Dorset Birds: Tuesday 14th February 2023

Wigeon - 531 Brands Bay

Pintail - 306 Brands Bay

Grey Plover - 18 Brands Bay

Black-tailed Godwit - 213 Brands Bay

Knot - 9 Brands Bay

Purple Sandpiper - 13 Church Cliff Beach, Lyme Regis

Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 3 Swineham/Keysworth area

Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor RSPB, 6 Arne RSPB

Cattle Egret - 3 Holes Bay

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

Water Pipit - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

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.