Dorset Birds: Friday 23rd January 2026

Tundra Bean Goose - 1 Affpuddle Heath WMs with Grelag Geese
White-fronted Goose - 30+ still in field north of Arne Road
Goosander - 1 redhead in Holes Bay NE
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery (Swannery closed; best viewed from tank traps)
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB on Pools Field
Purple Sandpiper - 1 Hengistbury Head
Little Gull - 3 off Chesil Beach from Camp Road (Wyke Regis), 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB on Pools Field,
1 Hengistbury Head off the Beach Huts, 1 off Branksome Chine, 1 near Brownsea Island
Red-throated Diver - 8 off Branksome Chine, 3 off Chesil Beach from Camp Road (Wyke Regis)
Great Northern Diver - 3 off Branksome Chine, 1 off Chesil Beach from Camp Road (Wyke Regis)
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 PC World Drain

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.