Dorset Birds: Monday 6th Novenber 2023

Grey Plover - 1 Stanpit.
Greenshank - 2 Brands Bay.
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Grey Phalarope - 1 Kimmeridge Bay.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Poole Harbour.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Hen Harrier - 1 Swineham.
Merlin - 1 south of Knowlton, 1 Middlebere.
Great Northern Diver - 2-5 Poole Harbour.
Red-throated Diver - 2 Poole Harbour.
Black-necked Grebe - 2 Poole Harbour.
Slavonian Grebe - 2 Poole Harbour.
Great White Egret - 2 Longham Lakes, 2 Middlebere.
Cattle Egret - 15 Hengistbury Head roost.
Spoonbill - 3 Lytchett Fields.
Wood Pigeon - 2000 Durlston CP, 32500 Hengistbury Head, 16095 Poole, 20750 West Bay.
Swallow - 2 Durlston CP.
Wheatear - 2 Christchurch Harbour.
Firecrest - 3 Durlston NNR.
Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Wick Hams.
Chaffinch - 940 West Bay.
Brambling - 4 Hengistbury Head, 1 Thorncombe Wood, 30 West Bay.

Wheatear, Christchurch Harbour © Dave Hill.

Stonechat, Christchurch Harbour © Dave Hill.

Moorhen, Stanpit © 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.