Dorset Birds: Tuesday 18th April 2023

Mandarin Duck - 3 drakes at Sadborow
Garganey - 3 Lodmoor RSPB
Goosander - 2 Silverlake
Black-winged Stilt - 1 Christchurch Harbour early morning only
Golden Plover - c40 Eggardon Hill
Little Ringed Plover - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Purple Sandpiper - 8 Hengistbury Sandspit
Whimbrel - 2 Holes Bay, 1 past Hengistbury

Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Black-crowned Night Heron - 2 Iford on bank of River Stour

Red Kite - 3 Swanage, 2 Blandford, 1 Sopley Common, 1 Askerswell, 1 Portland (Easton), 1 Lytchett Bay, 1+ Abbotsbury, 1 Charlborough Park

Short-eared Owl - 1 Portland Bill (Top Fields), 1 Martinstown (over Rainbarrow Farm)

Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Portland (Barleycrates Lane)

Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Abbotsbury

Redstart - 1 Abbotsbury

Yellow Wagtail - 1 over Stanpit, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Serin - 2 Portland Bill (West Cliff)

Cirl Bunting - 1 Portland Bill

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.