Dorset Birds: Saturday 26th December 2020

Pale-bellied Brent - Ferrybridge

Long-tailed Duck - imm drake still Silverlake on middle lake (please keep to footpaths)

Black-necked Grebe - 3 Studland Bay

Golden Plover - c75 West Compton

Ring-billed Gull - Adult in pre-roost at Lytchett Bay then flew towards Wareham Channel

Iceland Gull - juv still Weymouth Harbour by Town Bridge early pm

Spoonbill - 10 Lytchett Bay

Cattle Egret - 9 Winkton

Great White Egret - 5 Longham Lakes, 1 Waddock Cross

Hen Harrier - male nr Bere Regis

Short-eared Owl - Gussage Down

Black Redstart - 2 Peveril Point, Swanage, 1 Maiden Newton

Crossbill - c70 Affpuddle Forest nr Culpepper's Dish

RARE BREEDING BIRDS

Dorset Bird Club and the Rare Breeding Birds Panel advocate special caution when reporting rare breeding birds as they are vulnerable to persecution and disturbance.

Please consider the birds welfare and do not share details of any rare breeding species on X/Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp groups, personal websites, blogs, or local birdwatching message boards.

We urge all finders of rare birds to consider whether they may be breeding before sharing the news.

Sightings should always be submitted, in confidence, to the county recorder to contribute to long-term national monitoring.