Dorset Birds: Saturday 24th July 2021

Ringed Plover - 1 Lodmoor RSPB.

Whimbrel - 1 Ferrybridge.

Knot - 1 Lodmoor RSPB in summer plumage

Sanderling - 1 Ferrybridge.

Common Sandpiper - 6 Lodmoor RSPB, 2 Ferrybridge.
Black Guillemot - 1 Highcliffe (Christchurch) seen off the coastguards station but taken into care as looking unwell.

Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor RSPB at the back of West Scrape

Osprey - 1 Broadwey flying NW towards Upwey

Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Stanpit Marsh Christchurch

Yesterday

Snow Goose - 1 West Bexington

Yellow-legged Gull 1 Juv West Bexington

Red Kite - 1 West Bexington

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.