Dorset Birds: Tuesday 29th October 2024

Velvet Scoter - 1 Longham Lakes on South lake nr causeway

Goosander - 8 Silverlake into roost

Turtle Dove - 1 in a Southwell Garden Portland

Red-necked Grebe (probable Ssp. P.g. holbollii) - 1 Portland Harbour

Black necked Grebe - 6 Wareham Channel

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Spoonbill - 45 Brownsea Lagoon DWT, 4 Lower Piddle Valley

Bittern - 1 Flew south over Stoborough Heath

Cattle Egret - 12 Wareham Common, 10 Bindon Farm nr Wool

Great White Egret - 2 Wareham Channel

Red Kite - 1 Over Shapwick nr Blandford

White tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel, 1 Blackberry Point Christchurch Harbour

Merlin - 2 Harland Moor

Woodlark - 1 Durlston CP

Yellow Browed Warbler - 1 Longham Lakes, 1 Carey Secret Garden

Black Redstart - 3 Portland Harbour Starbucks Car park, 2 Fortuneswell Portland, 2 Portland Obs, 2 Tree Hamlets Upton, 1 Portland Harbour nr Lidl

Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Hawfinch - 6 Pentridge Down

Cirl Bunting - 1 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.