Dorset Birds: Monday 18th July 2022

Cattle Egret - 1 over West Bexington

Little Ringed Plover - 2 Stanpit Marsh

Whimbrel - 7 Stanpit Marsh, 2 Brand's Bay, 1 Ferrybridge

Green Sandpiper - 2 Lodmoor RSPB

Greenshank - 9 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Wood Sandpiper - 1 Standpit Marsh

Common Gull - 8 Brand's Bay (first returning bird)

Whinchat - 1 Priory Marsh

White Wagtail - 1 West Bexington

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.