Dorset Birds: Monday 23rd May 2022.

Cuckoo - 1 Wick & Stanpit.
Turtle Dove - 1 over Christchurch Harbour.
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Middlebere.
Caspian Gull - 1 Brownsea Island.
Spoonbill - 1 Brownsea Island.
Red Kite - 6 over Ballard Down, 1 Lytchett Fields, 19+ over Portland, 20 over Swanage.
Hobby - 1 East Parley.
Common Rosefinch - 1 heard central Portland.

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.