Dorset Birds: Thursday 18th November 2021

Red-necked Grebe- 1 Shell Bay
Purple Sandpiper - 17 Hengistbury Head on sandspit, 2 Portland Bill
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Little Auk - 1 still in Weymouth outer harbour, often seen from Lifeboat Station
Cattle Egret - 1 near Morden Park corner on A35
Great White Egret - 1 Brand's Bay then flew towards Little Sea
White-tailed Eagle - 1 (G461) Wareham Channel
Hen Harrier - 2 Wareham Channel
Merlin - 2 Wareham Channel
Swallow - 1 Peveril Point
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Firecrest - 1 Hengistbury Head
Red-breasted Flycatcher - 1 in PBO garden
Black Redstart - 1 Durlston CP, 1 in private garden Swanage
Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB on Sherford Pools
Brambling - 1 over Christchurch Harbour

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.