Dorset Birds: Wednesday 7th June 2023

Eider - 2 near Brownsea Island
Whimbrel - 2 Ferrybridge

Bar-tailed Godwit - 3 Ferrybridge
Knot - 3 Ferrybridge
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 Ferrybridge
Sanderling - 45 Ferrybridge
Red Kite - 2 over Bardolf Farm, 1 near Fontwell Magna
Spotted Flycatcher - 2 Morden Bog, 1 Tolpuddle
Tree Pipit - 4 Morden Bog
Serin - 1 briefly in a Southwell garden (Portland)

Turnstone, Ferrybridge © Pete Coe

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.