Dorset Birds: Wednesday 14th July 2021

Cattle Egret - 1 Butterstreet Cove Fleet

Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB

White Stork - 1, Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 West Bexington, 1 over Weymouth Bay, over Greenhill & Lorton Valley and 1 north over Lytchett Bay/Upton.

Whimbrel - 3 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Roseate Tern - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery, 2 Lodmoor RSPB

Greenfinch - Stanpit Marsh © Dave Hill

Lesser-black Backed Gull - Stanpit Marsh © Dave 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.