Dorset Birds: Saturday 19th November 2022

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 3 Tidmoor Point The Feet

Barnacle Goose - 1 Tidmoor Point The Fleet

Scaup - 2 Tidmoor Point The Fleet

Eider - 1 Portland Harbour

Velvet Scoter - 4 Portland Harbour flew West, 2 Studland Bay

Common Scoter - 20 Studland Bay, 5 Tidmoor Point The Fleet

Goosander - 2 Tidmoor Point The Fleet

Grey Partridge - 9 St Aldhelms Head

Slavonian Grebe - 3 Tidmoor Point The Fleet

Black-necked Grebe - 11 Studland Bay, 3 Jerry's Point Studland, 2 Portland Harbour

Golden Plover - 17 Lodmoor RSPB

Purple Sandpiper - 14 Groyne H10 Hengisbury Head

Spotted Redshank - 2 Holes Bay

Red throated Diver - 2 Jerry's Point Studland

Great Northern Diver - 3 Longham Lakes, 1 Jerry's Point Studland, 3 off Portland Castle, 1 Off Billy Winters Portland Harbour

Spoonbill - 16 Brownsea island Lagoon DWT

Bittern - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Cattle Egret - 5 Lodmoor RSPB

White Tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel

Ring Ouzel - 1 Lytchett Manor School

Black Redstart - 1 Portland Bill

Richard's Pipit - 1 flew over Portland Bird Obs

Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Brambling - 2 West Bay, 1 St Aldhelms head

Bar-tailed Godwit - 1 Stanpit Marsh ©Dave Hill

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.