Dorset Birds: Monday 14th March 2022

Whooper swan 1 Hampreston Fields please keep to the footpath

Velvet Scoter - 1 Poole Harbour

Red necked grebe - 1 Portland Harbour

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay

Mediterranean Gull - 300 Bradbury Rings

Glossy Ibis - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Cattle Egret - 1 Worgret Manor as seen from Bog lane

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Poole Harbour

Barn owl - 1 Max Gate

Marsh Tit - 1 Thorncombe Woods
Firecrest - 2 Thorncombe Woods
Wheatear - Cogden Beach, 1 chesil Cove, 1 Wild Woodbury Bere Regis

Brambling - 2 Ferndown Garden, 1 Thorncombe Woods

Lesser Redpoll - 4 Thorncombe Woods

Sparrowhawk - West Moors © Roy Nicklin

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.