Dorset Birds: Wednesday 12th July 2023

Balearic Shearwater - 3 past Portland Bill

Spoonbill - 8 Arne RSPB

Little Ringed Plover - 1ad 1 Juv Lodmoor RSPB

Common Sandpiper - 9 Stanpit Marsh

Yellow-legged Gull - c15 Portland Bill, 1 West Bexington

Little Tern - 3 Christchurch Hbr.

Arctic Tern - 1 Mudeford Quay

Swift - 26 over Stanpit Marsh

Sand Martin - 135 over Stanpit, 30+ Swineham Point

Redshank - Swineham Point © Clive Hargrave

Peregrine Falcon - Durlston CP © Marcus Jones

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.