Dorset Birds: Thursday 6th November 2025

Pink-footed Goose -1 still at Longham Lakes

Goosander - 13 on West Lake at Silverlake this evening
PALLID SWIFT - 1 over Top Fields at Portland
Stock Dove - 590 over Durlston CP, 105 over Hengistbury this morning, 34 over West Bay this morning

Woodpigeon - 31,000 over Durlston CP, 21,250 over Hengistbury, 1,710 over West Bay this morning
Grey Plover - 2 Brownsea Lagoon
Ruff - 1 Lower Piddle Valley (Swineham)
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lower Piddle Valley (Swineham)
Greenshank - 19 Brownsea Lagoon, 3 Lower Piddle Valley (Swineham)
Green Sandpiper - 1 Curlew Pools (Swineham)
Arctic Skua - 1 Hengistbury Head

Glossy Ibis - 12 in field west of Sunnyside Farm and later at Bestwell Meadows (Swineham), 1 left Hengistbury roost
Spoonbill - 4 Brownsea Lagoon
Cattle Egret -74 Bestwell Meadows (Swineham), 5 left Hengistbury roost
Great White Egret - 2 Lower Piddle Valley, 1 Middlebere, 1 from Wareham bypass
Red Kite - 1 Up Cerne (near Cerne Abbas)
Goshawk - 1 Slepe Heath
Woodlark - 2 over Durlston CP
Pallas's Warbler - 1 at Littlesea Wood (The Fleet), 1 Hogchester Farm NR (please keep to public footpaths)
Firecrest - 1 North Bestwell Wood (Swineham), 1 Durlston CP, 1 trapped & ringed at Lytchett Bay
Black Redstart - 1 Bridport, 1 East Fleet, 1 Milborne St Andrew
Chaffinch - 980 over Hengistbury, 735 over West Bay, 590 over Durlston CP,
Goldfinch - 1,300 over Hengistbury this morning, 430 over Durlston CP, 186 over West Bay this morning
Brambling - 80 over Durlston CP, 78 over Hengistbury, 7 over West Bay
Redpoll - 205 over Hengistbury, 85 over Durlston CP, 10 over West Bay this morning
Linnet - 890 over Durlston CP, 435 over Hengistbury
Siskin - 265 over Hengistbury,115 over Durlston CP, 6 over West Bay this morning
Crossbill - 210 over Durlston CP, 36 over Hengistbury this morning
Hawfinch - 3 over Durlston CP, 2 over Hengistbury this morning
Snow Bunting - 1 on Portland at East Cliffs, Southwell
Cirl Bunting - 2 Camp Road (Wyke Regis), 1 trapped & ringed at Hogchester Farm NR
BLACK-FACED BUNTING - 1 trapped & ringed at PBO Crown Estate Field this morning but not seen since

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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