Dorset Birds: Tuesday 26th December 2023

Black Brant - 1 Poole Harbour Shore Rd

Pintail - 236 Brands Bay Studland

Green-winged Teal - 1 Silverlake still on West Lake

Long-tailed Duck - 1 Jerry's Point, Studland

Slavonian Grebe - 2 Jerry's Point, Studland

Black-necked Grebe - 3 Jerry's Point, Studland

Purple Sandpiper - 1 Hengistbury Head sandspit groynes

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Red-throated Diver - 26 west Hengistbury Head

Black-throated Diver - 3 west Hengistbury Head

Great Northern Diver - 7 Jerrys Point Studland, 3 Brands Bay Studland, 3 Hamworthy Beach Poole Harbour, 1 Brownsea Island north shore, 1 Hengistbury Head

Great White Egret - 2 Longham Lakes, 1 Middlebere

Hen Harrier - 1 grey male Middlebere Channel Arne RSPB

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Middlebere Channel Arne RSPB

Redwing - 12 Longham Lakes

Black Redstart - 1 West Bay by Long Pier

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.