Dorset Bird Fest
(RSPB Arne)
SEPTEMBER 2026

🗓️ Saturday 5^th – Sunday 6^th September 2026

Dorset Bird Fest is returning to RSPB Arne this autumn – with two days of guided walks, talks, stalls and more.

BBC Springwatch presenter Jack Baddams will be leading walks and signing copies of his book Birdtopia – A Miscellany of British Birds.

There’ll also be cider and vodka-tasting sessions and a binocular and telescope demonstration.

Timings

Saturday 5^th September

• 8am – 10.30am: Lagoon guided walk
• 10am – 2.30pm: Spotlight talks
• 2.30pm – 5pm: Guided walk with Jack Baddams

Sunday 6^th September

• 8am – 10.30am: Guided walk with Jack Baddams
• 10.30am – 2.30pm: Spotlight talks
• 2.30pm – 5pm: Lagoon guided walk

• Tickets: Find out more and book onto individual Bird Fest events on the RSPB website: events.rspb.org.uk/arne