Dorset Birds: Thursday 12th September 2024

Whimbrel - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Knot - 9 Ferrybridge

Ruff - 1 Stilt Pool Swineham

Osprey - 3 Lytchett Bay, 1 Brands Bay

Harrier sp - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

White tailed Eagle - 1 Kimmeridge

Wryneck - 2 Wild Woodbury 1 of which was trapped and ringed

Garden Warbler - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Wheatear - 3 Peveril Point

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.