Dorset Birds: Wednesday 24th November 2021

Red-throated Diver - 1 off shore Hengistbury Hd.

Great Northern Diver - 1 Swanage Bay

Great White Egret - 1 Longham Lakes

Great Bustard - 1 Butterstreet Cove

Ruff - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Purple Sandpiper - 2 Lyme Regis, 1 Hengistbury Hd.

Woodcock - 1 Studland Heath

Little Auk - 1 still Weymouth Hbr.

Merlin - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Pallas's Warbler - 1 Two Mile Copse Weymouth

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.