Dorset Birds: Sunday 20th August 2023

Brent Goose - 1 Brands Bay

Egyptian Goose - 2 Swineham Scrapes

Garganey - 1 River Brit, West Bay

Wigeon - 3 Stanpit

Grey Plover - 7 Brands Bay

Whimbrel - 3 Brands Bay, 8 Christchurch Harbour

Black-tailed Godwit - c.800 Poole Harbour

Wood Sandpiper - 1 Swineham GPs

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB, 1 Brands Bay

Greenshank - 15 Brands Bay, 3 Christchurch Harbour

Yellow-legged Gull - 1cy Stanpit Bight, 2 Swineham scrapes

Forster's Tern - 1st summer again at Shipstal Point Arne RSPB

Spoonbill - 6 mouth of River Frome Poole Harbour, 2 Middlebere

Cattle Egret - 1 Brands Bay, 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB

Osprey - 4 Brands Bay, 6 Wareham Channel

Sedge Warbler - 45 Christchurch Harbour

Lesser Whitethroat - 2 Christchurch Harbour

Whitethroat - 25 Christchurch Harbour

Pied Flycatcher - 1 Christchurch Harbour

Whinchat - 1 Brands Bay

Wheatear - 7 Maiden Castle/Hog Hill, 1 Brands Bay, 6 Christchurch Harbour

Yellow Wagtail - 11 Christchurch Harbour

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.