Dorset Birds: Thursday 27th July 2023

Barnacle Goose - 1 Holme Lane Gravel Pit

Garganey - 10 Cowards Marsh elusive amongst the pools

Eider - 2 Pilots Point off Studland Beach

Bar tailed Godwit - 11 off Shipstal Beach Arne RSPB

Common Sandpiper - 2 Peveril Point Swanage, 1 Holme Land Gravel pit

Arctic Tern - 1 seen from the Raptor Trail Arne RSPB this morning

Forster's Tern - off Shipstal Beach Arne RSPB late afternoon

Hobby - 1 Litton Cheney

Garden Warbler - 1 Beach end of the boardwalk Shell Bay Studland

Pied Flycatcher - 1 Beach end of the boardwalk Shell Bay Studland

Forster's Tern - Arne RSPB © 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.