Dorset Birds: Monday 15th May 2023

Barnacle Goose - 1 Swineham Point

Garganey - 1 drake at Swineham on Stilt Pool, 1 over West Bexington

Cuckoo - 1 again calling at Wick

Sanderling - 15 Shell Bay
Whimbrel - 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Little Gull - 1 Lytchett Bay from Rock Lea View
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Swineham Point

Red Kite - 1 over Dorchester, 1 or 2 over Thorncombe Wood
Spotted Flycatcher - 2 Thorncombe Wood
Firecrest - 5 Thorncombe Wood
Hawfinch - 1 trapped & ringed at PBO

Ringed Plover, Hengistbury Head © 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.