Dorset Birds: Thursday 2nd September 2021

Goosander - 4 Silverlake

Cuckoo - 1 Nr West Compton

Curlew Sandpiper - 4 Brands Bay, 2 Stanpit.

Little Stint - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Cattle Egret - Swineham Gravel Pit

Great White Egret - 1 Jerry's Point Poole harbour

Osprey - 3 Wareham Channel, 1 Lychett Bay.
Wryneck - 1 Portland Obs Quarry, 1 Portland Obs Garden, 1 in Private garden at Cheselbourne, 1 Cogden Beach

Hobby - 2 Poole Harbour, 1 Langton Herring

Rosy Starling - 1 Portland Osprey Quay

Redstart - 15 Lamberts Castle.
Whinchat - 3 Greenland Farm Studland.

Yellow Wagtail - 22 Stanpit, 15 West 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.