Dorset Birds: Thursday 23rd September 2021

Black-necked Grebe - 2 still at Abbotsbury Swannery

Knot - 5 Stanpit Marsh

Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Spotted Redshank - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Greenshank - 1 Portesham, 1 Wytch Channel

Balearic Shearwater - 2 Lyme Bay Pelagic trip

Cattle Egret - 1 Radipole RSPB Buddleia loop

Great White Egret - 1 Radipole RSPB

Honey Buzzard - 1 Wytch Channel / Middlebere

Hen Harrier - 1 Wytch Channel / Middlebere

Wryneck - 1 Long Field Hengistbury Head

Wheatear - 3 Hengistbury Head, 1 Portesham

Yellow Wagtail - 12 Stanpit Marsh

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.