Dorset Birds: Sunday 1st December 2024

Barnacle Goose - 9 over Mudeford Quay
Goldeneye - 3 Poole Harbour, 1 female in Cuttcleaves Cove
Surf Scoter - 1st winter male still in Studland Bay viewed from Middle Beach
Black-necked Grebe - 5 Studland Bay from Middle Beach
Red-throated Diver - 2 Poole Harbour
Great Northern Diver - 2 in Poole Harbour
Spoonbill - 22 Brownsea Lagoon, 2 Middlebere
Wheatear - 1 Ferrybridge (unusually late, but not the latest recorded in Dorset, which was on 9th Dec 2002)

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.