Dorset Birds: Wednesday 8th June 2022.

Quail - 1 lower Piddle Valley.
Turnstone - 2 Brownsea Island, 1 Portland Bill.
Bar-tailed Godwit - 2 Arne.
Sanderling - 7 N past Hengistbury Head, 14 Portland Harbour.
Red-throated Diver - 1 E past Hengistbury Head.
Manx Shearwater - c.100 past Portland Bill.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Wareham Channel (G801 from IoW reintroduction scheme).
Red Kite - 1 Blandford.

Sedge Warbler, Stanpit © Aspen Stobart.

Common Tern, Longham Lakes © Ron Poulter.

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.