Dorset Birds: Sunday 30th January 2022

Tundra Bean Goose - 2 Lytchett Fields a.m. Upton CP later.

Scaup - 3 Brand's Bay, 3 Abboysbury Swannery

Common Scoter - 12of Middle Beach Studland

Goosander - 1 Swineham GP

Red-throated Diver - 1E Portland Bill

Great Northern Diver - 1 off South Beach Studland, 1 Portland Bill

Cattle Egret - 39 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Bog lane im Frome Meadows.

Great White Egret - 1 Longham Lakes

Slavonian Grebe - 1 off South Beach Studland

Black-necked Grebe - 23 off Middle Beach Studand

Red Kite - 2 West bexington, 2 Preston Farm Tarrant Rushton, 1 Puddletown

Hen Harrier - 1 ringtail Western Poole Hbr.

Goshawk - 1 Middlebere

Purple Sandpiper - 6 Portland Bill

Merlin - 1 Portland Bill

Black Redstart - 1 Portland Bill

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.