Dorset Birds: Saturday 17th July 2021

Common Crane - 4 seen flying South down Allen Valley by Horton Pub

Roseate Tern - 1 Ferrybridge, 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Balearic Shearwater - 1 Off Portland Bill

Spoonbill - 1 Lytchett fields RSPB, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery seen Circling over & flying toward the Fleet

Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 see over Rodwell trail Weymouth

Grasshopper Warbler - 2 Trapped & ringed at Lytchett Bay

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.