Dorset Birds: Saturday 21st January 2023

Goosander - 3 probable flew over Dorchester Water Meadows

Water Rail - 1 Longham Lakes

Red-necked Grebe - 1 Portland Harbour

Slavonian Grebe - 1 Jerry's Point, 1 East Fleet

Black-necked Grebe - 6 Jerry's Point, 6 Portland Harbour

Avocet - 1 Longham Lakes

Golden Plover - c.300 Maiden Castle, c.200 East Fleet

Grey Plover - 4 East Fleet

Purple Sandpiper - Lyme Regis

Black-throated Diver - 1 Portland Harbour

Great Northern Diver - 1 from Hamworthy Beach, 1 East Fleet

White-tailed Eagle - 4 Poole Harbour

Chiffchaff - 6 PC World Drain Poole sewage works, 8 (1 possible Siberian ) Norden Sewage works

Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Kinson Sewage works Stour Valley LNR

Firecrest - 2 Norden Sewage works, 1 PC World Drain

Black Redstart - 1 Portland Bill, 1 by Marine Theatre Lyme Regis

Water Pipit - 1 Holes Bay

Cirl Bunting - male still at Reap Lane Portland

Cirl Bunting, Reap Lane Portland © Peter Coe

Firecrest, Norden Sewage Works © OTBT birder

Avocet, Medford Lagoon © John Bishop

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.