Point RNLI Stn

Tree Sparrow - 2 Hengisbury Head Vis Mig

Water Pipit - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Brambling - 11 Hengisbury Head Vis Mig, 1 Est Bay

Hawfinch - 1 St Aldhelms Head

Snow Bunting - 1 East Cliff pumping station Portland, 1 Hengisbury Head Vis Mig

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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