Dipped in Dorset but Lifered Locally! Close and Prolonged Views of the Elegant Forster's Tern ✅️

Little Gull at Swineham Sluice gate field this morning. Dorset Bird Club

Back from an amazing week birding on Lesvos. In total 182 species seen, including 22 different birds of prey. Also great meeting up with @thebeardedtit18 & Rose for dinner and a few birdwatches. ebird.org/tripreport/357… for the full trip report. Photo of Ruppell's Warbler-

Great to see the Isle of Purbecks Wasp Orchid out in flower. Only the one stem this year, but good to know it hanging on. Wild Orchids UK & Ireland

Lesvos, 27th April 2025. Laughing Dove, Spotted Crake, Little Bittern and Temminck's Stint.

Lesvos, 28th April 2025 Spur-winged Lapwing, Montagu's Harrier, Short-toed Eagle and Red-footed Falcon.

Lesvos 29th April 2025 Lesser Grey Shrike, Cinereous Bunting, Citrine Wagtail and Collard Flycatcher.

Lesvos, 30th April 2025 Greater Short-toed Lark, Red-throated Pipit, Spotted Redshank and Squacco Heron.

Lesvos, 31st April 2025 Blue Rock Thrush, Pygmy Cormorant, Rock Nuthatch and Little Crake.

Lesvos 1st May 2025 Masked Shrike, European Roller, Red-breasted Flycatcher, and Red-rumped Swallow

Lesvos, 2nd May 2025 Great Snipe, Great-spotted Cuckoo, Eastern Subalpine Warbler and European Bee-eater

Lesvos, 3rd May 2025 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler, Krüpers Nuthatch, Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin and Black-eared Wheatear.

Lesvos, 4th May 2025 Rüppell's Warbler, Cretzschmars Bunting, Eastern Orphean Warbler and Chukar.

Middlebere NT hide this evening: 2 Green Sandpiper, Osprey, WT Eagle, 2 Marsh Harrier, 4 Redshank with 2 chicks, Goshawk, Cuckoo and a YL Gull. Dorset Bird Club

Purbeck Heath NR: 6 Nightjar seen and more calling. Dorset Bird Club

Purbeck Heath NR A Nightjar resting in a pine tree. Dorset Bird Club PurbeckHeaths

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Ospreys have bred successfully in Norfolk for the first time in more than two and a half centuries: bit.ly/4lnaN50

Record numbers of Hen Harriers have been illegally killed or gone missing in suspicious circumstances over the last five years: bit.ly/40lpZqM

Great return trips on Scillonian III this evening with Peter Moore Rob Johnson 27 Corys, 20 Great, 3 Sooty and 1000s Manx Shearwaters. Also 7 Euro Storny, 1 Arctic Skua, 7 Whimbrel & 6 Ringos. BirdGuides