Dorset Birds: Tuesday 17th August 2021

Red-brested Goose - 1 presumed escape adult in Lytchett Bay
Spotted Crake - 1 juvenile at Lodmoor RSPB at back right edge of Postbox Pool
Little Stint - 1 Stanpit
Knot - 2 Stanpit
Sanderling - 9 Ferrybridge, 2 Stanpit
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery on Meadow Pool
Green Sandpiper - 2 Middlebere
Great White Egret - 1 over Wick fields
Osprey - 1 over Littlesea & Brand's Bay, 1 Middlebere, 1 Christchurch Harbour
AQUATIC WARBLER - 1 trapped & ringed at 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.