Dorset Birds: Tuesday 23rd November 2021

Common Scoter - 5 off Furvey Is, 2 off Redhorn Quay

Great Northern Diver - 1 Shell Bay

Spoonbill - 32 Arne RSPB (Shipstal Pt)

Red-necked Grebe - 1 Shell Bay

Hen Harrier - 1 Lyme Regis (over Golf course)

Green Sandpiper - 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Little Auk - 1 Weymouth Hbr.

Woodlark - 2 Bridport

Pallas's Warbler - 1 Two Mile Copse Weymouth with Long-tailed Tit flock

Black Redstart - 1 Portland Bill

Cirl Bunting - 1 over west West Bay

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.