Dorset Birds: Wednesday 28th September 2022

Crane - 8 Flew West from Swineham & later seen over Church Knowle going South.

Grey Plover - 8 Brownsea Island Lagoon DWT

Ruff - 2 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Curlew Sandpiper - 8 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 2 Brownsea Island Lagoon DWT, 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Little Stint - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Pectoral Sandpiper - 1 Swineham on Piddle Flood fields

Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Balearic Shearwater - 412 Past Portland Bill

Spoonbill - 72 Brownsea Island Lagoon DWT

Great white Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB

Marsh Harrier - 9 Wareham Channel, 1 Wyke Down

Red Kite - 1 Over Holme Garden Centre

White Tailed Eagle - 2 Poole Harbour G318 & G801 (IOW reintroduction)

Barn Owl - 2 Wyke Down, 1 Pimperne

Red - backed Shrike - 1 Lodmoor RSPB old tip

Firecrest - 2 Portland Bill

Redstart - 1 Poole Town Centre Barclays House

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.