Dorset Birds: Friday 16th June 2023

Quail - at least 3 singing at Tarrant Rushton Airfield
Cuckoo - 1 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Arne RSPB (Coombe Heath)
Turtle Dove - 1 Barleycrates Lane (Portland)
White-tailed Eagle - 3 Wareham Channel
Hobby - 1 Piddle Valley, 1 Arne RSPB (Hydes Heath)

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.