Dorset Birds: Wednesday 2nd February 2022

LESSER SCAUP - female still Abbotsbury Swannery, view only from New Barn Road or tank teeth on beach; no access beyond tank teeth
Scaup - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery, 3 Brand's Bay
Cattle Egret - 30+ Abbotsbury, 1 Longham Lakes
Iceland Gull - 2ndW still Weymouth Bay
Black-necked Grebe - 15 Studland Bay, 2 Portland Harbour
Slavonian Grebe - 2 Studland Bay
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Longham Lakes on Sat 29th Jan

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.