Dorset Birds: Sightings - Thursday 3rd September 2020

Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor
Osprey - 2 Abbotsbury, 2 Lytchett Fields, 1 Arne
Curlew Sandpiper - 6 Brownsea Lagoon, 1 Ferrybridge, 1 Lodmoor
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields
Black-tailed Godwit - 760 Holes Bay
Storm Petrel - 1 Chesil Cove
Sabine’s Gull - 1 Chesil Cove/Ferrybridge

Sabine's Gull copyright Pete Coe

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.