Dorset Birds: Monday 29th June 2026

Common Sandpiper - 2 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Green Sandpiper - 7 Lytchett Fields
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields in breeding plumage
Greenshank - 3 Lytchett Fields
Spoonbill - 7 Brownsea Lagoon
Great White Egret - 1 over Stanpit Marsh
Cattle Egret - 2 Stanpit Marsh
Whinchat - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Yesterday : 48 Balearic Shearwater past Portland Bill

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.