Dorset Birds: Sunday 18th Jul 2021

Bar-tailed Godwit - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Sanderling - 6 Ferrybridge
Common Sandpiper - 1 Peveril Point, Swanage
Green Sandpiper - 6 Lytchett Fields
Roseate Tern - 4 Ferrybridge
Spoonbill - 1 Arne RSPB, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
Red Kite - 1 Bridport, flying East to West, over Symondsbury

Yesterday:

Brent Goose - 1 off Portland Bill
Whimbrel - 7 Fisherman's Bank, Christchurch
Arctic Tern, 1st Summer - Lodmoor RSPB

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.