Dorset Birds: Monday 6th February 2023.

Goldeneye - 1 The Fleet (Littlesea).
Common Scoter - 1 The Fleet (Littlesea).
Golden Plover - c.400 Lodmoor.
Jack Snipe - 1 Winterborne Herringston.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields.
Great Northern Diver - 1 Studland Bay.
Black-throated Diver - 1 distantly off Hamm Beach, Portland.
Slavonian Grebe - 1 Studland Bay, 2 The Fleet (Littlesea).
White-tailed Eagle - 3 Wareham Channel/Lytchett Bay.
Marsh Harrier - 3 Lodmoor.
Hen Harrier - 2 Middlebere.
Water Pipit - 2 Lytchett Fields.
Black Redstart - 1 Chesil Cove.
Firecrest - 3 Norden sewage works.

Shoveler, Lodmoor © Alan Membury

Mediterranean Gull, Lodmoor © Alan Membury

Avocet, Lodmoor © Derek Fowler

Kingfisher, Lodmoor © Derek Fowler

Golden Plover, Lodmoor © Derek Fowler

Oystercatcher, Stanpit © 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.