Dorset Birds: Tuesday 21st March 2023

Alpine Swift - 1 probable off the sea at Portland Bill

Golden Plover - c300 North of Bere Regis, c80 Monkey's Jump Dorchester

Purple Sandpiper - 8 Hengisbury Head groynes

Yellow-legged Gull - 1 Longham Lakes

Spoonbill - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Cattle Egret - 3 Lytchett Bay RSPB, 2 North of A35 on the River Avon

White-tailed Eagle - 5 Poole Harbour

Hooded Crow (or Hybrid) - 1 The Nothe Weymouth

Swallow - 1 Radipole RSPB, 1 Longham Lakes

House Martin - 1 Sherborne, 1 Radiplo RSPB

Willow Warbler - 1 Trapped & ringed at Portland Bird Ob's

Black Redstart - 1 Kimmerage Bay, 1 Weston Portland

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.