Dorset Birds: Friday 28th July 2023

Brent Goose - 1 Brands Bay

Whimbrel - 2 Lodmoor RSPB, 2 Holes Bay, 1 Arne RSPB salt marsh off Shipstal Beach

Little Ringed Plover - 2 Lodmoor RSPB

Bar tailed Godwit - 3 Arne RSPB salt marsh off Shipstal Beach

Knot - 1 Arne RSPB salt marsh off Shipstal Beach

Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Brownsea Island Lagoon DWT

Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Forster's Tern - 1 Arne RSPB salt marsh off Shipstal Beach

Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

White tailed Eagle - 1 over Brands Bar towards Greenlands Farm

Yesterday: Arctic Skua - 1 off 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.