Dorset Birds: Monday 3rd July 2023

Black tailed Godwit - 3 Silverlake, 3 Lodmoor RSPB

Green Sandpiper - 5 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Greenshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

White tailed Eagle - 2 Wareham Channel seen from Ham Common

Tree Pipit - 1 over Ham Common

Yesterday: 3 Balearic Shearwater flew East past Portland Bill

Common Gull - Shell Bay © Bob Hammonds

Peregrine Falcon - Christchurch Priory © 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.