Dorset Birds: Saturday 12th August 2023

Quail - 1 Cheselbourne
Greenshank - 14 Brownsea Lagoon
Little Gull - 1 Portland Bill
FORSTER'S TERN - 1st-summer still regularly seen at Shipstal Point, Arne RSPB
Great Shearwater - 1 probable past Portland Bill this morning
Balearic Shearwater - 1 Portland Bill
Spoonbill - 16 Brownsea Lagoon, 2 Stanpit
Great White Egret - 1 South Haven
Cattle Egret -5 Stanpit
White-tailed Eagle - 2 Lytchett Bay
Osprey - 1 again at Silverlake
Mistle Thrush - 17 at Shillingstone Hill
Pied Flycatcher - 2 Powerstock Common DWT
Spotted Flycatcher - 3 Powerstock Common DWT

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.