Dorset Birds: Thursday 24th September 2026

Wigeon - 101 Hengistbury Hd RS.
Garganey - 1 Radipole Lake.
Grey Plover - 1 Ferrybridge.
Knot - 7 Wareham Channel, 2 Ferrybridge.
Green Sandpiper - 4 Wareham Channel, 1 Lodmoor, 1 Piddle Valley RS.
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Wareham Channel.
Common Sandpiper - 2 Wareham Channel, 1 Lodmoor.
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor, 1 Wareham Channel.
Greenshank - 2 Brownsea Island, 1 Lodmoor.
Great White Egret - 3 Wareham Channel, 2 Radipole Lake, 1 Christchurch Hbr, 1 Lodmoor.

Cattle Egret - 4 S of Dewlish House.
Spoonbill - 76 Brownsea Island, 4 Christchurch Hbr, 2 Wareham Channel, 1 Lodmoor.
Osprey - 2 Christchurch Hbr, 2 Wareham Channel.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel, 1 N over Sutton Poyntz.
Marsh Harrier - 4 Wareham Channel, 1 Lodmoor.
Hobby - 1 Arne (Hydes Heath).
Black Tern - 1 Poole Harbour.
Short-eared Owl - 1 Christchurch Hbr went up-valley.
Meadow Pipit - 57 Hengistbury Hd RS.
Yellow Wagtail - 1 Hartland Moor, 1 Hengistbury Hd RS, 1 Wareham Channel.
Redstart - 1 Coombe Heath, 1 West Compton.
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Swyre.
Wheatear - 3 Christchurch Hbr, 1 Hartland Moor, 1 Lodmoor, 1 Swyre.
Chiffchaff - 37 Hengistbury Hd RS.
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Hengistbury Hd RS, 1 Piddle Valley RS.
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Swyre.
Firecrest - 2 Christchurch Hbr.
Linnet - 130+ Hengistbury Hd RS.

Lesser Whitethroat, Swyre © Helen Wood

Spoonbill, Lodmoor © Helen Wood

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.