Dorset Birds: Monday 25th December 2023

Shoveler - 108 Holes Bay Poole Habour
Pintail - 46 - Holes Bay Poole Harbour

Black-necked Grebe - 3 Studland Bay off Middle Beach

Golden Plover 6 Ferrybridge

Mediterranean Gull - 500 Ferrybridge

Great Northern Diver - 5 Weymouth Bay from Stone Pier, 1 Studland bay off Middle Beach

Cattle Egret - 6 on Flood plain west of Wareham Common

Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 in a private garden at Walditch nr Bridport

Black Redstart - 1 Weymouth Stone Pier

Nuthatch - Stoborough Heath © Garry Hayman

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.