Dorset Birds: Sunday 8th August 2021

Whimbrel - 3 Brands Bay

Black-tailed Godwit - 44 Brands Bay

Dunlin - 10 Brands Bay

Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Green Sandpiper - 3 Lytchett Bay RSPB

Redshank - 56 Brands Bay

Spotted Redshank - 1 Middlebere

Greenshank - 2 Middlebere

Spoonbill - 5 Middlebere

Cattle Egret - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Osprey - 1 Christchurch Harbour

Hobby - 1 over North Chideock

yesterday: 3 Balearic Shearwater passed Portland Bill

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.