Dorset Birds: Sunday 7th May 2023

Brent Goose - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Garganey - 1 Stilt Pool Swineham

Swift - 14 over Wimbourne

Cuckoo - 1 Longham Lakes, 1 Puddletown Forest, 1 Swineham

Crane - 1 Flew west over Lewell nr Dorchester

Little Ringed Plover - 2 Stilt Pols Swineham

Little Stint - 2 Peveril point late evening

Little Gull - 1 Longham Lakes seen on both North & South lake

Pomarine Skua - 1 East past Portland Bill

Great Northern diver - 1 past Chesil cove

Spoonbill - 2 Brownsea Island Lagoon DWT

Red Kite - 1 over Longham Lakes

White tailed Eagle - 2 over Church Knowle early afternoon

Hobby - 3 Longham Lakes, 3 Pallington Lakes, 1 over Hatch Pond

Golden Oriole - 1 Heard calling Whitchurch Canonicorum

Wood warbler - 1 Broadcroft quarry Butterfly NR Portland

Garden Warbler - 3 Pallington Lakes

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.