Dorset Birds: Sightings - Thursday 1st May 2014

Garganey - 1 drake Radipole Lake

Great Northern Diver - 4 Branksome Chine

Spoonbill - 1 Brownsea Is.

Marsh Harrier - 1 Radipole Lake

Common Sandpiper - 3 Swanage seafront, 2 PC World drain outlet.

Great Skua - 1 Portland Bill

Arctic Skua - 1 Portland Bill

Iceland Gull - 1 Portland Bill

Black Redstart - 1 Portland Bill

Eastern Subalpine Warbler - 1 Portland Bill

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.