Dorset Birds: Monday 15th August 2022

Ringed Plover - 103 Ferrybridge
Whimbrel - 1 Stanpit, 1 Brand's Bay, 1 Ferrybridge
Knot - 7 Stanpit, 1 Ferrybridge
Sanderling - 4 Ferrybridge
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Bay
Common Sandpiper - 2 Brand's Bay
Green Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit
Glossy Ibis - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Spoonbill - 20 Brownsea Island Lagoon
Cattle Egret - 3 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Brownsea Island Lagoon
Osprey - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 3 flushed by the White-tailed Eagle in the Wareham Channel
White-tailed Eagle - 1 released bird seem at the Warham Channel and over Hamworthy
Hobby - 1 between Herbury & Rodden Hive
Grasshopper Warbler - 3 trapped & ringed at Lytchett Heath, 1 trapped & ringed at Wyke Farm
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 between Herbury & Rodden Hive
Pied Flycatcher - 1 trapped & ringed at Wyke Farm
Whinchat - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

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.