Dorset Birds: Wednesday 12th August 2026

Ruff - 1 Brownsea Island Lagoon DWT

Sanderling - 6 Studland Beach

Common Sandpiper - 5 Holes Bay, 1 Peveril Pt

Green Sandpiper - 1 Sydling St Nicholas, 1 Middlebere

Spotted Redshank - 1 Brownsea Island Lagoon DWT, 1 Lytchett Fields

Greenshank - 12 Middlebere, 10 Brownsea Island Lagoon DWT

Spoonbill 27 Brownsea Island Lagoon DWT

Cattle Egret - 20+ Stoborough Causeway

Osprey - 7 from BoPH Osprey Bird Boat, 3 Middlebere, 2 Christchurch Harbour

Sedge Warbler - 88 trapped & ringed at Christchurch Harbour

Garden Warbler - 1 Wick Christchurch Harbour

Whinchat - 1 Wareham Common

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.