Dorset Birds: Thursday 14th May 2026

Cuckoo - 1 Morden Bog
Roseate Tern - 4 Brownsea Lagoon with 1 seen early evening fishing at the harbour entrance, South side.
Bonapartes Gull - 1 1st Summer bird Abbotsbury Swannery Embankment
White Stork - 1 Cowards Marsh
Cattle Egret - 4 Lytchett Fields
Red Kite - 1 Avon Heath Country Park
Tree Pipit - 2 Morden Bog

Goldcrest © John Bishop

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 social media, 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.