Dorset Birds: Monday 10th May 2021

Iceland Gull - 1 Lodmoor

Whiskered Tern - 1 Longham Lakes

Pomarine Skua - 3 Chesil Cove, 2 West Bexington, 2 Portland Bill, 1 West Bay

Arctic Skua - 5 Chesil Cove,1 West Bay

Great Skua - 1 West Bay, 1 Chesil Cove

Tawny Pipit - 1 Cogden Beach

Serin - 1 Portland Bill

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.