Dorset Birds: Wednesday, 21st April 2021.

Reeves' Pheasant - 3 Wytch Farm (Poole Harbour).
Egyptian Goose - 2 Lower Bockhampton.
Long-tailed Duck - 1 Silverlake (middle lake).
Ring-necked Duck - 2 Longham Lakes.
Mandarin Duck - 1 Stour Valley LNR.
Cuckoo - 1 Alners Gorse, 2 Wytch Farm (Poole Harbour).
Common Sandpiper - 1 Longham Lakes, 1 Silverlake (eastern lake), 1 Stour Valley LNR.
Yellow-legged Gull - 2 West Quay Rd, Poole.
Cattle Egret - 1 north over Portland Bill.
Red Kite - 1 Dewlish.
Black Redstart - 1 Durlston CP.
Wood Warbler - 1 Portland Bill.
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Radipole Lake reeling.
Ring Ouzel - 3 Weston (Portland).


Corn Bunting, Coombe Valley © Daragh Croxson

Wheatear, Coombe Valley © Daragh Croxson

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.