Dorset Birds: Saturday 16th July 2022

Manx Shearwater - 4 west Portland Bill

Red Kite - 1 over Blandford

Little Ringed Plover - 2 Stanpit Marsh

Whimbrel - 4 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Ferrybridge

Dunlin - 48 Ferrybridge, 30 Stanpit Marsh, 6 Brownsea Is.

Common Sandpiper - 3 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Brownsea Is.

Greenshank - 5 Brownsea Is, 1 Lytchett Bay

Caspian Tern - 1 Stanpit Marsh then Coward's Marsh and presumed same Brownsea Island Lagoon before returning late afternoon to Stanpit Marsh.

Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Portland Bill

Grey Wagtail - 1 Portland Bill

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.