Dorset Birds: Saturday 22nd January 2022

Scaup - 3 Brand's Bay
Goosander - a drake over Lytchett Bay, 1 Swineham
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Studland Bay
Black-necked Grebe - 12 Studland Bay
Golden Plover - 22 Ashmore
Purple Sandpiper - 1 Sandbanks
Spotted Redshank - 1 Middlebere
Iceland Gull - 2nd winter at Lodmoor RSPB on Postbox Pool this afternoon
Great Northern Diver - 1 Studland Bay
Black-throated Diver - 1 Studland Bay
Glossy Ibis - 1 behind Courtyard Craft Centre, Lytchett Minster then later flew past Turlin Screen at Lytchett Bay
Great White Egret - 1 Crane Lake at Moors Valley CP
Merlin - 1 Middlebere
Short-eared Owl - 1 Chapel Hill, Abbotsbury
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 probable at Puncknowle STW
Firecrest - 1 Pennsylvania Castle Woods
Black Redstart - 1 Durlston CP at Tilly Whim, 1 Blacknor (Portland), 1 Swanage at Gilbert Road

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.