Dorset Birds: Tuesday 29th September 2020

Great Northern Diver - 2 East Bexington

Whooper Swan - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 2 Cutcleaves Cove The Fleet

Balearic Shearwater - 77 past Portland Bill (119 past yesterday), 4 past East Bexington

White Stork - 1 off the A31 near Bere Regis
Great Egret - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Middlebere
Hobby - 1 South Haven

Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 3 Stanpit Marsh

Little Stint - 1 Ferrybridge

Dunlin - 468 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Long-billed Dowitcher - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB (not seen this afternoon)

Whinchat - 5 Crouch Hill Christchurch Harbour

Great Egret Lodmoor (c) Clinton Whale

Little Stint Ferrybridge (c) Will Bown

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.