Dorset Birds: Wednesday 6th July 2022.

Little Ringed Plover - 3 Lytchett Fields, 5 Silverlake.
Whimbrel - 1 Stanpit.
Sanderling - 3 Ferrybridge.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Brownsea Island, 1 Stanpit.
Roseate Tern - 1 Chesil Beach.
Great White Egret - 3 Lodmoor.
Bittern - 1 Stanpit (probably the first July record for the area).
Spotted Flycatcher - 2 Corfe Castle, 1 Knighton Heath.
Wheatear - 1 Ferrybridge.

Whimbrel, Stanpit © Clinton Whale

Bittern, Stanpit © 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.