Dorset Birds: Thursday 13th July 2023

Egyptian Goose - 53 Silverlake

Eider - 2 off Brownsea south shore.

Common Scoter - 11 past Mudeford Quay

Quail - 3 Tarrant Rushton

Balearic Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill

Cattle Egret - 7 Wareham meadows, 1 Silverlake

Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Stanpit Marsh

Spoonbill - 8 Wareham Channel

White-tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel

Osprey - 1 Wareham Channel

Little Ringed Plover - 6 Silverlake

Common Sandpiper - 15 Peveril Pt, 8 Stanpit Marsh, 2 Brownsea Is, 1 Silverlake,1 Lodmoor RSPB

Greenshank - 6 Brownsea Lagoon

Yellow-legged Gull - 18 Portland Bill, 3 Swineham Pt.

Little Tern - 2 Stanpit Marsh

Sand Martin - c400 Swineham meadows

Yellow Wagtail - 1 heard over Stanpit Marsh

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.