Dorset Birds: Tuesday 25th April 2023.

Black-winged Stilt - 2 Lodmoor.
Whimbrel - 2 Ferrybridge, 2 Lodmoor, 2 past Hengistbury Head, 5-6 calls over Merley after dark.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Ferrybridge, 1 Silverlake.
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 Poole Harbour (Lytchett Bay, then Brownsea).
Osprey - 1 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Chesil Beach.
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Arne, 2 Fontmell Magna.
Red-rumped Swallow - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Woodchat Shrike - 1 Swanage (Herston) (also present yesterday).
Common Redstart - 2 Durlston CP, 2+ Portland.
Whinchat - 1 Portland, 1 Swanage (Herston).
Cirl Bunting - 2 Portland Bill.

Goldfinch, Woodville © John Bishop.

Red-rumped Swallow, Lytchett Bay © Richard Stephenson.

Forster's Tern, Poole Harbour © Clive Hargrave.

Black-winged Stilt, Lodmoor RSPB © David Wareham.

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.