Dorset Birds: Wednesday 1st June 2022

Quail - 1 Bere Regis

Cuckoo - 1 Watton Hill Bridport, 1 Wick

Sanderling - 2 Christchurch Harbour

Little Stint - Christchurch Harbour

Gull-billed Tern - 1 on and off at Abbotsbury Swannery

Red Kite - 1 Hilfield Hill

Hobby - 1 Martinstown

Nightingale - 1 Lydlinch Common

Marsh Tit, Lydlinch Common © Matt Cooper

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.