Dorset Birds: Saturday 6th March 2021

Egyptian Goose - 3 Longham Lakes area

Ring-necked Duck - 1 Longham Lakes in North east corner of South Lake
Slavonian Grebe - 4 Jerry's Point Poole Harbour

Little Gull - 1 Swineham Gravel Pits

Iceland Gull - 1 Weymouth Harbour

Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Great White Egret - 1 Little Sea Studland

Cattle Egret - 6 Buckland Ripers, 6 Lodmoor RSPB
Red Kite - 1 near Sturminster Marshall

Sand Martin - 11 Swineham Gravel Pits
Swallow - 2 Swineham Gravel Pits
Black Redstart - 1 Peveril Point Swanage, 3 Durlston CP, 1 Portesham

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.