Dorset Birds: Tuesday 11th July 2023

Egyptian Goose - 50 Silverlake

Balearic Shearwater - 1 west Portland Bill

Cattle Egret - 1 sum/plum Lytchett Fields RSPB

Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Spoonbill - 1 Christchurch Hbr.

Hobby - 1 over Lytchett Fields RSPB

Little Ringed Plover - 9 Silverlake

Whimbrel - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Yellow-legged Gull - 2 jus West Bexington

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.