Dorset Birds: Wednesday 23rd March 2022

Black Brant - 1 Newton Bay

Garganey - 1 Swineham

Pintail - 1 drake Radipole

Little Ringed Plover - 5 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Greenshank - 1 Brownsea Island Lagoon

Spoonbill - 2 flew east Swineham GPs

Cattle Egret - 1 Worgret, 1 Swineham GPs, 15 over Stanpit

Great White Egret - 1 Lodmoor, 1 Swineham

Red Kite - 1 over Charmouth, 3 south over Rempstone, 1 north over Lorton Valley

Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 still in sallows along River Asker, Bridport

Black Redstart - 1 West Bexington

Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Cetti's Warbler, Lodmoor © Rebecca Porter

Reed Bunting, Lodmoor © Rebecca Porter

Drake Pintail, Radipole © Graham Jaggard

Woodlark, Bovington area © John Dadds

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.

DORSET BIRD REPORT 2023

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