Dorset Birds: Monday 12th December 2022

Black necked Grebe - 6 Studland Bay

Golden Plover - 100 Redcliff Weymouth, 43 Portland Bill, 20 Baiter Park Poole, 9 Wild Woodbury

Purple Sandpiper - 10 Lyme Regis Cobb, 6 Portland Bill

Greenshank - 3 Bramble Bush Bay Poole Harbour

Great Northern diver - 1 Jerry's Point Poole Harbour, 1 off Sandsfoot Castle Portland Harbour

Spoonbill - 5 Slepe moor Middlebere

Cattle Egret - 5 Wareham Common

Great white Egret - 2 Lonfham Lakes, 1 Wareham Common

Firecrest - 2 Bridport

Black redstart - 1 Portland Skate Park, 1 Portland Bill, 1 Lyme Regis

Meadow Pipit - Stanpit Marsh ©Clinton Whale

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.