Dorset Birds: Friday 12th March 2021

Ring-necked Duck - female Longham Lakes

Eider - male at Charmouth

Common Scoter - 2 Charmouth

Long-tailed Duck -first winter drake still at Silverlake

Black-necked Grebe - 1 from Jerry's Point

Purple Sandpiper - 6 Mudeford

Laughing Gull - roosting in Weymouth Bay

Iceland Gull - 1 through Chesil Cove

Long-tailed Skua - probable through Chesil Cove

Glossy Ibis - 1st winter still at Stanpit Marsh

Spoonbill - 2 on lagoon at Brownsea Island NT

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.