Dorset Birds: Monday 5th December 2022

Eider - 1 Poole Harbour

Common Scoter - 2 Poole Harbour

Red-necked Grebe - 1 Overcombe

Slavonian Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes

Ring-billed Gull - 1 Longham Lakes

Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Wareham Channel

Red-throated Diver - 3 Poole Harbour

Great Northern Diver - 1 Ferrybridge, 6 Poole Harbour

Spoonbill - 35 Arne RSPB, 1 Holes Bay

Great White Egret - 2 Poole Harbour

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Poole Harbour

Black Redstart - 1 Durlston CP, 1 West Bay

Water Pipit - 1 Hampreston Fields

Yesterday; 9 Woodcock Milton Abbas

Stonechat, Highcliffe © Clinton Whale

Barn Owl © Adrian Groves

Black Redstart, West Bay Harbour © Gavin Haig

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.

DORSET BIRD REPORT 2023

The Dorset Bird Report 2023, produced by Dorset Bird Club, is now available for purchase by non-members via the DBC website (click on the report cover image below). Featuring a review of the year, a comprehensive systematic list of all species recorded in 2023, rarity finder accounts including the first Moltoni's Warbler and Isabelline Wheatear for Dorset, articles on Baltic Gull, the Alpine Swift influx, Cory's and Great Shearwaters, and the return of the Cirl Bunting. Illustrated throughout with images taken by Dorset's leading photographers. £16 (+ £3 shipping).