Dorset Birds: Tuesday 26th July 2022.

Pectoral Sandpiper - an adult at Lytchett Fields until early afternoon.
Manx Shearwater - 3 Portland Bill.
Balearic Shearwater - 18 past Portland Bill.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Wareham Channel.
Yellow-legged Gull - 8 Portland Bill.
Arctic Skua - 1 past Portland Bill.
Grasshopper Warbler - 3 Bere Regis (Wild Woodbury).
Dipper - 1 near Sherborne.

Crossbill, Wareham Forest yesterday © Winter and Aspen Stobart.

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.