Dorset Birds: Monday 15th June 2026

Quail - 3 Tarrant Rushton airfield, 1 West Compton

Cuckoo - 1 Canford Heath

Avocet - 11 Brownsea Island Lagoon

Balearic Shearwater - 3 off Portland Bill

Spoonbill - 3 Lodmmor, 1 Brownsea Island Lagoon

Bittern - seen again at Lodmoor

Osprey - 2 Middlebere, 1 Lytchett Fields

Red Kite - 1 Tarrant Rushton airfield

White-tailed Eagle - 1 adult and 1 2nd cal year over Corfe and Middlebere

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.