Dorset Birds: Saturday 20th May 2023

Nightjar - 3 or 4 Dunyeats Heath

Wood Sandpiper - 1 Silverlake

Red Kite - 56 between East Bexington and Abbotsbury, 17 Poole Harbour, 12 Harcombe

Western Subalpine Warbler - Female trapped and ringed at Portland Bird Observatory

Firecrest - 2 singing in Delph Wood Poole

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.