Dorset Birds: Sunday 1st May 2022

Garganey - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB French's Pool

Cuckoo - 1 Charlton Down

Ringed Plover - 18 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Little Ringed Plover - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Rosette Tern - Lyme Regis pelagic

Pomarine Skua - 4 off Portland Bill

Great Northern Diver - 40 Lyme Regis pelagic

Spoonbill - 8 Poole Harbour

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Wareham Channel (IoW reintroduction)

Hobby - 2 over Swineham, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Ulwell

Blue headed Wagtail - 1 possible female in top fields Portland Bill

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.