Dorset Birds: Saturday 11th July 2026

Quail - 1 calling Down Farm

Balearic Shearwater - 15 past Portland Bill

Cattle Egret - 5 Stanpit Marsh (at the Wooden Bridge)

Little Ringed Plover - 3 Brownsea Lagoon

Common Sandpiper - 1 Brownsea Lagoon

Whimbrel - Christchurch Hbr (Holloways Dock), 1 Langton Herring

Roseate Tern - 1 adult Abbotsbury Swannery

Yellow Wagtail - 1 Stanpit March (Crouch Hill)

Serin - Portland Bill Obs.

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.