Dorset Birds: Sightings - Monday 9th June 2014

Red-throated Diver - 1 past Portland Bill

Balearic Shearwater - 5 Portland Bill, 1 off Durlston Head
Manx Shearwater - 115 Portland Bill

Great Skua - 2 Portland Bill

Little Gull - 2 Swineham GPs

Late news from yesterday: a Red Kite was at Compton Abbas airfield.

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.