Dorset Birds: Friday 2nd February 2024

Ring-necked Duck - 1 female Longham Lakes (on South Lake)

Red-throated Diver - 14 past Hengistbury Hd.

Cattle Egret - 1 Buckland Ripers

Great White Egret - 1 flew inland over Christchurch Hbr.

Glossy Ibis - 1 over Christchurch Hbr.

Spoonbill - 1 Lytchett Bay

Hen Harrier - 1 male Middlebere, 1 Lytchett Bay.

Golden Plover - c1000 Lodmoor RSPB

Purple Sandpiper - 5 Hengistbury Hd, 4 Lyme Regis on The Cobb.

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay

Water Pipit - 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB (in Whimbrel Field view from gate)

Waxwing - 8 in trees at Asda Canford Heath.

Waxwing Canford Heath © Dave Hill

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.