Dorset Birds: Monday 9th August 2021

Mandarin Duck - 1 Juv East Holme

Avocet - 5 Brownsea Island Lagoon

Ringed Plover - 90 Ferrybridge, 21 Christchurch Harbour, 7 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Whimbrel - 5 Christchurch Harbour, 3 Brands Bay, 1 Lodmoor RPSB

Black-tailed Godwit - 508 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Dunlin - 70 Ferrybridge

Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Common Sandpiper - 4 Pevril Point Swanage

Green Sandpiper - 3 Lytchett Bay RSPB, 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Fisherman's bank Christchurch Harbour

Cattle Egret - 9 South Marsh Christchurch Harbour

Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB

Osprey - 1 Christchurch Harbour

Wheatear - 7 Ferrybridge

Yesterday:

Merlin - 1 Gussage Down

Black Tern - 1 Hengisbury Head (flew west)

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.