Dorset Birds: Friday 21st August 2026

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields, 1 Brands bay
Whimbrel - 1 Lytchett Fields, 1 Brands bay
Yellow-Legged Gull - 1 NE Holes bay near to Creekmoor Bridge
Ruff - 1 Brands Bay
Black Tern - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Spoonbill - 32 Brownsea lagoon, 1 Lodmoor
Great White Egret - 1 Hatch Pond
Hobby - 1 Blackheath, 1 Throop Mill
Willow Warbler - 4 Blackheath Wareham Forest
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Lytchett Fields Approach Field
Redstart - 1 Blackheath, 1 Middlebere
Whinchat - 1 Blackheath
Wheatear - 1 Throop Mill
Yellow wagtail - 4 Middlebere, 4 Lodmoor, 10 Swineham

Redstart Middlebere © Rich Stephenson

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.