Dorset Birds: Friday 17th May 2024

Goosander - 1 female on the River Stour at Blandford Forum

Cuckoo - 2 Hartland Moor, 2 West Moors, 1 Puddletown Forest, 1 Morden Bog

Little Ringed Plover - 1 Lower Piddle Valley flood fields

Knot - 4 Lower Piddle Valley flood fields

Spoonbill - 1 Over Hengisbury Head

Honey Buzzard - 1 Hengisbury Head flew high to the North East

White tailed Eagle - 2 flying south from Cerne Abbas, 2 Over Wareham

Garden Warbler - 1 Hengisbury Head, 1 Durlston CP

Spotted Flycatcher - 4 Morden Bog, 1 Thorncombe Woods

Little Tern - Ferrybridge © John Dodds

Reed Bunting - Stanpit Marsh © 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.