Dorset Birds: Tuesday 25th June 2024

Balearic Shearwater - 3 Portland Bill

Great White Egret - 1 Silverlake

Spoonbill - 4 Middlebere

Osprey - 2 Wareham Channel

Hobby - 1 Lytchett Bay

Bar-tailed Godwit - 7 Brand's Bay

Whimbrel -2 Ferrybridge

Curlew - 51 Brand's Bay

Sand Martin - 100 Hengistbury Hd.

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.