Dorset Birds: Tuesday 3rd August 2021

Little Ringed Plover - 1 East Fleet
Wood Sandpiper - 2 Stanpit Marsh
Spoonbill - 3 Middlebere
Osprey - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Little Owl - 1 Portland Bill
Grasshopper Warbler - 3 Durlston CP

Yesterday:

Knot - 4 Ferrybridge
Yellow-legged Gull - 2 off Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 2 off Portland Bill

Great White Egret etc!, Lytchett Fields © Ian Ballam

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.