Dorset Birds: Wednesday 4th May 2022

Garganey - 2 Lytchett Fileds RSPB, 1 Brownsea Lagoon, 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Nightjar - 1 Wareham Forest, 1 Brownsea Island

Cuckoo - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Little ringed Plover - 2 Radipole RSPB, 3 Lytchetts fields RSPB

Bar tailed Godwit - 36 Brownsea Lagoon, 35 Ferrybridge

Knot - 3 Brownsea Lagoon

Little Gull - 1 off Bournemouth Pier

Arctic Tern - 1 off Bournemouth Pier

Spoonbill - 3 Middlebere, 1 Brownsea Island Lagoon

Great White Egret - Poole Harbour BoPH safari cruise

White tailed Eagle - Wareham Channel BoPH safari cruise (IoW Reintroduction)

Bearded Tit - Swineham BoPH safari cruise

Garden Warbler - 1 Easton Portland

Tree Pipit - 1 Easton Portland

Serin - 1 Portland Bill flew over Obs garden

Garganey - Lodmoor RSPB ©Daragh Croxson

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.