Dorset Birds: Saturday 11th February 2023

Wigeon - 1220 Holes Bay, Upton CP

Teal - 807 Holes Bay, Upton CP

Black-necked Grebe - 4 Sandbanks, 12 Portland Harbour

Golden Plover - 200 Lodmoor

Black-tailed Godwit - 3036 Holes Bay, Upton CP

Purple Sandpiper - 5 The Cobb Lyme Regis

Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor

Red Kite - 1 Maiden Newton

Richard's Pipit - 1 still at Pirate's Cove Wyke Regis

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.