Dorset Birds: Saturday 8th October 2022

Whooper Swan - 1 over Middlebere, 1 over Longham Lakes

Garganey - 1 Abbottsbury Swannery

Red-breasted Merganser - 4 off Brownsea Island South Deep

Ruff - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Curlew Sandpiper - 7 Lytchett Fileds RSPB

Little Stint - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Ferrybridge

Spotted Redshank - 1 Brownsea island Lagoon DWT, Lytchett Fields RSPB

Spoonbill - 68 Brownsea island Lagoon DWT

Cattle Egret - 14 Christchurch Harbour, 10 East Holme

Pallid Harrier - 1 Radipole RSPB juv opposite tennis club

Red Kite - 4 over West Morden, 3 Tarrant Rushton

White Tailed Eagle - 2 over Sandford / Poole Harbour (IoW reintroduction)

Ring Ouzel - 1 Warren Hill Hengisbury Head

Hawfinch - 2 north over Winterborne Stickland

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.