Dorset Birds: Friday 18th June 2021

Snow Goose - 13 briefly at Lodmoor

Little Ringed Plover - 1 Lodmoor

Black-tailed Godwit - 4 Lodmoor

Green Sandpiper - 2 Lodmoor

Pratincole sp. - 1 possible flew over the Slopes Portland at 0800

Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Great Egret - 2 Lodmoor

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.