Dorset Birds: Wednesday 19th April 2023

Barnacle Goose - 1 Swineham
Purple Sandpiper - 1 Hengistbury Head
Little Ringed Plover - 2 Swineham
Bar-tailed Godwit - 300+ past Portland Bill
Whimbrel - 50+ past Portland Bill, 2 again at Holes Bay
Common Sandpiper - 1 Peveril Point
Green Sandpier - 1 Swineham

Spoonbill - 5 Brownsea Island lagoon

Black-crowned Night Heron - 1 still at Iford on bank of River Stour

Red Kite - 1 Broadwey, 1 Morden Bog

Grasshopper Warbler - 2 Portland Bill

Firecrest - 3 Portland Bill
Ring Ouzel - 1 Portland Bill
Pied Flycatcher - 1 female Portland Bill
Common Redstart - 1 Portland Bill
Whinchat - 3 Portland Bill (Top Fields), 1 Hengistbury Head (Barn Field), 1 Arne RSPB (Hyde's Heath)

Serin - 2 at Portland Bill

Cirl Bunting - 1 still at Portland Bill

Black-crowned Night Heron, Iford © David Cuddon

Leucistic Blackbird, Uploders © Maurice Budden

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.