Dorset Birds: Sunday 6th February

Black Brant - 1 off Tidmoor Point Wyke Regis

White-fronted Goose - 3 still at Charminster Water Meadows

Scaup - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery

Lesser Scaup - 1 still Abbotsbury Swannery

Slavonian Grebe - 1 Studland Bay

Black-necked Grebe - 8 Studland Bay

Green Sandpiper - 1 Forde Abbey

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay

Black-throated Diver - 1 from Mudeford Quay

Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor

Black Redstart - 1 Tilly Whim, Durlston CP, 1 yesterday Dorchester Prison car park, 1 Bestwall RSPB

Sparrowhawk, Bridport © Maurice Budden

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.