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Today's Red Kite at Lytchett Fields RSPB looks like a different individual to the one from 31/1. And the Sparrowhawk didn't turn up until I had already got my wellies on, so I managed to get photos of it
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A Sparrowhawk looks for prey in a blue sky A Sparrowhawk looks for prey in a blue sky A Red Kite
February 4, 2026 at 8:16 PM
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Blue Sky at ARNE #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧
🪶 high tide Middlebere NT c200 Avocet, 2 RB Merganser, Pintail, c10 Redshank, 3 Snipe, Sparrowhawk, 2 Curlew, many Shelduck, Teal & Canada. MistleThrush. Chaffinches singing.
Arne Bay RSPB, 20+ Spoonbill, more Avocet, Blackwits.
Grey Heron!
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A very high tide at Middlebere, from the National Trust hide. Hartland Moor, Arne, Dorset 🇬🇧 A wood of beautiful Silver Birch, RSPB Arne. The path to Shipstal Hill, Arne RSPB. A Blue Sky 💙 Day
February 4, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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Great day out at Poole Harbour yeateday with @berksbirdclub.bsky.social This Little Gull was at Lytchett Fields RSPB. We saw a ringtail Hen Harrier there too, then a White-tailed Eagle from Jerry's Point.
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February 3, 2026 at 8:28 AM
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New blog update for end of January at wessexbirding.blogspot.com @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social #dorsetbirds
Wessex Birding - Dorset Big Year 2026
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February 2, 2026 at 10:05 PM
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This 1st winter (?) Little Gull turned up at Lytchett Fields RSPB just as the sun briefly came out. It stuck around for over an hour and was joined for 10 mins or so by this adult (?)
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A first winter Little Gull catches the sun in a wintery blue sky A first winter Little Gull catches the sun in a wintery blue sky A first winter Little Gull catches the sun in a wintery blue sky A first-winter and adult Little Gull float on a grey Lytchett Fields
February 2, 2026 at 10:01 PM
geoffsteph.bsky.social
Thorncombe Wood #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧
🪶 2 Firecrest 😍, 9 Goldcrest, 2 Treecreeper, Nuthatch, male Bullfinch ♥️, lots Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Siskin.
2 Buzzard, Raven, Kestrel.
Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Wood, 2 MistleThrush, SongThrush, 4 Redwing.
Lots Tits; Blue, Great, Coal, Long-tailed. Stock Doves.
Roman Road, Thorncombe Wood, Dorchester, Dorset 🇬🇧 View South from Thorncombe Wood to The Ridgeway. Rushy Pond at dusk.
February 2, 2026 at 5:14 PM
geoffsteph.bsky.social
A mooch in the mizzle, Maiden Castle #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶

446 Golden Plover keeping their heads down in field to East of car park 😊
A single Corn Bunting, Kestrel, Raven & small flock of Goldfinch.

female Blackcap in the home garden #Dorchester

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From Maiden Castle looking North towards Dorchester. 446 Golden Plover in field to East of the car park. Rainy 🌧 day on Maiden Castle, view to the South, with Weymouth 8m beyond the hill.
February 1, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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One of #RSPB Lodmoor's many black headed #gullsinwater. An elegant yet badly named gull with a white head in winter and a brown one in summer!

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A black headed gull in winter plumage swims across a lake in winter sunshine. It is reflected in the water.
February 1, 2026 at 3:38 PM
mick666.bsky.social
Lytchett fields was a bit raptor-y. Putting my wellies on, a Sparrowhawk flew past being mobbed. Walking down Watery Lane, this Red Kite flew low over the water works. Heading for RLV, our Kestrel was in a new tree.
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January 31, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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How it started 👍

How it ended 🤦‍♂️

White-tailed Eagle (adult) coming in to land at Arne Moors, Dorset.

Also in the wider area: Goshawk, Merlin, Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, Kestrel. All told, a pretty decent morning for raptors.

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White-tailed Eagle landing on a gravel track at Arne Moors, Dorset. 31 January 2026. White-tailed Eagle landing on a gravel track at Arne Moors, Dorset. 31 January 2026.
January 31, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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Even though more common now I still get excited seeing Med Gulls, so was buzzing when we just stumbled across a flock of c330 in a random field SE of Dorchester (along A352)!

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January 30, 2026 at 12:22 PM
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Jerry's Point & Bramble Bush Bay @harbourbirds.bsky.social #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧
4 Great Northern Diver, Slavonian Grebe. 30+ RBM, several GCG. c20 Turnstone, c50 Dunlin, 2 CmSandpiper, Grey Plover, 3+ Ringed Plover.
Shell Bay had another G N Diver & a Black-necked Grebe.
200+ Brent Geese off Knoll Beach.
View from Shell Bay towards Sandbanks on a dull Winter's day with an icy wind! The scope revealed a Great Northern Diver & a Black-necked Grebe. Bramble Bush Bay looking North. Gloomy not Dismal.
January 29, 2026 at 5:13 PM
geoffsteph.bsky.social
Blue sky, almost Spring #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧

🪶 Portland Harbour had at least 5 Great Northern Diver & a Black-throated Diver ➕️ 3 Black-necked Grebe & 12 Red-breasted Merganser.

Ferrybridge had c70 Brent Geese, 1 RBM, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 GND, 7 MediterraneanGulls ,5 Coot, Turnstone, 6 Oystercatcher
Blue sky for the view to Portland from Hamm beach Portland Harbour, view North from Hamm beach Portland Harbour with the WW2 Mulberry Harbour sections Ferrybridge mud flats by the Dorset Wildlife Trust visitor centre
January 28, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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Great views of this stunning adult LITTLE GULL in Holes Bay this afternoon. Also a distant 1st winter amongst 7 species of Gulls present #dorsetbirds
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January 27, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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This Slavonian Grebe and Great Northern Diver brightened up the day. Also my first of the year for Gannet, Sanderling, Shag, BN Grebe, Sandwich Tern, Peregrine, Turnstone, Pintail, R-B Merganser, Grey Plover, to get to 105 Dorset species so far. @harbourbirds.bsky.social #UKbirding #dorsetbirds
A distant Slavonian Grebe floats on a relatively calm part of Poole Harbour A Great Northern Diver is half hidden by waves in Poole Harbour
January 26, 2026 at 7:19 PM
geoffsteph.bsky.social
Thanks to @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social for organising the Winter excursion to Brownsea Island #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 today.
🪶 many Avocet, 70+ Grey Plover, 100s Blackwit, c10 Barwit, 5 Turnstone, Curlew, 100s Dunlin, 2 Greenshank, several Redshank. Lots Shelduck, Brent, Cormorant.
3 Red Squirrel 😍
Buzzard!
January 25, 2026 at 7:15 PM
narwhalsh.bsky.social
Raining so hard for the #Biggardenbirdwatch. Birds were heading for the Ark!! They came 2 by 2 😁 2x Blackcap, Firecrest, Bullfinch, Nuthatch, Great Spot Wood! Also more quality thanks to our regular Cettis 😁 #Dorsetbirds
January 25, 2026 at 1:40 PM
martinwood60.bsky.social
Search for Glossy Ibis was disappointing and not really surprising given the amount of rain we've had! But the afternoon was not a complete washout. I saw a wonderful female Marsh Harrier and found 15 delightful Common Crossbills.Up to 70 species now @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social #dorsetbirds
January 24, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Small video of the killdeer at Ripley res . Great bird my first. And great trip up with Kevin hales. Bird was always at distance but weather wasn't as bad as yesterday by sound of it. #UKBirding. #Dorsetbirds.
January 22, 2026 at 9:40 AM
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Hints of Blue Sky, Bradbury Rings #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶
4 Skylark, 5 Stonechat, c10 Redwing, Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Buzzard, Kestrel, Raven, Tit flocks.

Kingston Lacy had another Green Woodpecker, flock of 70 Greenfinch, SongThrush, Tits & Chaffinches, several StockDove.
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The pond at Badbury Rings, a National Trust area, Dorset. Looking across the Rings of Badbury Rings, Dorset, to the North. Walking the Rings at Badbury Rings. Kingston Lacy at sunset, a National Trust house & gardens. 🇬🇧
January 17, 2026 at 5:55 PM
mick666.bsky.social
There were 19 Snipe in this channel recently cut by the council at Hatch Pond in Poole. You can sort of see 10 (I think) in the wide shot taken with my phone. Only a few were still there when I returned with my camera!
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A channel cut though a reedbed has a number of Snipe roosting in it. There are three Snipe in this photo I later took when I returned with my proper camera
January 17, 2026 at 1:31 PM
mick666.bsky.social
There has been a Grey Wagtail on Watery Lane at Lytchett Fields RSPB for my past few visits, but this time it didn't leg it as soon as I got within 10m of it. The sun way also pretty handily placed too!
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A Grey Wagtail is stood on a bed of fallen Oak leaves
January 17, 2026 at 12:38 PM
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@annaaubrey.bsky.social We should be about peak at Studland now
However, Waders numbers aren't particularly high this winter & it's the same for GC Grebes & RB Mergansers. So, there should be many more birds in Brands Bay
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annaaubrey.bsky.social Anna Aubrey @annaaubrey.bsky.social · 20d
Lovely two hours Brands Bay perfect tide/winter sun What I noticed was the abundance of all species. Nothing stood out just birds everywhere.
Are we at peak yet ?
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Great company and conversation as well .
January 16, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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RN Grebe, 2 Slavs and 10 BN Grebes between Jerry's Pt, Studland & Brownsea per RBA
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January 16, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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29 WF Geese have just flown down valley with Canadas & dropped on Arne Moors lagoons
Visible distantly from Slepe Heath
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January 16, 2026 at 12:11 PM