Dorset Birds: Wednesday 12th October 2022

Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Little Stint - 2 Brownsea Island Lagoon
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB
Cattle Egret - 5 opposite Radipole Lake RSPB Visitor Centre, 3+ Abbotsbury Swannery
Great White Egret - 2 Lodmoor RSPB
Spoonbill - 70 Brownsea Island Lagoon
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery

Great White Egret, Lodmoor RSPB © Clinton Whale

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.