Dorset Birds: Sunday 25th September 2022

Turtle Dove - 1 Portland Bill

Black - necked Grebe - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Golden Plover - 6 St Aldhelms Head, 4 Tarrant Rushton

Curlew Sandpiper - 6 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 2 Brownsea island Lagoon DWT, 2 Christchurch Harbour

Little Stint - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Spotted Redshank - 4 Lytchett fields RSPB

Artic Skua - 1 Past Portland Bill

Balearic Shearwater - 140 past Portland Bill

Spoonbill - 72 Brownsea island Lagoon DWT

Red Kite - 3 Tarrant Rushton, 1 Wimborne St Giles, 2 Stanbridge

White Tailed Eagle - 1 Wareham Channel (IOW reintroduction)

Short - eared Owl - 1 Hartland Moor

Merlin - 1 Hartland Moor

Hobby - 1 St Aldhelms Head

Red - backed Shrike - 1 Lodmoor RSPB old tip

Firecrest - Rushcombe / Barrow Hill LNR

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.