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Birds of Poole Harbour
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Registered charity boosting the profile of bird conservation, observation and education in and around the Poole Harbour area.
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Winter has landed with a range of new arrivals settling into the harbour. Our Winter Safari on Wed logged 2 Velvet Scoter, 8 BN Grebe, 1 Slav Grebe, 1 GN Diver, 2 WT Eagle, loads of waders & wildfowl, 18 Spoonbill even a Swallow!
Book Now: www.birdsofpooleharbourbookings.co.uk
📸 Elin Wylie Davies
November 28, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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A few tickets for tomorrow’s free Poole Quay Birding Walk have come up! 🏡🦆
Free tickets but limited places 10am-12pm. Book below
www.birdsofpooleharbourbookings.co.uk/event/intro-...
November 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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This Snow Bunting turned up at Baiter Park today. A really confiding bird that will hopefully stick around for others to see, like the one last year on Hamworthy Beach.

Video by Brittany Maxted through binoculars
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@birdguides.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Species recovery comes in many forms. Targeted reintroductions, long term legal protection & habitat creation/restoration. All are as important as each other. It doesn’t matter how it’s done as long as it gets done. During our WeBS survey today we saw the benefits of all three methods. 🙌
November 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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A record 8 Water Pipit have been colour ringed by Stour Ringing Group this winter at RSPB Lytchett. This is part of a UK scheme to find out more about Water Pipit migration across Europe.
www.birdsofpooleharbour.co.uk/winter-birdi...
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Photos by @narwhalsh.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Fantastic to take out @naturalengland.bsky.social and show
them 3 WT Eagle, 3 Marsh Harrier, 1 Red Kite and 15 Spoonbill! Great opportunity to provide an
inspiring nature recovery trip, with real-time examples of species recovery, to those that work on nature restoration.
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Roughly 10k Wood Pigeon have migrated high above Poole Harbour this AM. Pretty low total compared to previous years exceptional totals of +150k
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November 8, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Our first nocturnal ringing demo of the winter is coming up on 19th November, where we'll hope to show you birds like Woodcock, Jack Snipe and Common Snipe being ringed under BTO license.
www.birdsofpooleharbourbookings.co.uk/event/sunnys...
Photo of Jack Snipe being ringed - Steve Grundy
November 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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25mph winds & grey sky's didn't deter us from our low tide cruise y'day. Despite the wind we battled through & were rewarded with 1 RT Diver, 9 Spoonbill, 1 WT Eagle, 26 Red-breasted Merg, 3-4 Marsh Harrier, plus lots of winter waders & wildfowl, Avocets, db Brent Geese @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Excellent Young Birders Walk this week for our group of 13-18s around Holes Bay. Highlights of 1 Kingfisher, 1 Cattle Egret, 5 Spoonbill, 15 Pintail and c50 Avocet!
Find our next free events for 13-18s: www.birdsofpooleharbourbookings.co.uk/young-birders
📸 by Young Birder @maxluckhurst.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Excellent Young Birders Intro to Winter Birds Walk this AM at Holes Bay! Highlights of 5 Spoonbill, 1 Cattle Egret, c50 Avocet, 1 Knot, 1 Kingfisher, c15 Pintail and very enthusiastic, knowledgeable young people 👏
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October 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Epic Autumn Safari yesterday - 1 Merlin, 1 WT Eagle (flying past the boat), 4 Peregrine, 2 PF Goose, 4 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kingfisher, 4 Bearded Tit, c300 Avocet & c25 Spoonbill! Last few tickets left for our final Autumn Safari - Fri 31st Oct.
www.birdsofpooleharbourbookings.co.uk/event/autumn...
October 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Thanks to the Aviva Community Fund & our public fundraiser we're now starting to distribute multiple Swift boxes to the local Swift networks here in south Dorset. This week we delivered 20 to the Wimborne Swift Group & with 100 more on the way we’ll get these out soon @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Have seen photos of a good candidate for Caspian Gull taken by @edjbetteridge.bsky.social on the Brownsea Lagoon on Oct 3rd. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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We want to say a MASSIVE thank you to everyone who's supported us over the last year. Thanks to the publics kindness for attending our series of events over the course of the year we won the GOLD AWARD in the Active and Learning Experience of the Year category at the #DorsetTA awards last night.
October 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Crazy late record 👍
October 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Still only small numbers moving/arriving currently but the first Poole Harbour Redwing of the autumn ringed this AM in Lower Piddle Valley by @edjbetteridge.bsky.social . @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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We’ve received news of an amazing yet sad ringing recovery from the Stour Ringing Group who have only just found out themselves of an adult Curlew that was ringed by their group in the harbour, Feb 1987 which was shot in NW Russia, April 2015, 2486km away c28 years later!@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
October 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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One of two Spotted Redshank from this afternoons Autumn Safari Cruise @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Forster’s Tern briefly from our Autumn Safari cruise this PM in the Wareham Channel, also 1 Glossy Ibis, 2 BN Grebe, 1 WT Eagle, 3 RB Merg’s (first of autumn), 113 Spoonbill, 3-4 Marsh Harrier, 2 Spotshank @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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The weather for tomorrows Autumn Safari looks perfect! With a few tickets left, why not join us. This mornings cruise we saw WT Eagle, Marsh Harrier, 60+ Spoony, Curlew Sands, Kingfishers, 200+ Avocet and more
Book tickets below:
www.birdsofpooleharbourbookings.co.uk/event/autumn...
📸 Harry McBride
September 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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From our boat this AM it looked like it was all taking shape nicely 👍
September 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Look out for our banner on Greenslade Pleasure Boats - great to work with them to deliver our cruises throughout the year 🙌
September 16, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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We had some great reports of sightings of both 1H1 (adult female) and 5R8 (chick) from ‘Nest 2’ being seen and photographed in Christchurch Harbour last week! Great to see they have started their migration.
@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Bit of a surprise yesterday evening when our 2023 male 5H3 landed on one of our harbour nest platforms again. We thought he left a while ago?! @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 6:22 AM