Dorset Birds: Thursday 9th June 2022

Cuckoo - 1 Coombe Heath, 1 Swineham
GULL-BILLED TERN - 1 Abbotbury Swannery
Tree Pipit - 3 Coombe Heath
Rose-coloured Starling - 1 adult at Queens Road, Swanage

Peregrine, Bournemouth © David Wareham

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.