Dorset Birds: Tuesday 20th January 2026

Bean Goose - 1 Affpuddle Heath flood meadows

White-fronted Goose - 37 Wareham River Frome flood fields A351

Goosander - 1 female PC World drain Poole, 1 Poole Park

Slavonian Grebe - 5 Cuttcleaves Cove The Fleet

Green Sandpiper - 4 Magiston Cresssbeds

Glossy Ibis - 10 Wareham River Frome flood fields A351, 10 Wareham Common

Cattle Egret - 6 off Bere Road Wareham

Hen Harrier - 1 Ringtail Sugar Hill Wareham Forest

Red Kite - 15 Up Cerne

Chiffchaff Siberian - 2 PC World Drain Poole

Fieldfare - 100 Monkey's Jump Dorchester

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.