Dorset Birds: Wednesday 29th July 2026

Balearic Shearwater - 2 off shore Portland Bill

Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Spoonbill - 10 Brownsea Lagoon

Osprey - 1 over Morden Bog a.m, 3 Lytchett Bay
Common Sandpiper - 7 Lytchett Fields, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields
Greenshank - 15 Lytchett Fields
Wood Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Fields

Arctic Skua - 2 Portland Bill

Tree Pipit - 1 Portland Bill

Yellow Wagtail - 3 Stanpit Marsh

Whitethroat - 30 Stanpit Marsh

Pied Flycatcher - 1 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.