Dorset Birds: Wednesday 26th July 2023

Little Ringed Plover - 1 Lodmoor

Whimbrel - 9 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Knot - 1 Christchurch Harbour

Common Sandpiper - 6 Lodmoor, 4 Christchuch Harbour

Green Sandpiper - 2 Lodmoor

Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor

Greenshank 1 Lodmoor, 1 Wych channel, 2 Christchurch Harbour

Forster's Tern - 1st summer still over Wych channel Arne RSPB

Spoonbill - 5 Middlebere

Great White Egret - 1 Holes Bay

Sedge Warbler - c.15 Lytchett Fields

Wheatear - 1 Wytch Farm

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.