Dorset Birds: Monday 29th August 2022

Grey Partridge - 2 plus 11 chicks in a garden at Farnham near Chettle

Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit

Wood Sandpiper 2 Lodmoor

Greenshank - 1 Warmwell Cress beds

Glossy Ibis - North Marsh, Christchurch Harbour

Spoonbill - 34 Brownsea Island Lagoon, 4 Lodmoor

Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor

Osprey - 1 over Brownsea Island, 1 Portland, 2 Christchurch Harbour, 9 Poole Harbour

Honey Buzzard - 1 Holton Heath, 1 Wimborne St Giles

White-tailed Eagle - 1 female introduction Lytchett Bay,

Pied Flycatcher - 1 Lambert's Castle Hill, 1 Studland Village, 1 near Athelhampton, 1 The Batters,

4 Brands Bay

Redstart - 2 Lambert's Castle Hill, 2 The Batters

Whinchat - 1 Maiden Castle, 3 Hartland Moor, 2 The Batters, 3 Brands Bay

Wheatear - 5 Maiden Castle, 4 Hartland Moor

Yesterday;

Balearic Shearwater - 8 past Portland Bill

Common Redstart, Lamberts Castle Hill © Richard Charmouth Birder

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.