Dorset Birds: Monday 20th September 2021

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

Ruff - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Little Stint - 3 Silverlake, 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Brand's Bay
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Stanpit
Green Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Greenshank - 19 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 2 Swineham

Spoonbill - 32 Brownsea Island Lagoon
Cattle Egret - 1 on Stilt Pool at Swinehamt

Great White Egret - 3 Lodmoor RSPB, 2 Middlebere, 1 Brownsea Island Lagoon

White-tailed Eagle - immature from the IOW re-introduced scheme over Morden Bog and one over Burton Bradstock & Litton Cheney

Harrier sp - 1 ringtail Middlebere
Hobby - 1 Wareham Channel

Whinchat - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Hengistbury, 1 Herbury

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.