Dorset Birds: Thursday 8th July 2021

Little Ringed Plover - 1 juvenile Stanpit
Whimbrel - 1 Holes Bay, 1 Hengistbury
Common Sandpiper - 5 Hengistbury, 1 Charmouth beach
Green Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit
Roseate Tern - 2 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Little Tern - 2 Mudeford Quay
Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Osprey - 1 over Mudeford Quay
?Black Kite - a probable seen over Keysworthy at 17:10 heading in direction of Morden Bog. (Could be same bird that was seen over Godlingston Heath on 2nd July).

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.