Dorset Birds: Tuesday 24th May 2022.

Cuckoo - 1 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Slepe Heath.
Whimbrel - 1 heard East Parley.
Purple Sandpiper - 7 Lyme Regis (The Cobb).
Sanderling - 15 Lyme Regis (Monmouth Beach).
Caspian Gull - 1 Portland Bill.
Bee-eater - 1 Portland Bill.
Woodchat Shrike - 1 Cogden Beach.

Song Thrush, Iford © 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.