Dorset Birds: Sunday 13th November 2022

Long-tailed Duck - 6 flew across Poole Bay toward Old Harry.

Goosander - 3 River Asker Bridport

Red-throated Diver - 1 Shell bay

Great Northern Diver - 2 Longham Lakes, 1 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 west Durlston CP.

Great White Egret - 2 Longham Lakes, 1 Lytchett Bay

Spoonbill - 43 Brownsea Is, 35 Arne p.m.

Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Brownsea Is, 1 probable with Sanderling Hengistbury Hd.

Common Sandpiper - 1 Longham Lakes

Sabine's Gull - 1 juv. Chesil Cove

Wryneck - 1 Portland Obs Quarry

Black Redstart - 1 Durlston CP, 1 fem type Chesil Cove

Serin - 1 in tree Portland Bill Obs.

Snow Bunting - 1 Shell Bay

Cirl Bunting - 1 fem West Bay by Watch Point

Late News - PIED WHEATEAR 1 1st/winter female 29th October 2022 Portland Bill (See PBO's Blog for more details)

One of Three Goosander - River Asker, Bridport Richard Cook

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.