Dorset Birds: Thursday 28th May 2026

Mandarin Duck - River Allen Wimborne Minster

Cuckoo - 1 Morden BogWareham Forest

Turtle Dove - 1 Portland Obs garden still

Little Ringed Plover - 1 Lytchett Fields

Little Stint - 1 Flew past Portland Bill

Balearic shearwater - 2 past Portland Bill, 1 East past Chesil Beach seen from Camp rd

Spoonbill - 2 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Middlebere

Honey Buzzard - 1 over Poole Canford Heath

Red Kite - 1 Ailwood Down

White tailed Eagle- 1 ailwood Down

Bee -eater - 1 Heard over Durlston CP

Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Wareham Forest Morden Bog

Dipper - 2 Beaminster

Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Crouch Hill Stanpit Marsh

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.