Dorset Birds: Saturday 20th June 2026

Quail - 2 Tarrant Rushton Airfield, 1 Cheselbourne

Common Sandpiper - 1 Ferrybridge

Spoonbill - 8 Brownsea Lagoon DWT

Osprey - 2 over Lytchett Bay and then at the back of Sherford Pools, 1 Christchurch Harbour

Hoopoe - 1 In private garden Swanage

Yesterday: 100 Manx Shearwater, 5 Balearic Shearwater and 2 Arctic Skua off 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.