Dorset Birds: Friday 24th March 2023.

Purple Sandpiper - 22 Hengistbury sandspit.
Puffin - 1 Durlston CP.
White-tailed Eagle - 1 west over Corfe Castle.

Marsh Harrier - 2+ Radipole Lake.
Swallow - 2+ Longham Lakes.
Sand Martin - c40 Longham Lakes.
Wheatear - 2 Hengistbury (Barn Field).
Willow Warbler - 2 Hengistbury (Wick).
Firecrest - 1 Portland Bill, 1 Thorncombe woods.

Purple Sandpiper, Hengistbury sandspit © Clinton Whale

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.