Dorset Birds: Friday 10th March 2023

Whimbrel - 1 heard calling Brownsea Island NT

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Spoonbill - 7 Brownsea Island NT

Little Egret - c.30 again on River Avon watermeadows, Christchurch

Hen Harrier - 1 adult male Arne Moors

Red Kite - 1 Organford, 1 Crossways

White-tailed Eagle - 2 over Wild Woodbury

Short-eared Owl - 1 Littlemoor

Black Redstart - 1 Easton Portland, 1 Charlton Down

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.