Dorset Birds: Thursday 21st January 2021

Scaup - 4 Lodmoor RSPB on Postbox Pool, 3 Poole harbour from Redhorn Point

Long-tailed Duck - 2 Jerry's Point

Goosander - 3 Lower Bockhampton, River Frome

Slavonian Grebe - 2 Jerry's Point, 1 Sandsfoot Castle

Black-necked Grebe - 8 Jerry's Point, 7 Sandsfoot Castle

Iceland Gull - 1 Weymouth Harbour nr. Town bridge
Black-throated Diver - 1 Sandsfoot Castle

Great Northern Diver - 5 Jerry's Point, 1 Redhorn Point, 1 Weymouth Harbour

Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor RSPB on Western Scrapes

Cattle Egret - 3 Winkton to west of Holfleet Dairy FArm

Great White Egret - 1 Lower Bockhampton on River Frome

Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail Holton Lee Pools

Water Pipit - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Late news from yesterday

Caspian Gull - 1 2cy West Bexington

Merlin - 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.