Dorset Birds: Tuesday July 2nd 2024

Little Ringed Plover - 1 Silverlake, 1 Swineham

Common Sandpiper - 1 Silverlake

Redshank - 39 Lytchett Bay

Greenshank - 3 Lytchett Bay

Yellow-legged Gull - 1 adult Piddle Valley

Roseate Tern - 1 Lodmoor

Balearic Shearwater - 1 off Portland Bill

Great White Egret - 1 Piddle Valley

Red Kite - 1 Waddock Farm Cress Birds, 1 Maiden Castle

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.