Dorset Birds: Saturday 29th July 2023

Barnacle Goose - 1 Holme Lane Gravel pit

Whimbrel - 3 Holes Bay Poole, 3 off Shipstal Beach Arne RSPB, 3 Christchurch Harbour, 2 Middlebere, 1 The Fleet

Common Sandpiper - 12 The Fleet

Wood Sandpiper - 1 Ridge Sunnyside Farm Scrape

Forster's Tern - 1 off Shipstal Beach Arne RSPB, also briefly in Middlebere Channel

Spoonbill - 8 Middlebere Channel, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Cattle Egret - 49 Marsh Meadow Pool Abbotsbury Swannery

Osprey - 1 unringed bird Rock Lea viewpoint Lytchett Bay RSPB

White tailed Eagle - 2 Over Arne RSPB and Wareham Channel

Wood Sandpiper - Sunnyside Farm © James Leaver

Forster's Ter - Arne RSPB © Pete Moore

Barnacle Goose - Hole Lane GP © Garry Hayman

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.

DORSET BIRD REPORT 2023

The Dorset Bird Report 2023, produced by Dorset Bird Club, is now available for purchase by non-members via the DBC website (click on the report cover image below). Featuring a review of the year, a comprehensive systematic list of all species recorded in 2023, rarity finder accounts including the first Moltoni's Warbler and Isabelline Wheatear for Dorset, articles on Baltic Gull, the Alpine Swift influx, Cory's and Great Shearwaters, and the return of the Cirl Bunting. Illustrated throughout with images taken by Dorset's leading photographers. £16 (+ £3 shipping).