Dorset Birds: Saturday 15th June 2024

Little Tern - 9 Mudeford Quay
Arctic Skua - 1 dark-morph off Mudeford Quay
Balearic Shearwater - 1 off Mudeford Quay
Manx Shearwater - 11 off Mudeford Quay
Red Kite - 1 over A35 near Puddletown
Hobby - 1 Swineham
Golden Oriole - male reported at Cerne Abbas in woodland by rapeseed fields

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.