Dorset Birds: Thursday 13th April 2023

Mandarin Duck - 1 Longham Lakes

Garganey - 3 Lodmoor RSPB

Swift - 1 Dancing Ledge

Little Ringed Plover - 1 Silverake

Common Sandpiper - 1 Hengisbury Head

Whimbrel - 5 Stanpit Marsh, 2 Lodmoor RSPB

Puffin - 2 Dancing Ledge

Black-crowned Night Heron - 1 River Stour 100, up river from Iford Bridge

Osprey - 3 Poole Harbour, 1 over Wyke Regis

White Tailed Eagle - 1 over Hamm Common

Short Eared Owl -1 Top fields Portland Bill

Hoopoe - 1 Weston Street Portland

Ring Ouzel - 1 near Sweet farm Portland

Pied Flycatcher - 1 Lodmoor RSPB

Black Redstart - 1 Dancing Ledge

Redstart - 1 Radipole RSPB, 1 no dogs field Hengisbury Head

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.