Dorset Birds: Friday 8th September 2023

Knot - 13 Middlebere

Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Brownsea Island NT, 1 Middlebere

Spotted Redshank - 5 Middlebere

Cattle Egret - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 7 up the River Piddle at Wareham and then on the Common

Great White Egret - 3 Lodmoor, 4 over Coombe Heath

Osprey - up to 4 around Poole Harbour

Honey Buzzard - juvenile flew out to sea Durlston CP

White-tailed Eagle - 2 possibly 5! over Kingcombe Farm between Cheselbourne and Piddletrenthide,

1 over Coombe Heath

House Martin - c.200 on overhead lines, Priests Way, near Herston (Swanage)

Blackcap - 50 ringed at Durlston CP

Spotted Flycatcher - 5 ringed at Durlston CP

Redstart - 5 ringed at Durlston CP

Yellow Wagtail - 10 Herston

Sandwich Tern, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

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.