Dorset Birds: Sunday 21st May 2023

Brent Goose - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Cuckoo - 1 Longham Lakes, 1 Slepe Heath

Whimbrel - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Red Kite - 2 over Bridport, 1 Langton Herring, 20 over Abbotsbury, 1 Crossways, 1 Bhompston,

1 Canford Heath

White-tailed Eagle - 1 Hydes Heath, 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Arne

Hobby - 1 St Aldhelm's Head, 1 Hydes Heath

Spotted Flycatcher - minimum 23 from vis mig at St Aldhelm's Head

Whimbrel, Stanpit Marsh © Clinton Whale

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.