Dorset Birds: Thursday 18th May 2023

Quail - 1 Beaminster

Nightjar - At least 3 Black Down

Cuckoo - 1 Tolpuddle

Grey Plover - 10 Brands Bay,6 Stanpit

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

Black Kite (escape) - Poole Park

Red Kite - 2 Swyre

Storm Petrel - 1 trapped overnight Portland

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Holes Bay, 1 over Brownsea Island

Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Swyre, 2 Stanpit

Blue-headed Wagtail - Swineham GPs

Sanderling, Cogden © Helen Wood

Nightjar, Black Down Helen Wood (17th)

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.