Dorset Birds: Wednesday 19th May 2021

Eider - male at Lyme Regis
Cuckoo - 2 Middlebere, 2 Wick
Sanderling - 54 by houseboats at South Haven, 9 Hengistbury Head
Common Sandpiper - 1 Hengistbury Head
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor RSPB
WHISKERED TERN - 1 briefly off Mudeford Quay this morning
Puffin - 1 Portland Bill
Manx Shearwater - 1 Charmouth
Hobby - 1 Charmouth
Woodchat Shrike - male still at Iford GC, Bournemouth (please keep to to public rights of way and do not enter golf course)
Spotted Flycatcher - 6 Wick
Pied Flycatcher - male at Puddletown

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.