Dorset Birds: Tuesday 21st September 2021

Garganey - 1 female/immature at Longham Lakes on South Lake

Black-necked Grebe - 2 still at Abbotsbury Swannery

Whimbrel - 1 Brand's Bay

Bar-tailed Godwit - 3 Ferrybridge, 2 Redhorn Point Poole Harbour
Sanderling - 1 Ferrybridge

Ruff - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Little Stint - 1 Brand's Bay

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Greenshank - 5 Stanpit, 3 Brand's Bay

Cattle Egret - 1 Stilt Pool Swineham

Great white Egret - 1 Stanpit

Marsh Harrier - 1 Lytchett Bay

Montagu's Harrier - 1 ringtail St Aldhelm's Head flew South

Spotted Flycatcher - 3 Lambert's Castle

Whinchat - 1 St Aldhelm's Head

Late news: Rosy Starling - 1 juv Middlebere seen on 16th September

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.