Dorset Birds: Friday 13th December 2024

Long-tailed Duck - 1 Poole Hbr

Common Scoter - 35 off Hengistbury Hd.

Red-throated Diver - 9 past Hengistbury Hd, 1 Poole Hbr

Black-throated Diver - 2 off Baiter Park

Great Northern Diver - 7 Poole Hbr.

Slavonian Grebe - 1 off Jerry's Point

Black-necked Grebe - 5 Studland Bay, 4 Poole Hbr, 2 Portland Hbr.

Spoonbill - 15 Poole Hbr.

Hen Harrier - 1 Middlebere

Greenshank - 3 Brownsea lagoon

Sandwich Tern - 2 by RMYC

Fieldfare - 32 Hartland Moor opposite the Hartland Stud.

Bearded Tit - 6 West Bexington

Golden Plover - Lodmoor Alick Simmons

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.