Dorset Birds: Sunday 7th February 2021

White-fronted Goose - 2 off Upton CP
BLACK BRANT - 1 Rodden Hive
Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 3 Rodden Hive
Red Kite - 1 over Slepe Heath, 1 over Athelhampton, 3 over Lytchett Bay, 1 over Coombe Valley
Cattle Egret - 7 Buckland Ripers, 1Tarrant Crawford
Great Egret - 2 Spetisbury
Glaucous Gull - 1 Brownsea Island (webcam)

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.