Dorset Birds: Tuesday 28th December 2021.

White-fronted Goose - 5 Dorchester (watermeadows south of Charminster), 12+ Hampreston

Fields (view from footpath), 4 Puddletown watermeadows.
Bean Goose - 3 Creekmoor, field north of A35.
Egyptian Goose - 6 Wareham Common.
Slavonian Grebe - 1 from Jerry's Point (Studland).
Purple Sandpiper - 14 Highcliffe beach groynes.
Great Northern Diver - 2 from Jerry's Point (Studland).
Merlin - 1 Wick watermeadows.

Purple Sandpiper, Highcliffe © Clinton Whale.

Peregrine, Bournemouth Lansdowne © David Wareham.

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.