Dorset Birds: Tuesday 18th February 2025

Velvet Scoter - 2 off Hengistbury Hd.

Long-tailed Duck - 2 1st/W Abbotsbury Swannery

Black Throated Diver - 1noff Hengistbury Hd, 1 Baiter Park

Cattle Egret - 7 Wareham Common

Spoonbill - 6 Shipstal Pt Arne RSPB, 3 Lodmoor RSPB.

Red Kite - 1 over Poole Quay, 1 Sunnyside Farm, 1 over Ballard

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Winterbourne Stickland

Hen Harrier - 1 female Middlebere

Water Rail - 1 in garden Uppington

Black Redstart - 1 Poole Old Town behind Lush, 1 Dancing Ledge.

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.