Dorset Birds: Monday 27th September 2021

Wigeon - 407 Holes Bay
Black-tailed Godwit - 1270 Holes Bay
Yellow-legged Gull - 2 Swineham Stilt Pool
Balearic Shearwater - 4 past Durlston CP

Spoonbill - 3 Brownsea Island Lagoon
Cattle Egret - 2 Radipole Lake RSPB, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Swineham Stilt Pool
Merlin - 1 Durlston CP
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Lambert's Castle

Teal, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

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.