Dorset Birds
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Dorset Birds mission is to promote the interest of birds and birdwatching in Dorset & collate bird records, producing the annual Dorset Bird Report.
Dorset Birds
51m ago
Swift - 20+ Lodmoor RSPB
Cuckoo- 1 calling River Piddle, Hyde
Whimbrel - 5 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 NE Holes Bay
Purple Sandpiper - 4 still Portland Bill
BONAPARTE'S GULL - 1 probable still Wareham Common
Greenshank - 2 West Scrapes, Lodmoor RSPB
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 offshore nr. Hamworthy
Red-throated Diver - 19 on sea off West Bexington
Red Kite - 1 over Ocean Bay, Swanage, 1 over Willd Woodbury
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel
Skylark - 46 Wild Woodbury
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 by Lane End Road, nr. Wild Woodbury
Firecrest - 1 in woods at Wild Woodbury
Whinchat - 1 Portland
Wheatear - 2 Ferr ..read more
Dorset Birds
1d ago
Goosander - 1 redhead over Wareham Common
Red-breasted Merganser - 1 Brands Bay
Swift - 3 over Wareham, 2 north of Old harry Rocks, 1 over Wool
Cuckoo - 1 Rushcombe NR
Avocet - 3 Brands Bay
Whimbrel - 3 Brands Bay, 2 Ballard Down, 2 West Scrapes Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Lytchett Fields
Wood Sandpiper - 1 still West Scrapes, Lodmoor RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 1 north of Swineham GP
Greenshank - 3 Lodmoor RSPB, 2 north of floods, Swineham
BONAPARTE'S GULL - 1 still Wareham Common
Great White Egret - 1 Holme Bridge
Red Kite - 1 Shell Bay, Studland
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Dewlish
Wheatear - 10 Greenlands Farm ..read more
Dorset Birds
4d ago
Brent Goose - 1 still off Lynch Cove, THe Fleet
Barnacle Goose - 1 Holme Lane GP
Egyptian Goose - 2 with 5y Holme Lane GP
Common Scoter - 12 on sea off Hengistbury Head, 1 The Fleet
Red-breasted Merganser - 1 still Poole Harbour
Swift - 1 over Mudeford Quay
Cuckoo - 1 heard Portland Bill
Whimbrel - 20 Lynch Cove, The Fleet, 10 Christchurch Harbour, 4 Lodmoor RSPB
Common Sandpiper - 3 Mudeford Sandspit, 2 Poole Marina, 1 Tidmoor, The Fleet
Wood Sandpiper - 1 still Lodmoor RSPB
BONAPARTE'S GULL - 1 Wareham Common
Little Tern - 3 Ferrybridge
Common Tern - 7 Brownsea Lagoon
Red-throated Diver - 1 ..read more
Dorset Birds
5d ago
Cuckoo - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Whimbrel - 5 on beach west of West Bexington, 2 SW Holes Bay, 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Common Sandpiper - 2 Wareham Common, 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Wood Sandpiper - 1 still at Lodmoor RSPB on west scrape
Greenshank - 1 Stanpit Bight
BONAPARTE'S GULL - 1st-winter at Wareham Common, best viewed from slope behind the Doctor's Surgery (first seen yesterday evening)
Common Tern - 1 Radipole Lake RSPB
FORSTER'S TERN - 2nd-winter again seen at Shipstal Point
Great Northern Diver - 2 Poole Harbour
Spoonbill - 1 Brownsea Lagoon
Osprey - male 374 back ..read more
Dorset Birds
6d ago
Goosander - 1 female in Lytchett Bay from Rock Lea Viewpoint
Cuckoo - 1 Durlston CP
Turtle Dove - 1 Kingston Lacy
Whimbrel - 9 Stanpit Marsh, 6 Brand's Bay, 1 SW Holes Bay
Bar-tailed Godwit - 1 Brand's Bay
Common Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 SE Holes Bay, 1 Mudeford Quay
Wood Sandpiper - 1 still at Lodmoor RSPB
Greenshank - 1 Brand's Bay
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay from Rock Lea Viewpoint
Little Gull - 1 Wareham Channel
FORSTER'S TERN - 2nd-winter seen at Shipstal Point, Holes Bay and Lytchett Bay today
Great Northern Diver - 2 Poole Harbour
Red Kite - 1 Wareham Chan ..read more
Dorset Birds
1w ago
Whimbrel - 1 Holes Bay
Purple Sandpiper - 9 on the Cobb at Lyme Regis
Wood Sandpiper - 1 still at Lodmoor RSPB on West Scrape
Spotted Redshank - 3 Lytchett Bay from Rock Lea Viewpoint
Common Sandpiper - 1 Longham Lakes
Little Gull - 1 Bestwell RSPB
FORSTER'S TERN - 2nd-winter still moving between Arne RSPB and Brownsea Lagoon
Black-throated Diver - 1 off Portland Bill
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Child Okeford (female G486)
Red Kite - 1 Holes Bay
Swift - 1 Longham Lakes
WESTERN SUBALPINE WARBLER - male still at Portland Bill near West Cliffs ..read more
Dorset Birds
1w ago
Goosander - 3 males flew up river at Stour Valley NR
Whimbrel - 27 Lodmoor RSPB west scrape this evening, 2 Brand's Bay
Purple Sandpiper - 31 from Mudeford Quay
Little Gull - 1 Lytchett Bay
Manx Shearwater - 1 Durlston CP
Osprey - first egg laid by Poole Harbour pair
Golden Oriole - 1 male at Tidmoor Firing Range
WESTERN SUBALPINE WARBLER - 1 male still present at Wallsend on Portland Bill
Yellow Wagtail - 1 Durlston CP
Tree Pipit - 1 over Lytchett Bay
Yesterday :
Hoopoe -1 Charminster in Little Court area
Bee-eater - 1 found dead in a Swanage garden (earliest county record)
Yellow-Browed Warb ..read more
Dorset Birds
1w ago
Long-tailed Duck - 1 Tidmoor Point
Cuckoo - 1 Bridport, at Hyde Hill near Bothenhampton
Whimbrel - 3 past St Aldhelm's Head, 1 Stanpit, 1 Tidmoor Point
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor RSPB on West Scrape
Common Sandpiper - 2 Longham Lakes, 1 Stanpit, 1 Wareham Channel
FORSTER'S TERN - 2nd-winter still commuting between Brownsea Lagoon and Shipstal Point
Great Northern Diver - 4 Poole Harbour, 1 past St Aldhelm's Head
Red-throated Diver - 2 past St Aldhelm's Head
Red Kite - 4 St Aldhelm's Head
Hobby - 1 Tarrant Rushton Airfield
Swift - 1 Longham Lakes
Hoopoe - 1 in off the sea at Portlan ..read more
Dorset Birds
1w ago
Garganey - 1 past Portland Bill
Red-throated Diver - 16 past Hengistbury Hd.
Black-throated Diver - 1 past Hengistbury Hd.
Great Northern Diver - 2 Brand's Bay
Purple Heron - 1 SW over Ringstead car park
Spoonbill - 3 Brownsea Lagoon
Honey Buzzard - 1 over Swineham
Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail Wyke Down
Osprey - 1 Christchurch Hbr, 1 Poole Hbr.
Hobby - 1 over Lytchett Bay (RLVP)
Purple Sandpiper - 25 Hengistnury Hd.
Whimbrel - 3 Hengistbury Hd, 2 Brand's Bay
Common Sandpiper - 2 Longham Lakes
Green Sandpiper - 1 Silverlake
Spotted Redshank - 5 Lytchett Bay, 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Mi ..read more
Dorset Birds
1w ago
Pale-bellied Brent Goose - Flock of 48+ west past Portland Bill later past West Bexington
Scaup - 1 1st/winter female Abbotsbury Swannery
Long-tailed Duck - 1 Littlesea The Fleet
Common Scoter - 1 male Common Scoter Longham Lakes
Black-throated Diver - 1 Portland Bill
Great Northern Diver - 1 Littlesea The Fleet, 1 Shell Bay.
Purple Heron - 1 NE over Little Sea Studland circled and then headed south.
Spoonbill - 3 Brownsea Lagoon
White-tailed Eagle - 2 over Arne RSPB
Osprey - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Christchurch Hbr.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Longham Lakes
Green Sandpiper - 1 Midd ..read more