Dorset Birds: Tuesday 9th May 2023

Common Scoter - 30 Hengistbury Hd.

Red-throated Diver - 1 past Hengistbury Hd, 1 Portland Bill

Cattle Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB

Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Lagoon

White-tailed Eagle - 1 over Fairmile Christchurch, 1 over Brownsea Lagoon

Osprey - 1 Lytchett Bay

Hobby - 1 in of sea at Studland, 1 over Hydes Heath

Common Crane - 3 over Charminster

Forster's Tern - 1 1st/winter again on Brownsea Lagoon

Turtle Dove - 1 Portland Bill (in Helen's Field)

Cuckoo - 1 at Wick, 1 Longham Lakes

Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Thorncombe Wood

Serin - 1 Portland Bill

Corn Bunting - 1 Portland Bill

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.