Dorset Birds: Tuesday 25th July 2023

Black Swan - 1 Longham Lakes

Common Scoter - pair Christchurch Harbour

Little Ringed Plover - 3 Lodmoor, 1 Christchurch Harbour

Whimbrel - 5 Christchurch Harbour

Green Sandpiper - 1 Christchurch Harbour

Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor

Greenshank - 1 Lodmoor

Yellow-legged Gull - juvenile Stanpit

Spoonbill - 3 Brownsea Island lagoon, 1 Middlebere

Great White Egret - 1 Christchurch Harbour

Pied Flycatcher - 1 female type Brownsea Island NT

Serin - 1 Avalanche Road Hump , Portland

Yesterday:

21 Cattle Egret over Tidmoor

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.