Dorset Bird Reports
The annual bird report is provided free of charge to members or can be purchased by non-members. Back numbers can also be purchased, along with other essential materials - see Sales: http://dorsetbirds.co.uk/sales/
Many back numbers are also available as free downloadable pdfs - see panel below.
Newsletters
Members also receive a newsletter three times a year, either as a hard copy or as a pdf. Most members now choose to receive this as a pdf by email rather than by post.
Back numbers are available as free downloadable pdfs - see panel on this page.
Older copies can be downloaded here:
Newsletter-70-Winter_spring-2010.pdf
Newsletter-69-Autumn_winter-2009.pdf
Newsletter-67-Winter_spring-2009.pdf
Newsletter-66-Winter_spring-2009.pdf
Newsletter-65-Spring_summer-2008.pdf
Newsletter-64-Winter_spring-2008.pdf
Newsletter-63-Autumn_winter-2007.pdf
Newsletter-62-Spring_summer-2007.pdf
BTO Dorset Newsletters
The Spring 2023 newsletter from BTO Dorset 'Dorset News' can be downloaded here:
http://dorsetbirds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/BTO_Dorset_Spring_2023_newsletter.pdf
Older editions of Dorset News also available:
http://dorsetbirds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/BTO_Dorset_newsletter_January_2023-2.pdf
Articles
The Bird Club occasionally publishes stand-alone articles, available online:
European Breeding Bird Atlas 2 – is there good news amongst the bad? by Geoff Upton April 2022
Selected articles from Dorset Bird Reports and Newsletters are also available:
Yellow-legged Gulls in Dorset, by Ian Stanley (Dorset Bird Report 2020, December 2021)
Birds of the Lower Stour Valley 1978 to 2021, by George Green (from Newsletter 102, November 2021)
Red Kites in Dorset, by Shaun Robson (Dorset Bird Report 2019, December 2020)
Long-tailed Ducks at Abbotsbury Swannery by Steve Groves
Aquatic Warbler in Dorset, by Ian Lewis (Dorset Bird Report 1995)
And we're producing a series of 'how to' articles on birdwatching skills, featured here:
How to Find Your Own Caspian Gull, by Gavin Haig (from Newsletter 104, August 2022)
Downloadable pdfs
Dorset Bird Report 2019
Review and Highlights of 2019 - Geoff Upton
Systematic List for 2019
Dorset Bird Ringing Report 2019 - Kevin Sayer
Rarity Finders Reports 2019
Poole Harbour Osprey Translocation Project - Brittany Maxted
Red Kites in Dorset - Shaun Robson
Dorset Bird Report 2018
Review and Highlights of 2018 - Geoff Upton
Systematic List for 2018
Dorset Bird Ringing Report for 2018 - Kevin Sayer
Rarity Finders' Reports 2018
Increases in farmland birds in Dorset sow the possibilities for change - Mike Coleman
Dorset Bird Report 2017
Review and Highlights of 2017 - Geoff Upton
Systematic List for 2017
Dorset Bird Ringing Report for 2017 - Kevin Sayer
Rarity Finders' Reports 2017
Thirty Years of Birding at Abbotsbury Swannery - Steve Groves
Dorset Bird Report 2016
Review and Highlights of the Year – Marcus Lawson and Geoff Upton
Systematic List for 2016
Dorset Bird Ringing 2016 – Kevin Sayer
Dorset Bird Report 2015
A Brief Review and Highlights of the Year – Marcus Lawson
Systematic List for 2015
Dorset Bird Ringing 2015 – Kevin Sayer
A Study of Breeding Peregrines in Dorset – Granville Pictor
Dorset Bird Report 2014
A Brief Review and Highlights of the Year – Marcus Lawson
Systematic List for 2014
Dorset Bird Ringing 2014 – Kevin Sayer
Short-toed Eagle: new species for Dorset – Paul Morton
Northern Harrier: new species for Dorset – Peter Moore
Little Bustard: finders account – Mike Morse Purbeck Breeding Seabird Survey – Sophie Lake
Dorset Bird Report 2013
A Brief Review and Highlights of the Year – Marcus Lawson
Systematic List for 2013
Dorset Bird Ringing 2013 – Kevin Sayer
Brunnich’s Guillemot: new species for Dorset – Debby Saunders
Caspian Gull in 1992: new species for Britain – Brett Spencer
Dorset Bird Report 2012
A Brief Review and Highlights of the Year – Marcus Lawson
Systematic List for 2012
Dorset Bird Ringing 2012 – Kevin Sayer
Weymouth Siberian Chiffchaff – Martin Collinson and Ian Dodd
Dorset Bird Report 2011
Review and Highlights of 2011 – Kevin Lane
Systematic List for 2011
Dorset Bird Ringing 2011 – Kevin Sayer
Paddyfield Warbler – Martin Cade and Ian Dodd
Cory’s Shearwater – James Phillips
Great Reed Warbler in 1961 – Mike Morse
Dorset Bird Report 2010
Review and Highlights of 2010 – Kevin Lane
Systematic List for 2010
Dorset Bird Ringing 2010 – Kevin Sayer
Bufflehead – Alan Barrett
Red-necked Stint – Paul Baker
Gull-billed Tern – Mike Morse
Dorset Bird Report 2009
Review and Highlights of 2009 – Kevin Lane
Systematic List for 2009
Dorset Bird Ringing 2009 – Kevin Lane
Collared Flycatcher – Pete Saunders
Dorset Bird Report 2008
Review and Highlights of 2008 – Kevin Lane and Phyl England
Systematic List for 2008
Dorset Bird Ringing 2008 – Kevin Lane
Little Bittern – Nevil Fowler
Glossy Ibis – Bob Ford
Long-billed Dowitcher – Dave Chown
Thrush Nightingale – Mark Barrett and Grahame Walbridge
Siberian Stonechat – Kevin Lane and the late David Dicker
Grey-cheeked Thrush – Peter Morgan
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler – Martin Cade
Penduline Tit – Dave Smith
Lesser Grey Shrike – Peter Williams and Steve W Smith
The Status of the Osprey in Dorset and Poole Harbour – Jol Mitchell
