Dorset Birds: Monday 16th May 2022

Nightjar - 1 sound recorded over Bridport last night
Cuckoo - 1 Upton, 1 Moreton Plantation
Whimbrel - 1 Herbury (The Fleet)
Little Ringed Plover - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Bar-tailed Godwit - 9 Herbury (The Fleet)
Little Gull - 2 off Hengistbury
Spoonbill - 3 Brownsea Island
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Poole, in private garden
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Upton

Tawny Owl, Littlesea (The Fleet) © Freddy Alway

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.