Dorset Birds: Friday 20th January 2023

Brent Goose - 18 Holes Bay

Scaup - 3 Abbotsbury Swannery

Eider - 4 Portland Harbour

Slavonian Grebe - 1 Jerry's Point, Poole Harbour

Black-necked Grebe - 3 Jerry's Point

Avocet - 258 - Holes Bay

Black-tailed Godwit - 1340 Holes Bay

Dunlin - 306 Holes Bay

Woodcock - 4 Moreton

Purple Sandpiper - 10 Portland Bill, 15 Lyme Regis

Spotted Redshank - 1 Holes Bay, 1 Middlebere

Little Gull - 1 Reap Lane Portland

Black-throated Diver - 1 Jerry's Point

Spoonbill - 2 Arne RSPB

Goshawk - 1 Wareham Channel

Hen Harrier - 1 Wild Woodbury Bere Regis

White-tailed Eagle - 3 Poole Harbour

Black Redstart - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Lyme Regis

Cirl Bunting - 1 Reap Lane Portland

Fieldfare, Middlebere Cottages orchard © Fiona Keeling

Bearded Tit, Radipole Lake © Janice Grove

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).