Dorset Birds: Sightings - Sunday 10th July 2011

Balearic shearwater - 9 Portland Bill

Osprey - 1 Arne between Coombe and Shipstal Point

Mandarin - Juvenile still at Longham Lakes

Spotted redshank - 1 Upton CP

Greenshank - 3 Wick

Common sandpiper - 12 Stanpit , 14 Longham Lakes

Grey plover - 1 Stanpit

Common tern - 3 Longham Lakes
Crag Martin - 1 at Stanpit for five minutes (17:05) before heading north up Avon Valley

Wheatear - 2 Kimmeridge bay

Harrier news

A second juvenile Marsh Harrier fledged at RSPB Radipole Lake today. Two were in the air together this evening as well as both adults. Some picture of the adults and a juv from Thursday can be found at my blog www.welshbirderindorset.blogspot.com

Luke Phillips, Weymouth Wetlands Info Officer, RSPB Weymouth Wetlands

Mandarin, Longham lakes (c) Chris Parnell

Common terns, Longham lakes, (c) Chris Parnell

Reed warbler, Hammoon (c) John Howell

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.

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