Dorset Birds: Tuesday 10th September 2024

Nightjar - 1 Cogden
Common Sandpiper - 2 Stanpit, 1 PC World Drain
Green Sandpiper - 1 Doddings Farm CBs
Greenshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Brand's Bay
Caspian Gull - 1cy briefly on East Cliffs (Portland) this afternoon
Arctic Skua - 2 Chesil Cove, 1 Durlston CP
Sooty Shearwater - 3 past Portland Bill
Manx Shearwater - 1 Durlston CP
Balearic Shearwater - 3 Portland Bill
Spoonbill - 10 Middlebere, 1 Shipstal Point (Arne RSPB)
Great White Egret - 3 in Barn Bight (Christchuch Harbour)
Cattle Egret - 11 Wick, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Osprey - 2 Lytchett Bay, 1 Brand's Bay
PALLID HARRIER - likely 2cy male seen in flight around Portland Bill this morning but not reported since
Goshawk - 1 Wild Woodbury DWT
Hobby - 1 Brand's Bay
Firecrest - 3 Wild Woodbury DWT
Spotted Flycatcher - 4 Wild Woodbury DWT
Whinchat - 2 Wild Woodbury DWT
Ortolan Bunting - 1 in Crown Estate Field at Portland Bill

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.