Dorset Birds: Thursday 7th April 2022

Green-winged Teal - 1 drake still at Lytchett Fields RSPB on Sherford Pool
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Glossy Ibis - 1 still at Priory Marsh
Osprey - 1 Middlebere, 1 Lytchett bay

Willow Warbler - 1 Swineham

Sedge Warbler - 1 Swineham

Fieldfare - 2 Hartland Moor

Black Redstart - 1 Easton Portland

Linnet - © Clinton Whale

Shelduck -© Clinton Whale

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.