Dorset Birds: Thursday 21st July 2022

Sanderling - 6 Ferrybridge
Yellow-legged Gull - 3 Portland Bill
Little Tern - total of 55/60 fledglings this season at the Chesil Recovery Project, Ferrybridge
Glossy Ibis - 2 commuting between Abbotsbury Swannery and Lodmoor RSPB
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 ringed Portland Bird Observatory
Garden Warbler - 1 ringed Portland Bird Observatory
Sedge Warbler - 1 ringed Portland Bird Observatory

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.