Dorset Birds: Tuesday 27th July 2021

Whimbrel - 4 Stanpit Marshes, 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Knot - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery

Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Brownsea Island lagoon

Common Sandpiper - 7 Abbotsbury Swannery, 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 3 Lodmoor RSPB

Green Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB approach field pools

Roseate tern - 1 Poole Harbour seen from Brownsea Island Ferry

Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Marsh Harrier - 3 Lodmoor RSPB

Wheatear - 1 Hengisbury Head (Crouch Hill)

Wood Sandpiper - Lytchett Fields RSPB ©Ian Ballam

Wood Sandpiper - Lytchett Fields RSPB ©Garry Hayman

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.