Dorset Birds: Thursday 30th May 2024

Nightjar - 1 Gore Heath
Cuckoo - 1 Wild Woodbury DWT, 1 Wick
Little Gull - 1st summer at Coward's Marsh
Red Kite - 1 Wild Woodbury DWT, 1 over Dorchester
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Winterborne Stickland

Spotted Flycatcher, Winterborne Stickland © Will Bown

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.