Dorset Birds: Wednesday 21st July 2021

Whimbrel - 1 Brand's Bay
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Brownsea Island Lagoon
Common Sandpiper - 5 Brownsea Island Lagoon, 1 Holes Bay
Greenshank - 5 Brownsea Island Lagoon
Great White Egret - 1 over Studland
Red Kite - 1 over Tidmoor (The Fleet)
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Lytchett Bay

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.