Dorset Birds: Monday 26th April 2021

Cattle Egret - 10 Abbotsbury Swannery

Whimbrel - 10 Stanpit Marsh

Little Gull - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Hobby - 1 St Ives

Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Alner's Gorse

Ring Ouzel - 2 Verne Moat Portland

Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Portland Castle

Serin - 1 briefly Durlston CP car park.

Razorbill - Durlston Country Park © Will Bown

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.