Dorset Birds: Tuesday 28th February 2023.

Ruddy Shelduck - 3 Hengistbury Head.
Eider - 1 Hengistbury beach huts.
Golden Plover - c.300 Eggardon Hill.
Red-throated Diver - 2 Hengistbury beach huts.
Cattle Egret - 2 Wareham (Worgret Manor).
Spoonbill - 6 Lodmoor.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 southern Poole Harbour.
Marsh Harrier - 7 left Poole Harbour roosts this morning.
Hen Harrier - 1 Wyke Down.
Red Kite - 2 Chickerell, 1 Middlebere.
Black Kite - 1 Maiden Castle.
Firecrest - 2+ Brownsea Island.

Spoonbill, Lodmoor © Nick Priddle

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.