Dorset Birds: Monday 10th August 2026

Common Scoter - 1 male Arne RSPB Saline Lagoon

Common Sandpiper 3 Lodmoor RSPB

Wood Sandpiper - 1 Sunnyside Farm Scrape

Balearic Shearwater - 2 past Portland Bill

Spoonbill - 20 Brownsea Island Lagoon DWT, 6 from Arne RSPB Coombe Heath VP

Cattle Egret - 37 Swineham

Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB

Osprey - 4 6 from Arne RSPB Coombe Heath VP, 1 Lytchett Bay

White tailed Eagle - 1 6 from Arne RSPB Coombe Heath VP

Hobby - 1 River Frome West of Dorchester

Pied Flycatcher - 1 Wimborne Town Centre, 1 River Frome West of Dorchester

Yellow Wagtail - 7 Swineham

Serin - 1 over the huts Portland Bill

Cirl Bunting 2 Studland Heath

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.