Dorset Birds: Thursday 12th August 2021

Nightjar - 1 in a Bournemouth garden
Whimbrel - 2 Lytchett Bay, 2 Stanpit
Knot - 1 Lytchett Bay
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Bay
Balearic Shearwater - 3 past Cogden Beach
Pied Flycatcher - 1 at YHA Swanage

Pied Flycatcher, YHA Swanage © Garry Hayman

Whitethroat, Bournemouth © David Wareham

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.