Dorset Birds: Sunday 2nd January 2022

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 1 Ferrybridge

Tundra Bean Goose - 2 Brands Bay then flew south East
Russian White-fronted Goose - 11 at Charminster Water Meadows by the the B3147

Whooper Swan - 1 Hampreston Fields

Egyptian Goose - 8 Sunnyside Farm high count of this site, 4 Hampreston fields

Goosander - 3 redheads at Silverlake

Scaup - 4 Poole Harbour Redhorn Quay 1 imm Male & 3 females

Slavonian Grebe - 2 Poole Harbour Redhorn Quay

Little Gull - 1 Maiden Castle by first layby on the approach road

Iceland Gull - 2nd winter at Lodmoor RSPB

Red-throated Diver - 3 Hengisbury Head seen from beach huts

Great Northern Diver - 3 Brands Bay

Great White Egret - 3 Hampreston Fields

Hen Harrier - 1 Ringtail Lytchett fields RSPB, 1 Ringtail Brands Bay

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Poole Harbour / Arne RSPB G461 Isle of Wight Reintroduction Project

Merlin - 1 Brands Bay

Firecrest - 2 Hengisbury Head woodland

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.