Dorset Birds: Thursday 11th May 2023

Red Kite - 1 over the Wareham Channel

Osprey - 2 over the Wareham Channel

Little Ringed Plover - 1 on the Arne RSPB shore along the Wareham Channel

Forster's Tern - 1 1st/w again on Brownsea Lagoon

Cuckoo - 1 Wick reedbed, 1 heard from Stanpit Marsh

Yellow Wagtail - 1 over Stanpit Marsh

Corn Bunting - 1 Higher Charminster

Chaffinch - Hengistbury Head © 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.