Dorset Birds: Monday 27th June 2022

Manx Shearwater - c100 Portland Bill

Balearic Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill

Red Kite - 1 Blandford

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Lytchett Bay over Otter Island (IoW intro)

Whimbrel - 1 Ferrybridge

Bar-tailed Godwit - 1 Ferrybridge

Dunlin - 4 Ferrybridge

Arctic Skua - 1 west Portland Bill

Common Tern - c100 Portland Bill

Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Juvenile Peregrine-Christchurch © 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.