Dorset Birds: Saturday 17th September 2022

Greylag Goose - 34 north of Tadnoll NR

Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Lodmoor, 1 Lyme Regis

Little Stint - 1 Lodmoor

Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Spoonbill - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 2 Lodmoor, 18 Wareham Channel

Cattle Egret - 5 Swineham Point

Osprey - 1 Wareham Channel, 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Marsh Harrier - 12 out of west Poole harbour roost

Pallid Harrier - probable ringtail St Aldhelm's Head

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Wareham Channel

Wryneck - 1 Hengistbury Head

Hobby - 1 just north of Martinstown, 2 Wareham Channel, 1 Maiden Castle, 1 Cerne Abbas

Redstart - 1 east of Hardy's monument on South West Ridgeway

Whinchat - 2 Wyke Down

Blue-headed Wagtail 1 Lodmoor

Channel Wagtail 1 Lodmoor

Citrine/ Eastern/ Hybrid ? Wagtail - 1 still Lodmoor

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.