Dorset Birds: Sunday 27th June 2021

Grey Partridge - 2 Tarrant Rushton
Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Middlebere
Black Kite - 1 Spetisbury
Little Owl - 1 Tarrant Rushton
Melodious Warbler - 1 still at Middlebere, near old Shepherd's hut

Yesterday:

Puffin - 7 Dancing Ledge
Manx Shearwater - 1000+ off Portland Bill
Yellow Wagtail - 1 Portland Bill

Whitethroat, Lodmoor RSPB © Edmund Mackrill

Little Ringed Plover, Lytchett Fields RSPB © Ian Ballam

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.