Dorset Birds: Saturday 23rd April 2022

Garganey - 2 Ferrybridge
Swift - 1 Longham Lakes
Cuckoo - 1 Tidmoor, The Fleet
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Lytchett Fields
Whimbrel - 1 St. Aldhem's Head
Common Sandpiper - 1 Longham Lakes, 1 Lytchett Fields
Green Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Fields
Osprey - 1 North over Blacknor, 1 East over Radipole, possibly same bird
Red Kite - 1 West Morden
Black Kite - 1 North over Salway Ash
Grasshopper Warbler - 4 Tidmoor
Ring Ouzel - 1 Tout Quarry, Portland, 1 ringed at Culverwell, Portland
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Portland Bill, 1 Reap Lane, Portland
Redstart - 3 St. Aldhem's Head
Black Redstart - 1 Blacknor, Portland
Whinchat - 8 Portland Bill, 4 Barleycrates, 4 St. Aldhem's Head, 2 Reap Lane, 1 Ferrybridge
Yellow Wagtail - 8 Lytchett Fields

Yesterday: -

Great Skua - 1 Hengistbury Head
Red-throated Diver - 1 Hengistbury Head

Whitethroat, The Fleet © Sue Wingett

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.