Dorset Birds: Wednesday 7th September 2022

Sooty Shearwater - 1w Portland Bill

Balearic Shearwater - 28w Portland Bill, 12 Chesil Cove

Petrel sp. - 1w Portland Bill

Cattle Egret - 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Puddletown

Spoonbill - 22 Brownsea Is, 15 Middlebere, 2 Lodmoor

Osprey - 1 Verne Common Portland, 1 Brand's Bay, 1 Middlebere, 1 Wareham Channel

Curlew Sandpiper - 12 Brand's Bay, 5 Ferrybridge, 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Little Stint - 2 Upton CP, 1 Ferrybridge

Common Sandpiper - 1 Portland Bill

Spotted Redshank - 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 3 Upton CP.

Greenshank - 17 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Arctic Skua - 4 Chesil Cove

Long-tailed Skua - 1 juv Chesil Cove

Swift - 1 Ridge

Pied Flycatcher - 1 Abbotsbury swannery

Whinchat - 10 Portland Bill, 1 Wareham Common

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.