Dorset Birds: Saturday 27th March 2021

Egyptian Geese - 2 Woodsford

Ring-necked Duck - 1 female remains at Longham Lakes

Eider - 1 drake still Lyme Regis Hbr

Red-throated Diver - 9 Portland Bill

Glossy Ibis - 1 Staanpit Marsh

Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Is.

Osprey - 3 Poole Hbr in the Wareham Channel

Golden Plover - 240 Turnworth

Purple Sandpiper - 5 Lyme Regis on The Cobb

Swallow - 2 Portland Bill

Willow Warbler - 1 singing Powerstock Common

Black Redstart - 4 Portland Bill

Wheatear - 5 Hengistbury Hd, 2 Hardy's Monument

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.