Dorset Birds: Friday 19th May 2023

Cuckoo - 1 Wick, 1 Haremere Wood, Coombe Heath NR, 1 Moors Valley, 1 Lytchett Bay

Grey Plover - 1 Brownsea Island NT Lagoon, 7 Stanpit

Forster's Tern - 1st winter Brownsea Island NT Lagoon

Red Kite - 1West Bay, 1 Woodville

Hobby - 1 east of Lower Bockhampton

Bee-eater - 2 flew south over Portland Bill

Black Redstart - 1 Ferrybridge

Yesterday: 2 Eider off Shell Bay, 2 Balearic Shearwater past Portland Bill

Lesser Black-backed Gull, 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.