Dorset Birds: Sightings - Thursday 5th June 2014

Common Scoter - 35 off Hengistbury Head
GLOSSY IBIS - 1 Coward's Marsh
Balearic Shearwater - 8 past Portland Bill
Storm Petrel - 2 past Hengistbury Head
Sanderling - 25 Stanpit Marsh
Red-necked Phalarope - 1 past Hengistbury Head
Arctic Skua - 1 past Portland BillGreat Skua - 1 past 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.