Dorset Birds: Sightings - Saturday 3rd March 2012

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 1 Christchurch Hbr
Eider - 2 still off Mudeford Quay
Long-tailed Duck - 1 briefly off Mudeford Quay
Great Northern Diver - 1 Mudeford Quay
Black-necked Grebe - Mudeford Quay
Purple Sandpiper - 23 Hengistbury (Sandspit)
Ruff - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Spotted Redshank - 1Hengistbury from Holloway's Dock, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Mediterranean Gull - 15 Longham lakes
Puffin - 1 Portland Bill (first returning bird)
Firecrest - 7 Abbotsbury Gardens

Coot Radipole Lake © Jessica Evans

Kingfisher Radipole Lake © Tim Downton

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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