Dorset Birds: Friday 7th July 2023

Whimbrel - 1 Brand's Bay
Curlew - 71 Brand's Bay
Grey Plover - 6 Brand's Bay
Common Sandpiper - 1 Christchurch Harbour Sandspit
Spoonbill - 5 Middlebere, 2 Lodmoor RSPB on Postbox Pool
Probable Black-headed Wagtail - 1 Middlebere NT Cottages this evening

Shelduck family, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

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.