Dorset Birds: Monday 25th March 2024

Eider - 1 Hengistbury Head
Purple Sandpiper - 7 Hengistbury Head
Little Gull - 1st-winter Lodmoor RSPB
Sandwich Tern - 17 Hengistbury Head
Great Northern Diver - 2 Hengistbury Head
Red-throated Diver - 1 Hengistbury Head
Black-throated Diver - 1 Portland Harbour
Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Osprey - Male '022' back this morning at Poole Harbour on same date as last year
Red Kite - 1 over Fleetsbridge and Hatch Pond
Hoopoe - 1 Penn's Weare (Portland)
Great Grey Shrike - 1 still in Wareham Forest near Sugar 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.