Dorset Birds: Sunday 14th December 2025

Barnacle Goose - 5 Woodsford
Scaup - 1 off Jerry's Point
Velvet Scoter - 1 off Jerry's Point
Long-tailed Duck - 1f still off Tidmoor Point
Goldeneye - 6 off Jerry's Point
Slavonian Grebe - 1 off Jerry's Point
Black-necked Grebe - 6 still off Jerry's Point
Grey Plover - 36 Brands Bay
Purple Sandpiper - 3 nr. Shore Road, Sandbanks
Black-throated Diver - 1 off Jerry's Point
Great Northern Diver - 5 off Jerry's Point, 5 more around Poole Harbour
Glossy Ibis - 8 nr. Curlew Pool, Swineham
Spoonbill - 18 Shipstal Point, Arne RSPB, 2 Gold Point, Arne RSPB
White-tailed Eagle - 1 adult from Tidmoor Point
Merlin - 1 over Gull Islands, Wareham Channel
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Kinson Sewage Works, Stour Valley LNR

Lapwing, Lodmoor RSPB © Rebecca Cooke

Greenshank, Studland © Danni Dyson

Shag, Osprey Quay, Portland © 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).