Dorset Birds: Wednesday 29th September 2021

Bar-tailed Godwit - 22 Stanpit
Ruff - Stanpit
Sanderling - 12 Stanpit
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 at Holloway's Dock on Hengistbury Head and presume same at Fisherman's Bank
Arctic Skua - 1 Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 200 past Portland Bill this morning, 15 Weymouth Bay
Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Common Crane - 6 over Abbotsbury Swannery then flew out to sea
Cattle Egret - 1 over Folke (near Sherborne)
Hobby - 1 Wareham Forest
Woodlark - 1 over Westbourne
Firecrest - 1 Swineham

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.