Dorset Birds: Monday, 22nd March 2021.

Little Ringed Plover - 1 Christchurch Harbour (Crouch Hill).
Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit Marsh.
Red Kite - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
White-Tailed Eagle - 1 over Weymouth (Greenhill), presumably from the IOW reintroduction.
Wheatear - 2 Hengistbury Head.
Sand Martin - 3 Hengistbury Head.
Sedge Warbler - 1 Christchurch Harbour (Priory Marsh).
Firecrest - 1 Bournemouth (Talbot Woods).

Glossy Ibis, Stanpit © Clinton Whale.

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.