Dorset Birds: Monday 23rd February 2026

Slavonian Grebe - 3 Jerry's Point, 1 Middle Beach Studland

Black-necked Grebe - 8 Jerry's Point, 6 Middle Beach Studland, 1 Longham Lakes

Purple Sandpiper - 9 Sandspit Groyne S9 Hengisbury Head

Little Gull - 1 Rock Lea VP Lytchett Fields RSPB

Marsh Tit - 2 Thorncombe Woods

Swallow - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Redpoll - 5 Thorncombe Wood, few in a mixed flock at at Holloway's Dock Hegisbury Head

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.