Dorset Birds: Friday 3rd June 2022

Quail - 2 Witchampton

Cattle Egret - 8 seen flying over Highmoor Farm,Talbot Heath

Spoonbill - 5 Middlebere

Red Kite - 1 West Bay

Bee-eater - 1 heard over St George's Church, Easton

Female Blackbird with newt taken from pond Upton © Nick Hull

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.