Dorset Birds: Tuesday 1st March 2022

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 1 Ferrybridge, 1 Brands Bay

Tundra Bean Goose - 3 still in field beyond The Curlews House, Wareham

Black-necked Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour

Black-tailed Godwit - 14 Lodmoor

Ruff - 1 Lodmoor

Glossy Ibis - 1 Priory Marsh

Cattle Egret - 1 Longham Lakes

Tundra Bean Goose, Swineham © Rosemary and Clive Hargrave

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.