Dorset Birds: Thursday 26th May 2022

Alpine Swift - 1 Old Harry Rocks

Purple Sandpiper - 5 Lyme Regis Cobb

Little Gull - 1 first summer Swineham, 1 Portland Bill

Glaucous Gull - 1 2nd summer Culverwell Portland

Iceland Gull - 1 2nd Summer SilverLake

Sooty Shearwater - 1 Past Portland Bill

Cattle Egret - 2 Lower Frome Wareham

Bee-eater - 1 heard Portland Port

Woodchat Shrike - 1 Cogden Beach 2nd field east of car park

Garden warbler - 1 Silverlake west of Western Lake

Serin - 1 Portland Obs

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.