Dorset Birds: Saturday 13th February 2021

Black Brant - 2 Butterstreet Cove

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 2 Butterstreet Cove

Ring-necked Duck - 2 Swineham Point

Long-tailed Duck - 2 The Fleet, 1 Brands Bay

Slavonian Grebe - 4 Jerry's Point, 1 Portland Harbour

Black-necked Grebe - 5 Portland Harbour, 2 Jerry's Point

Lapwing - c.900 South Perrott

Golden Plover - 62 Butterstreet Cove, 100+ Burton Mere, 100 Frome Whitfield, 20 Sandford

Grey Plover - 1 Burton Mere

Sanderling - small group at Mudeford Quay

Spotted Redshank - 1 Holes Bay

Great Northern Diver - 3 Jerry's Point, 1 over Moonfleet

Barn Owl - 1 West Stafford Bypass

Rose-coloured Starling - 1 Channel View Road Easton Portland

Lesser Redpoll - 5 South Perrott

Siskin - 25 South Perrott

Cirl Bunting - 1 fem West Bexington

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.