Dorset Birds: Wednesday 12th May 2021

Nightjar - 11 on Puddletown Road
Alpine Swift - 1 High over Fortuneswell, Portland
WHISKERED TERN - 1 Longham Lakes, still on South Lake
Great Northern Diver - 1 Cogden Beach, 1 Hengistbury Head
Chough - 1 still East Cliffs nr. Culverwell, Portland
Tree Pipit - 2 Cogden Beach

Chough, Culverwell © Olly Frampton

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.