Dorset Birds: Friday 8th January 2021

Scaup - 4 off Jerry's Point

Eider - 1 drake Lyme Regis Hbr.

Ruddy Shelduck - 5 Hurn

Great Northern Diver - 4 from Jerry's Point

Cattle Egret 17 in field off old Railway line from Abbotsbury to Portesham

Glossy Ibis - 1 still Stanpit Marsh

Slavonian Grebe - 2 from Jerry's Point

Black-necked Grebe - 6 from Rodwell trail near boatyard

Purple Sandpiper - 12 Lyme Regis on The Cobb

Common Sandpiper - 1 Holed Bay near entrance to PC World outfall.

Rose-coloured Starling - 1 still Easton area Portland

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.