Dorset Birds: Saturday 22nd May 2021

Eider - 1 drake Lyme Regis Hbr.

Common Scoter - 60 Hengistbruy Hd, 18 Cogden

Great Northern Diver - 4 Ferrybridge, 2 West Bay, 1 Cogden

Manx Shearwater - 4 Cogden

Storm Petrel - 2 Portland Bill, 1 West Bay

Purple Sandpiper - 15 Lyme Regis on The Cobb

Bonaparte's Gull - 1 2CY Lodmoor RSPB

Yellow-legged Gull - 1 2CY nr. Burton Bradstock

Crossbill - 12 St. Catherine's Hill

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.