Dorset Birds: Friday 23rd September 2022.

Grey Plover - 2 Ferrybridge, 8 Stanpit.
Knot - 2 Ferrybridge, 11 Stanpit.
Ruff - 4 Lodmoor.
Common Sandpiper - 2-4 Lodmoor, 1 Tadnoll.
Curlew Sandpiper - 3 Lodmoor, 4 Lytchett Fields (one ringed in Norway earlier this month), 1 Stanpit.
Little Stint - 2 Ferrybridge, 2 Lodmoor, 1 Lytchett Fields.
Great White Egret - 3 Lodmoor.
Cattle Egret - 4 Longham Lakes.
Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor.

Marsh Harrier - 1 Lodmoor.
Osprey - 2 Arne.

Hobby - 1 Radipole Lake.
Merlin - 1 Lodmoor.
Red-backed Shrike - 1 Lodmoor old tip.
Marsh Tit - 1 Holton Lee.

Yellow Wagtail, Lodmoor RSPB © David Wareham

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.