Dorset Birds: Friday 13th May 2022

Pale-bellied Brent Goose - 5 Weymouth Bay
Cuckoo - 1 Brownsea Island
Whimbrel - 4 Ringstead Bay, 3 Rodden Hive
Sanderling - 6 Herbury (The Fleet), 6 Christchurch Harbour
Glaucous Gull - 3rd cy at West Bexington and another (same?) Lodmoor RSPB
Great Northern Diver - 1 Portland Bill, 1 Hengistbury
Sooty Shearwater - 1 Portland Bill
Hoopoe - 1 Charminster
Bee-eater -1 Portland Bill, mobile but not seen since early afternoon
Spotted Flycatcher - 11-20 around Hengistbury/Wick area
Firecrest - 1 Hengistbury Wood
Whinchat - 1 Hengistbury Head

Little Egret, Iford Weir © Clinton Whale

Mute Swan, Tuckton © Dave Hill

Common Sandpiper, Tuckton © Dave Hill

Great Spotted Woodpecker, Tuckton © Dave Hill

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.