Dorset Birds: Monday 8th May 2023

Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Island

White-tailed Eagle - 2 Arne RSPB

Osprey - 1 Wareham Channel

Little Ringed Plover - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Ferrybridge

Forster's Tern - 1 again Brownsea Island Lagoon

Peregrine - Bournemouth © David Wareham

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.