Dorset Birds: Sunday 14th March 2021

Egyptian Goose - 2 opposite Mill House Cider Museum (between Owermoigne & Crossways)
Long-tailed Duck - 3 on the Fleet at Moonfleet
Ring-necked Duck - 1 female still at Longham Lakes
Crane - 1 over Dorchester heading NW this afternoon
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour
Red-necked Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour
Black-necked Grebe - 3 Portland Harbour
Knot - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Purple Sandpiper - 11 Christchurch Harbour
LAUGHING GULL - 2nd winter in Weymouth Bay again this evening
Great Northern Diver - 1 Portland Harbour
Black-throated Diver - 1 Portland Harbour
Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Cattle Egret - 6 Buckland Ripers, 1 opposite Mill House Cider Museum (between Owermoigne & Crossways)
Merlin - 1 over Christchurch Harbour sandspit
Swallow - 1 over Southwell (Portland)
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Longham Lakes
Wheatear - 1 Hartland Moor
Snow Bunting - 1 briefly at Ferrybridge this afternoon

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.