Dorset Birds: Tuesday 11th August 2026

Whimbrel - 6 Stanpit Bight, 4 Brands Bay

Knot 7 Stanpit Bight

Wood Sandpiper - 1 Sunnyside Farm Scrape

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Lytchett Fields

Greenshank - 19 Lytchett Fields

Great White Egret - 2 Heading North over Stanpit Marsh

Osprey - 3 Middlebere Channel, 3 Lytchett Bay, 1 over Lodmoor RSPB, 1 over Nothe Forte, 1 over the Kimmeridge toll booth, 1 high over Hengisbury Head

Marsh Tit - 1 Carey Secret Garden

Pied Flycatcher - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Whinchat - 2 Bradbury Rings

Wheatear - 2 Bradbury rings, 2 Abbotsbury Beach

Yellow Wagtail - 1 over Kimmeridge toll booth, 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.