Dorset Birds: Tuesday 1st August 2023

Common Sandpiper - 3 Longham Lakes, 1 Stanpit
Whimbrel - 11 Stanpit
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 Arne RSPB on shoreline at Shipstal Point
Arctic Skua - 4 around Christchurch Harbour, 1 Portland Bill
Storm Petrel - 1 Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 2 Portland Bill
Osprey - 1 unringed adult at Morden Bog
Wood Warbler - 1 Longham Lakes

Other news : Cirl Buntings have bred at Cogden Beach with at least 3 birds present.

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.