Dorset Birds: Friday 17th March 2023

Mandarin Duck - 2 Swineham, 1 Longham Lakes

Garganey - 5 Past Portland Bill, 1 Stanpit Marsh

Alpine Swift - 1 North side of Lodmoor RSPB over houses

Common Crane - 1 Swineham GP and then Middlebere flying East

Black-necked Grebe - 1 Middle beach Studland

Little Ringed Plover - 1 Approach Field Lytchetts Fields RSPB

Purple Sandpiper - 7 The Cobb Lyme Regis

Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Longham Lakes

Spoonbill - 1 Brownsea Island Lagoon DWT

Cattle Egret - 3 Lytchett Fields RSPB

White Tailed Eagle - 2 Arne RSPB

Willow Warbler - 1 Langton Matravers Lime Kiln

Black Redstart - 1 Easton Portland, 1 Tilly Whim Durlston CP, 1 West Bay, 1 Charlestown

Wheatear - 5 Greenland Farm, 5 Ferrybridge, 5 Sunnyside Farm Ridge, 4 Lyme Regis Cobb, 3 Lodmoor RSPB, 1 Scotland Farm Norden

White Wagtail - 2 Longham Lakes

Ringed Plover - Hegisbury Head © Clinton Whale

Garganey & Teal - Stanpit Marsh© Scott Usher

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.