Dorset Birds: Monday, 22nd February 2021.

Egyptian Goose - 2 Swineham.
Barnacle Goose - 9 past West Bexington.
Grey Plover - 17 Middlebere, 4 Stanpit, 1 West Bexington.
Purple Sandpiper - 12 Hengistbury sandspit.
Green Sandpiper - 1 Puddletown watermeadows.
Iceland Gull - 1 Weymouth Bay.
Little Gull - 1 Swineham.
Great Northern Diver - 1 off Hengistbury, 3 Weymouth Bay.
Glossy Ibis - 1 still Christchurch Harbour.
Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor, 3 Middlebere included a white-ringed bird.
Red Kite - 1 NE over Alum Chine, 1 N over Athelhampton.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Middlebere.
Water Pipit - 1 Stanpit.
Firecrest - 1 Bestwall wood, 3 Talbot Heath.
Cirl Bunting - 1+ West Bexington.

Little Gull, Swineham © Trevor Warrick.

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.