Dorset Bird Club @DorsetBirdClub
Committed to promoting interest in birds & birdwatching in Dorset, collating bird records & producing the annual Dorset Bird Report. New members always welcome! dorsetbirds.co.uk Dorset Joined January 2015-
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Whimbrels look like Curlews, but Whimbrel has a pale stripe over the eye and usually a shorter bill (but watch out for young Curlews later on, they have short bills too). Their tittering 7-note call is very different. At this time of year Whimbrels move through in small flocks.
Whimbrels look like Curlews, but Whimbrel has a pale stripe over the eye and usually a shorter bill (but watch out for young Curlews later on, they have short bills too). Their tittering 7-note call is very different. At this time of year Whimbrels move through in small flocks.
We've had another terrific season of the School Bird Boat Project. Each year we take out up to 1200 kids from the local area on boat trips around Poole Harbour at no cost to the children! The trips have been very kindly funded by @LushLtd. Read more⬇️ birdsofpooleharbour.co.uk/school-boat-pr…
Whimbrel Holes Bay NW Poole Dorset @harbourbirds @DorsetBirdClub @BayHoles #birds #birdsOfTwitter #birdphotography
Couple of surprises whilst driving down the A31 beside Uddens Plantation, Ferndown this evening. A Hobby that dashed across the road at treetop height & a bit further along the road, a Nightjar did the same. Possibly my earliest ever Nightjar sighting @DNightjars @DorsetBirdClub
Bonaparte's Gull on Bestwall water meadows again this morning behind Swineham GP @harbourbirds @DorsetBirdClub
Highly gets from this morning’s walk. Hartland: 2 wheatear, 3 woodlark, lesser whitethroat. Slepe: Hobby, 1 wheatear, Green Woodpecker @harbourbirds @DorsetBirdClub
Sunnyside - A good size flock (20) of Whimbrels feeding in the field opposite the farm. Occasionally disturbed by the local buzzards. @harbourbirds @DorsetBirdClub
Single Peregrine again at Asda flats this morning in Poole. Dorset. #BirdsSeenIn2024 #peregrine @BayHoles @harbourbirds @Natures_Voice @BTO_Dorset @Britnatureguide @BirdGuides @DorsetBirdClub @DorsetStudy
Osprey briefly over the NW this morning. 7 Whimbrel & 2 Curlew round the Bay plus 9 Reed Warblers. 2 Cetti's & Sedge Warbler NW but no repeat of yesterday's Warbler-fest @harbourbirds @DorsetBirdClub @DorsetWildlife @SightingDOR
Wheatear passage still continuing at Sunnyside with 5 this am including 2 cracking presumably NW birds @harbourbirds @DorsetBirdClub
Ring Ouzel on a pile of horse dung on Portland. This massive pile of dung was a magnet for other birds including Wheatear and Whinchat. #nature #wildlife #dorset #portland @DorsetWildlife @PortlandBirdObs @DorsetBirdClub @Natures_Voice #birdphotography
Whinchat in @asda car park in Poole. Dorset.. #BirdsSeenIn2024 @BayHoles @harbourbirds @DorsetBirdClub @SightingDOR @Natures_Voice @BirdGuides @Bournemouthecho @BTO_Dorset @BirdwatchExtra
Flocks of 10+3+2 Crossbills in Wareham Forest today - the 3 landed in a tree next to me and comprised a male, a female and a streaky youngster @DorsetBirdClub
1 male Whinchat, 9 Wheatear, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Cuckoo , 4 Whitethroat, 3 Willow Warbler and c20 Swallow at Greenlands Farm this AM. @DorsetBirdClub
Crossbill, Dartford Warbler, Tree Pipit and a singing Cuckoo in Wareham Forest today were all new for the year and brought the non-motorised year list to 169 (Woodlark also pictured) @DorsetBirdClub
Wareham 2 Rivers Walk: 100s Hirundines, 47 Dunlin at Swineham tidal flap. Bar Headed Goose Swineham Pt. 5 Spot Redshank, 7 Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper and a Little Gull in the Lower Piddle (Swineham end). 2 Little Ringed Plover N Bestwalls gate. @harbourbirds @DorsetBirdClub
Sand Martin swarming like Mayflies on Wareham Common this morning. Only picked out 3 House Martin. 2 Sedge Warblers the best of the many singing birds @harbourbirds @DorsetBirdClub @DorsetWildlife @SightingDOR
More Whinchat action from St Aldhelm's Head yesterday with @beardybirder - is there a more dapper spring migrant? @DorsetBirdClub
A very good selection at St Aldhelm’s head this morning.
A very good selection at St Aldhelm’s head this morning.
Marsh Harrier Rspb Lodmoor, Weymouth @DorsetBirdClub @RSPBWeymouth
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We've had another terrific season of the School Bird Boat Project. Each year we take out up to 1200 kids from the local area on boat trips around Poole Harbour at no cost to the children! The trips have been very kindly funded by @LushLtd. Read more⬇️ birdsofpooleharbour.co.uk/school-boat-pr…
Bonaparte's Gull in lower Piddle valley this morning
Whimbrel Holes Bay NW Poole Dorset @harbourbirds @DorsetBirdClub @BayHoles #birds #birdsOfTwitter #birdphotography
Studland beach - a mixed flock of Sanderlings and Dunlins were feeding on the shore line. @harbourbirds @DorsetBirdClub
Couple of surprises whilst driving down the A31 beside Uddens Plantation, Ferndown this evening. A Hobby that dashed across the road at treetop height & a bit further along the road, a Nightjar did the same. Possibly my earliest ever Nightjar sighting @DNightjars @DorsetBirdClub
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Bonaparte's Gull on Bestwall water meadows again this morning behind Swineham GP @harbourbirds @DorsetBirdClub
Highly gets from this morning’s walk. Hartland: 2 wheatear, 3 woodlark, lesser whitethroat. Slepe: Hobby, 1 wheatear, Green Woodpecker @harbourbirds @DorsetBirdClub
Sunnyside - A good size flock (20) of Whimbrels feeding in the field opposite the farm. Occasionally disturbed by the local buzzards. @harbourbirds @DorsetBirdClub
Single Peregrine again at Asda flats this morning in Poole. Dorset. #BirdsSeenIn2024 #peregrine @BayHoles @harbourbirds @Natures_Voice @BTO_Dorset @Britnatureguide @BirdGuides @DorsetBirdClub @DorsetStudy
Osprey briefly over the NW this morning. 7 Whimbrel & 2 Curlew round the Bay plus 9 Reed Warblers. 2 Cetti's & Sedge Warbler NW but no repeat of yesterday's Warbler-fest @harbourbirds @DorsetBirdClub @DorsetWildlife @SightingDOR
Wheatear passage still continuing at Sunnyside with 5 this am including 2 cracking presumably NW birds @harbourbirds @DorsetBirdClub
Ring Ouzel on a pile of horse dung on Portland. This massive pile of dung was a magnet for other birds including Wheatear and Whinchat. #nature #wildlife #dorset #portland @DorsetWildlife @PortlandBirdObs @DorsetBirdClub @Natures_Voice #birdphotography
Whinchat in @asda car park in Poole. Dorset.. #BirdsSeenIn2024 @BayHoles @harbourbirds @DorsetBirdClub @SightingDOR @Natures_Voice @BirdGuides @Bournemouthecho @BTO_Dorset @BirdwatchExtra