Dorset Birds: Sunday 2nd July 2023

Curlew - c.50 Poole Harbour

Black-tailed Godwit - c.300 Wareham Channel Poole Harbour

Green Sandpiper - 4 Lytchett Fields

Redshank - c.15 Wareham Channel Poole Harbour, 11 Middlebere

Spotted Redshank - 2 Middlebere, 1 Wareham Channel Poole Harbour

Greenshank - 1 Lytchett Fields, 1 Middlebere

Spoonbill - 2 Middlebere

Great White Egret - 1 Christchurch Harbour

Red Kite - 4 Longburton

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Wareham Channel

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.