Dorset Birds: Wednesday 9th August 2023

Cattle Egret - 1 Swineham GP.

Spoonbill - 11 Brownsea Is.

Red Kite - 2 Didlington Fm

White-tailed Eagle - 2 Lytchett Bay

Osprey - 1 Swineham, 1 off Rockley Park, 1 Wareham Forest

Avocet - 3 over west Hengistbury Hd.

Whimbrel - 5 Stanpit Marsh, 5 Holes Bay, 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Common Sandpiper - c13 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 4 Holes Bay, 1 Peveril Pt, 1 Brownsea Is.

Green Sandpiper - 13 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 2 over Wick

Greenshank - 10 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 4 Brownsea Is, 2 Stanpit Marsh

Yellow-legged Gull - 6 Swineham on Stilt Pools.

Forster's Tern - 1 1st/sum Arne RSPB

Sand Martin - 70 Didlington Fm.

Swallow - 45 Didlington Fm.

House Martin - 145 Didlington Fm.

Redstart - 1 Sharford Bridge (Hartland), 1 Winspit, 1 Lambert's Castle

Wheatear - 30 Kimmeridge, 9 Stanpit Marsh, 5 Ailwood Down

Lesser Whitethroat - 2 Hengistbury Hd.

Whitethroat - 28 Hengistbury Hd.

Spotted Flycatcher - 4 Sharford Bridge (Hartland), 4 Lanbert's Castle

Linnet - c50 Kimmeridge

Corn Bunting - c80 Tarrant Rushton airfield

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.