Dorset Birds: Tuesday 25th January 2022

Egyptian Goose - 2 Hartland Moor

Goosander - 1 Swineham Gravel Pit
Slavonian Grebe - 4 Tidmoor point
Purple Sandpiper - 1 North Haven
Great Northern Diver - 1 Poole Harbour North side of Brownsea Island

Red-throated Diver - 2 Off Chesil Beach

Spoonbill - 24 Arne RSPB, 3 Middlebere, 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Great White Egret - 1 Swineham, 1 Middlebere

Marsh harrier - 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 3 Lodmoor RSPB, 2 Swineham, 1 Middlebere

Merlin - 1 Maiden Castle, 1 Hartland Moor
Black Redstart -1 Parkstone Heights (Poole), 1 Southbourne garden

Dipper - 2 Lyme Regis

Dipper - Lyme Regis © Roly Pitts

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.