Dorset Birds: Sunday 15th May 2022

Cuckoo - 2 Longham Lakes, 2 Stoborough Heath, 1 Brand's Bay, 1 Frome Valley
Garganey - 1 drake at Abbotsbury Swannery
Little Stint - 2 briefly at Abbotsbury Swannery
Common Sandpiper - 1 Longham Lakes
Great Northern Diver - 2 St Aldhelm's Head, 1 Shell Bay
Manx Shearwater - 1 St Aldhelm's Head
Spoonbill - 4 Arne RSPB
Cattle Egret - 13 Worgret
Great White Egret - 1 Frome Valley
Honey-buzzard - 1 over Lodmoor RSPB
Hobby - 1 Frome Valley, 1 Longham Lakes
Wood Warbler - 1 Christchurch Harbour (Ashtree Meadows)
Spotted Flycatcher - 2 Christchurch Harbour (Ashtree Meadows), 1 St Aldhelm's Head quarry, 1 Lytchett Bay
Yellow Wagtail - 2 over Stanpit Marsh

Starling, Woodville © John Bishop

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.