Dorset Birds: Thursday 4th February 2021

Scaup - 4 off Jerry's Point
Long-tailed Duck - 3 off Jerry's Point, 1 Silverlake (please keep to public footpath)

Goosander - 2 Lower Brockhampton Bridge

Red-necked Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour

Slavonian Grebe - 3 Jerry's Point, 1 off South Beach Studland

Black-necked Grebe - 1 Studland bay

Spotted Redshank - 1 RSPB Lytchett Fields

Glaucous Gull - 1 Brownsea Island lagoon

Sandwich Tern - 3 Whitecliff Poole Harbour

Great Northern Diver - 2 off Jerrys point, 4 Studland Bay

Great White Egret - 1 Brands bay

Black Redstart - 1 Portland Harbour, 1 Peveril Point Swanage

Crossbill - 5 In a private garden Corfe Mullen

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.