Dorset Birds: Tuesday 26th January 2021

Green-winged Teal - 1 Longham Lakes
Iceland Gull - 1 Weymouth seen near Weymouth college
Red Throated Diver - 5 Charmouth (in flight off shore)
Black Redstart - 1 Portland Castle
Water Pipit - 1 Holton Lee (Currently closed to the public)

Redwing, Wick Fields (c) Clinton Whale

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.