Dorset Birds: Sunday 4th June 2023

Cuckoo - 3 Stanpit Marsh, 3 Morden Bog, 1 South of Longham Lakes
Grey Plover - 14 Stanpit Marsh, 3 Brownsea Lagoon
Black Tern - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Red Kite - 1 over Wareham area
Tawny Owl - 2 Poole Area
Spotted Flycatcher - 3 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Culverwell, 1 Tolpuddle Manor
Crossbill - 2 Stanpit Marsh

Yesterday: -

Balearic Shearwater - 1 past Portland Bill
Hoopoe - 1 between Sydling St.Nicholas & Cerne Abbas

Peregrine, Bournemouth Town Centre © David Wareham

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.