Dorset Birds: Sunday 24th October 2021

Black Brant - 1 Rodden Hive
Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Greenshank - 14 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Cattle Egret - 20 Abbotsbury Swannery
Great White Egret - 1 Hampreston Fields
Red Kite - 1 over Cerne Abbas
Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail at Lodmoor RSPB
Hoopoe - 1 still near Lytchett Bay around allotments in Slough Lane
Ring Ouzel - 2 near East Lulworth between Flower's Barrow and Whiteway Hill
Firecrest- 1 Wareham in North Bestwall woods
Black Redstart - 1 trapped at PBO, 1 Durlston PC at Lighthouse
Brambling - 1 Wareham over North Bestwall woods

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.